diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 410877c4a..3980a255c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -105,38 +105,42 @@ matrix:
         - TOOLCHAIN_ROOT="$HOME/rpi2_toolchain"
         - TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX=arm-linux-gnueabihf
 
-    # osx xcode7
+    # osx xcode12
     - os: osx
       cache: ccache
-      osx_image: xcode7.3
+      osx_image: xcode12.2
       compiler: clang
       env:
         - TARGET="osx"
         - BUNDLE="1"
+        - DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode-12.2.app/Contents/Developer"
 
     - os: osx
       cache: ccache
-      osx_image: xcode7.3
+      osx_image: xcode12.2
       compiler: clang
       env:
         - TARGET="osx"
         - BUNDLE="2"
+        - DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode-12.2.app/Contents/Developer"
 
     - os: osx
       cache: ccache
-      osx_image: xcode7.3
+      osx_image: xcode12.2
       compiler: clang
       env:
         - TARGET="osx"
         - BUNDLE="3"
+        - DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode-12.2.app/Contents/Developer"
 
     - os: osx
       cache: ccache
-      osx_image: xcode7.3
+      osx_image: xcode12.2
       compiler: clang
       env:
         - TARGET="osx"
         - BUNDLE="4"
+        - DEVELOPER_DIR="/Applications/Xcode-12.2.app/Contents/Developer"
 
     # ios
     - os: osx
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/FreeImage/Makefile.osx b/apothecary/formulas/FreeImage/Makefile.osx
index d263f4389..94fbe5f6b 100755
--- a/apothecary/formulas/FreeImage/Makefile.osx
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/FreeImage/Makefile.osx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ include Makefile.srcs
 
 # Update this based on your installed SDKs
 MACOSX_SDK=$(shell xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-version)
-MACOSX_MIN_SDK = 10.7
+MACOSX_MIN_SDK = 10.9
 
 # Find SDK path via xcode-select, backwards compatible with Xcode vers < 4.5
 MACOSX_SYSROOT = $(shell xcode-select -print-path)/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX$(MACOSX_SDK).sdk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ MACOSX_SYSROOT = $(shell xcode-select -print-path)/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Dev
 CC_X86_64 = $(shell xcrun -find clang)
 CPP_X86_64 = $(shell xcrun -find clang++)
 
-COMPILERFLAGS = -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -stdlib=libc++ -Wc++11-narrowing -Os -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -DNO_LCMS -fPIC -DNDEBUG -D__ANSI__ -DDISABLE_PERF_MEASUREMENT -mmacosx-version-min=$(MACOSX_MIN_SDK)
+COMPILERFLAGS = -arch x86_64 -arch arm64 -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy -stdlib=libc++ -Wc++11-narrowing -Os -fexceptions -fvisibility=hidden -DNO_LCMS -fPIC -DPNG_ARM_NEON_OPT=0 -DNDEBUG -D__ANSI__ -DDISABLE_PERF_MEASUREMENT -mmacosx-version-min=$(MACOSX_MIN_SDK)
 
 INCLUDE_X86_64 = -isysroot $(MACOSX_SYSROOT)
 CFLAGS_X86_64 = $(COMPILERFLAGS) $(INCLUDE) $(INCLUDE_X86_64)
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ STATICLIB = lib$(TARGET).a
 
 HEADER = Source/FreeImage.h
 
-.SUFFIXES: .o-x86_64
-MODULES_X86_64 = $(SRCS:.c=.o-x86_64)
-MODULES_X86_64 := $(MODULES_X86_64:.cpp=.o-x86_64)
+.SUFFIXES: .o
+MODULES_X86_64 = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
+MODULES_X86_64 := $(MODULES_X86_64:.cpp=.o)
 
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 INSTALLDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ FreeImage: $(STATICLIB)
 $(STATICLIB): $(MODULES_X86_64)
 	$(LIBTOOL) -o $@ $(MODULES_X86_64)
 
-.c.o-x86_64:
+.c.o:
 	$(CC_X86_64) $(CFLAGS_X86_64) -c $< -o $@
 
-.cpp.o-x86_64:
+.cpp.o:
 	$(CPP_X86_64) $(CPPFLAGS_X86_64) -c $< -o $@
 
 install:
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/_depends/pixman.sh b/apothecary/formulas/_depends/pixman.sh
index 8fd535b87..93d0c5c1a 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/_depends/pixman.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/_depends/pixman.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ function build() {
 
 		# these flags are used to create a fat 32/64 binary with i386->libstdc++, x86_64->libc++
 		# see https://gist.github.com/tgfrerer/8e2d973ed0cfdd514de6
-		local FAT_LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        local SDK_PATH=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)        
+		local FAT_LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER} -isysroot ${SDK_PATH}"
 
