diff --git a/cmake/common/buildspec_common.cmake b/cmake/common/buildspec_common.cmake
index 173498d..2ef1a96 100644
--- a/cmake/common/buildspec_common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/buildspec_common.cmake
@@ -92,9 +92,10 @@ endfunction()
 # resolves the sysroot eagerly and the regex runs against a real path.
 #
 # So: if the toolchain's own SDK path already matches, use it untouched.
-# Otherwise build a symlink tree under .deps/ whose shape matches the regex
-# and which points at exactly the same SDK. Nothing about the compilation
-# changes -- only the spelling of the path, which is all the check reads.
+# Otherwise build a symlink tree under the build directory whose shape matches
+# the regex and which points at exactly the same SDK. Nothing about the
+# compilation changes -- only the spelling of the path, which is all the check
+# reads.
 function(_resolve_versioned_macos_sdk out_path)
   set(${out_path} "" PARENT_SCOPE)
 
@@ -128,7 +129,11 @@ function(_resolve_versioned_macos_sdk out_path)
   endif()
   set(_short "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}.${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
 
-  set(_link_dir "${dependencies_dir}/sdk/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs")
+  # Deliberately under the BUILD directory, not .deps/: cmake/macos/
+  # buildspec.cmake runs `xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine` over the whole
+  # dependency directory, which would follow this symlink into the read-only
+  # system SDK and fail with "Permission denied".
+  set(_link_dir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/macos-sdk/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs")
   set(_link "${_link_dir}/MacOSX${_short}.sdk")
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${_link_dir}")
   if(NOT EXISTS "${_link}")
diff --git a/cmake/macos/buildspec.cmake b/cmake/macos/buildspec.cmake
index ce142de..1f3eb5a 100644
--- a/cmake/macos/buildspec.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macos/buildspec.cmake
@@ -26,11 +26,18 @@ function(_check_dependencies_macos)
 
   _check_dependencies()
 
+  # Clearing the quarantine flag on the downloaded dependencies is a
+  # convenience, not a correctness requirement, so a failure here must not
+  # take the whole configure down with it. Upstream makes it fatal.
   execute_process(
     COMMAND "xattr" -r -d com.apple.quarantine "${dependencies_dir}"
     RESULT_VARIABLE result
-    COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY
+    OUTPUT_QUIET
+    ERROR_QUIET
   )
+  if(NOT result EQUAL 0)
+    message(STATUS "Could not clear the quarantine attribute under ${dependencies_dir} (continuing)")
+  endif()
 
   list(APPEND CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH "${dependencies_dir}/Frameworks")
   set(CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH ${CMAKE_FRAMEWORK_PATH} PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/obs-adapter/src/plugin-main.cpp b/obs-adapter/src/plugin-main.cpp
index 3b0876e..91e4912 100644
--- a/obs-adapter/src/plugin-main.cpp
+++ b/obs-adapter/src/plugin-main.cpp
@@ -377,8 +377,13 @@ void *sourceCreate(obs_data_t *settings, obs_source_t *source)
         // A camera that stopped publishing must not leave its last frame on
         // screen -- that is precisely the stale-media failure this plugin
         // exists to avoid. A null frame clears the source.
-        if (state != SessionState::Connected)
+        if (state != SessionState::Connected) {
             obs_source_output_video(self->source, nullptr);
+            // Forget the last geometry so the next stream logs its first
+            // frame again; otherwise a reconnect at the same resolution is
+            // silent, and the log stops answering "did video come back".
+            self->last_geometry.store(0);
+        }
     });
 
     {