diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24e773230..77cc0c230 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ LIBMINGW:=$($(OS)_LIBMINGW)
 windows_EXE_EXT:=.exe
 EXE_EXT:=$($(OS)_EXE_EXT)
 
-macos_BUNDLE:=./TuxPaint.app
+macos_BUNDLE:=./TuxPaint-$(ARCHS).app
 ios_BUNDLE:=./TuxPaint-$(SDK).app
 BUNDLE:=$($(OS)_BUNDLE)
 
diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index 62a0a5e65..e903e448a 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ https://tuxpaint.org/
     * Make screen refresh more snappy on macOS.
       Mark Kim <markuskimius@gmail.com>
 
+    * Simplify the process of building the universal bundle on the macOS by
+      automatically adding the machine suffix (-arm64 or -x86_64) when building
+      the macOS bundle.  Previously this renaming step was required to be done
+      manually to build the universal bundle.
+
 2024.January.29 (0.9.32)
   * Improvements to Magic tools:
     ----------------------------
diff --git a/macos/build-app.sh b/macos/build-app.sh
index 081582e76..e8784d101 100755
--- a/macos/build-app.sh
+++ b/macos/build-app.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
-BUNDLE=TuxPaint.app
+BUNDLE=TuxPaint-$(uname -m).app
 BINARY="$BUNDLE/Contents/MacOS/tuxpaint"
 LIBS=`find $BUNDLE/Contents/Resources/lib -type f`
 LIBDIR="$BUNDLE/Contents/lib"
diff --git a/macos/build-dmg.sh b/macos/build-dmg.sh
index 9f87e4445..b6d3f83de 100755
--- a/macos/build-dmg.sh
+++ b/macos/build-dmg.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,20 @@
 #
 
 BUNDLE=TuxPaint.app
+
+if [[ ! -d "$BUNDLE" ]]; then
+    ARCHBUNDLE=TuxPaint-$(uname -m).app
+
+    if [[ -d "$ARCHBUNDLE" ]]; then
+        echo "  $BUNDLE missing.  Did you forget to either run 'macos/build-universal.sh' first,"
+        echo "  or rename $ARCHBUNDLE to $BUNDLE first?"
+    else
+        echo "  Did you forget to 'make' $ARCHBUNDLE first?"
+    fi 1>&2
+
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 TEMP_DMG=temp.dmg
 TEMP_DMG_SIZE=`expr \`du -sm "$BUNDLE" | cut -f1\` \* 15 / 10`m
 FINAL_DMG=TuxPaint.dmg
@@ -16,7 +30,6 @@ VOLNAME="Tux Paint"
 ICON="macos/tuxpaint.icns"
 BACKGROUND="macos/background.png"
 
-
 echo "   * Creating the temporary image..."
 hdiutil create "$TEMP_DMG" -ov -fs HFS+ -size "$TEMP_DMG_SIZE" -volname "$VOLNAME" \
 && VOLUME=`hdiutil attach "$TEMP_DMG" -nobrowse -noverify -noautoopen | grep Apple_HFS | sed 's/^.*Apple_HFS[[:blank:]]*//'` \
diff --git a/macos/build-universal.sh b/macos/build-universal.sh
index 8b16ce6dd..999194056 100755
--- a/macos/build-universal.sh
+++ b/macos/build-universal.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function build-universal() {
     && find "$OUTBUNDLE" -name '*.dylib' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f \
     || return 1
 
-    # Create the universal binary for each binary and library
+    # Create the universal version of each binary and library
     for (( i=0; i < ${#BUNDLES[@]}; i++ )); do
         local filelist=()
         local file
diff --git a/macos/list-fonts b/macos/list-fonts
index 604a5f73b..6fce00ba2 100755
--- a/macos/list-fonts
+++ b/macos/list-fonts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ -d TuxPaint.app ]]; then
-    cd TuxPaint.app/Contents && FONTCONFIG_PATH=Resources/etc fc-list
+BUNDLE=TuxPaint-$(uname -m).app
+
+if [[ -d "${BUNDLE}" ]]; then
+    cd "${BUNDLE}/Contents" && FONTCONFIG_PATH=Resources/etc fc-list
 else
-    echo "./TuxPaint.app: No such folder" 1>&2
+    echo "./${BUNDLE}: No such folder" 1>&2
 fi