 		./configure LDFLAGS="${FAT_LDFLAGS} " \
 				CFLAGS="-O3 ${FAT_LDFLAGS}" \
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/assimp.sh b/apothecary/formulas/assimp.sh
index a9b3dc4f0..db5921bb0 100755
--- a/apothecary/formulas/assimp.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/assimp.sh
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ function build() {
         # cd build_osx
         # 32 bit
         cmake -G 'Unix Makefiles' $buildOpts \
-        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -O3 -DNDEBUG -funroll-loops -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
-        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++ -O3 -DNDEBUG -funroll-loops -std=c++11 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" .
+        -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -O3 -DNDEBUG -funroll-loops -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++ -O3 -DNDEBUG -funroll-loops -std=c++11 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" .
         make assimp -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 
     elif [ "$TYPE" == "vs" ] ; then
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/boost/boost.sh b/apothecary/formulas/boost/boost.sh
index bb32acbab..c2fcacd21 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/boost/boost.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/boost/boost.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 FORMULA_TYPES=( "osx" "ios" "tvos" "android" "emscripten" "vs" )
 
 # define the version
-VERSION=1.65.0
+VERSION=1.66.0
 VERSION_UNDERSCORES="$(echo "$VERSION" | sed 's/\./_/g')"
 TARBALL="boost_${VERSION_UNDERSCORES}.tar.gz"
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function download() {
 
 # prepare the build environment, executed inside the lib src dir
 function prepare() {
-	patch -p0 -u < $FORMULA_DIR/visualc.hpp.patch
+	# patch -p0 -u < $FORMULA_DIR/visualc.hpp.patch
 
 	if [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
 		./bootstrap.sh --with-toolset=clang --with-libraries=filesystem
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function build() {
 
 
 	elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
-		./b2 -j${PARALLEL_MAKE} toolset=clang cxxflags="-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" linkflags="-stdlib=libc++" threading=multi variant=release --build-dir=build --stage-dir=stage link=static stage
+		./b2 -j${PARALLEL_MAKE} toolset=clang cxxflags="-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" linkflags="-stdlib=libc++" threading=multi variant=release --build-dir=build --stage-dir=stage link=static stage
 		cd tools/bcp
 		../../b2
 	elif [[ "$TYPE" == "ios" || "${TYPE}" == "tvos" ]]; then
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/cairo.sh b/apothecary/formulas/cairo.sh
index 13af8192e..653413efa 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/cairo.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/cairo.sh
@@ -112,10 +112,16 @@ function build() {
 		# exit 1
 		with_vs_env "make -f Makefile.win32 \"CFG=release\""
 	elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ] ; then
-		./configure PKG_CONFIG="$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/bin/pkg-config" \
+
+        # needed for travis FREETYPE_LIBS configure var forces cairo to search this location for freetype 
+        ROOT=${PWD}/..
+        FREETYPE_LIB_PATH="-L$ROOT/freetype/build/osx/lib -lfreetype"
+        
+        ./configure PKG_CONFIG="$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/bin/pkg-config" \
 					PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$BUILD_ROOT_DIR/lib/pkgconfig" \
-					LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
-					CFLAGS="-Os -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
+                    FREETYPE_LIBS="$FREETYPE_LIB_PATH" \
+					LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
+					CFLAGS="-Os -arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
 					--prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR \
 					--disable-gtk-doc \
 					--disable-gtk-doc-html \
@@ -123,7 +129,12 @@ function build() {
 					--disable-full-testing \
 					--disable-dependency-tracking \
 					--disable-xlib \
-					--disable-qt
+					--disable-qt \
+                    --disable-shared \
+                    --disable-quartz-font \
+                    --disable-quartz \
+                    --disable-quartz-image
+                            
 		make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 		make install
 	else
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/curl/curl.sh b/apothecary/formulas/curl/curl.sh
index 8005044ad..0c1661108 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/curl/curl.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/curl/curl.sh
@@ -88,16 +88,16 @@ function build() {
         #local OPENSSL_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openssl/build/$TYPE
         ./buildconf
 
-        export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
-        export LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 		./configure \
             --with-darwinssl \
-            --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/curl/build/osx/x86 \
+            --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/curl/build/osx/arm64 \
             --enable-static \
             --disable-shared \
             --disable-ldap \
             --disable-ldaps \
-            --host=x86-apple-darwin
+            --host=arm-apple-darwin
         make clean
 	    make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
         make install
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function build() {
 
         cp -r build/osx/x64/* build/osx/
 
-        lipo -create build/osx/x86/lib/libcurl.a \
+        lipo -create build/osx/arm64/lib/libcurl.a \
                      build/osx/x64/lib/libcurl.a \
                     -output build/osx/lib/libcurl.a
 	    make install
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/freetype/freetype.sh b/apothecary/formulas/freetype/freetype.sh
index 65f88cd80..ca88df109 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/freetype/freetype.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/freetype/freetype.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ function build() {
 	if [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ] ; then
 		local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/freetype/build/$TYPE/
 
-		# these flags are used to create a fat 32/64 binary with i386->libstdc++, x86_64->libc++
+		# these flags are used to create a fat arm64/x86_64 binary with libc++
 		# see https://gist.github.com/tgfrerer/8e2d973ed0cfdd514de6
-		local FAT_CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+		local FAT_CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 
 		set -e
 		CURRENTPATH=`pwd`
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/glew.sh b/apothecary/formulas/glew.sh
index 817680578..7de1752b8 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/glew.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/glew.sh
@@ -36,19 +36,19 @@ function build() {
 
 	if [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ] ; then
 
-		# GLEW will not allow one to simply supply OPT="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
+		# GLEW will not allow one to simply supply OPT="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64"
 		# so we build them separately.
 
-		# 32 bit
-		make clean; make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE} glew.lib OPT="-arch i386  -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
-		mv lib/libGLEW.a libGLEW-i386.a
+		# arm64
+		make clean; make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE} glew.lib OPT="-arch arm64  -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+		mv lib/libGLEW.a libGLEW-arm64.a
 
 		# 64 bit
 		make clean; make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE} glew.lib OPT="-arch x86_64  -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 		mv lib/libGLEW.a libGLEW-x86_64.a
 
 		# link into fat universal lib
-		lipo -c libGLEW-i386.a libGLEW-x86_64.a -o libGLEW.a
+		lipo -c libGLEW-arm64.a libGLEW-x86_64.a -o libGLEW.a
 
 	elif [ "$TYPE" == "vs" ] ; then
 		unset TMP
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/glfw.sh b/apothecary/formulas/glfw.sh
index e12576fd2..e1081d676 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/glfw.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/glfw.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function build() {
 					-DGLFW_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
 					-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
 					-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-					-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
+					-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
 					$EXTRA_CONFIG
 		else
 			cmake .. -DGLFW_BUILD_DOCS=OFF \
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/libpng/libpng.sh b/apothecary/formulas/libpng/libpng.sh
index 1c27503c3..862baf4fa 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/libpng/libpng.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/libpng/libpng.sh
@@ -41,15 +41,19 @@ function prepare() {
 function build() {
 
 	if [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ] ; then
-
-		# these flags are used to create a fat 32/64 binary with i386->libstdc++, x86_64->libc++
+        local SDK_PATH=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)
+        echo "SDK PATH IS ${SDK_PATH}"
+        
+		# these flags are used to create a fat arm/64 binary with libc++
 		# see https://gist.github.com/tgfrerer/8e2d973ed0cfdd514de6
-		local FAT_LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libstdc++ -Xarch_x86_64 -stdlib=libc++"
+		local FAT_LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -stdlib=libc++ -isysroot ${SDK_PATH} -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 
 		./configure LDFLAGS="${FAT_LDFLAGS} " \
 				CFLAGS="-O3 ${FAT_LDFLAGS}" \
 				--prefix=$BUILD_ROOT_DIR \
-				--disable-dependency-tracking
+				--disable-dependency-tracking \
+                --disable-arm-neon \
+                --disable-shared
 		make clean
 		make
 	elif [ "$TYPE" == "vs" ] ; then
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/libusb.sh b/apothecary/formulas/libusb.sh
index ab25fc98d..3ae09c9bd 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/libusb.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/libusb.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function build() {
 	fi
 
     if [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ] ; then
-		CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static
+		CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64" ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static
  		make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 	fi
 
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/libxml2/libxml2.sh b/apothecary/formulas/libxml2/libxml2.sh
index 5a28f89c1..3e08df6df 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/libxml2/libxml2.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/libxml2/libxml2.sh
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ function build() {
         make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
         make install
     elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
-        export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
-        export LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 
         ./configure --without-lzma --without-zlib --disable-shared --enable-static --without-ftp --without-html --without-http --without-iconv --without-legacy --without-modules --without-output --without-python
         make clean
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ function build() {
 
 
     elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
-        export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
-        export LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 
         ./configure --without-lzma --without-zlib --disable-shared --enable-static --without-ftp --without-html --without-http --without-iconv --without-legacy --without-modules --without-output --without-python
         make clean
@@ -197,4 +197,4 @@ function clean() {
     else
         make clean
     fi
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/opencv/opencv.sh b/apothecary/formulas/opencv/opencv.sh
index 4ec738231..07c2c6a4a 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/opencv/opencv.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/opencv/opencv.sh
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ function build() {
     cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$LIB_FOLDER \
       -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.7 \
       -DENABLE_FAST_MATH=OFF \
-      -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fvisibility-inlines-hidden -stdlib=libc++ -std=c++11 -O3 -fPIC -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
-      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fvisibility-inlines-hidden -stdlib=libc++ -O3 -fPIC -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fvisibility-inlines-hidden -stdlib=libc++ -std=c++11 -O3 -fPIC -arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
+      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-fvisibility-inlines-hidden -stdlib=libc++ -O3 -fPIC -arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}" \
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" \
       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
       -DBUILD_DOCS=OFF \
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/openssl/13-macos-arm.conf b/apothecary/formulas/openssl/13-macos-arm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cb34d2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/openssl/13-macos-arm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+## -*- mode: perl; -*-
+## macos configuration targets
+
+%targets = (
+    # Based on 10-main.conf
+    # tip from https://cutecoder.org/programming/compile-open-ssl-apple-silicon/
+    "darwin64-arm64-cc" => {
+        inherit_from     => [ "darwin-common", asm("aarch64_asm") ],
+        CFLAGS           => add("-Wall"),
+        cflags           => add("-arch arm64"),
+        lib_cppflags     => add("-DL_ENDIAN"),
+        bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG",
+        perlasm_scheme   => "macosx",
+    },
+);
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/openssl/openssl.sh b/apothecary/formulas/openssl/openssl.sh
index 4dfcb8d7e..cd5fe0daa 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/openssl/openssl.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/openssl/openssl.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function download() {
 			mv $FILENAME openssl
 			rm $FILENAME.tar.gz
 			rm $FILENAME.tar.gz.sha1
-		else
+        else
 			echoError "Invalid shasum for $FILENAME."
 		fi
 	fi
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ function download() {
 function prepare() {
 	if [ "$TYPE" == "tvos" ]; then
 		cp $FORMULA_DIR/20-ios-tvos-cross.conf Configurations/
-	fi
+    elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
+        cp $FORMULA_DIR/13-macos-arm.conf Configurations/
+    fi
 }
 
 # executed inside the lib src dir
@@ -56,39 +58,42 @@ function build() {
 		rm -rf $BUILD_TO_DIR
 		rm -f libcrypto.a libssl.a
 
-		local BUILD_OPTS="-fPIC -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER} no-shared"
-		local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openssl/build/$TYPE/x86
-
+		local BUILD_OPTS_ARM="-fPIC -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER} no-shared no-asm darwin64-arm64-cc"
+		local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openssl/build/$TYPE/arm64
+        KERNEL_BITS=64
+                
 		rm -f libcrypto.a
 		rm -f libssl.a
-		KERNEL_BITS=32 ./config $BUILD_OPTS --openssldir=$BUILD_TO_DIR --prefix=$BUILD_TO_DIR
+		./Configure $BUILD_OPTS_ARM --openssldir=$BUILD_TO_DIR --prefix=$BUILD_TO_DIR
 		sed -ie "s!LIBCRYPTO=-L.. -lcrypto!LIBCRYPTO=../libcrypto.a!g" Makefile
 		sed -ie "s!LIBSSL=-L.. -lssl!LIBSSL=../libssl.a!g" Makefile
 		make clean
 		make -j1 depend # running make multithreaded is unreliable
 		make -j1
-		make -j1 install
-
-
-		rm -f libcrypto.a
-		rm -f libssl.a
-		local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openssl/build/$TYPE/x64
-		KERNEL_BITS=64 ./config $BUILD_OPTS --openssldir=$BUILD_TO_DIR --prefix=$BUILD_TO_DIR
-		sed -ie "s!LIBCRYPTO=-L.. -lcrypto!LIBCRYPTO=../libcrypto.a!g" Makefile
-		sed -ie "s!LIBSSL=-L.. -lssl!LIBSSL=../libssl.a!g" Makefile
-		make clean
-		make -j1 depend
-		make -j1
-		make -j1 install
+		make -j1 install_sw
+  
+        local BUILD_OPTS_X86_64="-fPIC -stdlib=libc++ -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER} no-shared darwin64-x86_64-cc"
+
+        rm -f libcrypto.a
+        rm -f libssl.a
+        local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openssl/build/$TYPE/x64
+        
+        ./Configure $BUILD_OPTS_X86_64 --openssldir=$BUILD_TO_DIR --prefix=$BUILD_TO_DIR
+        sed -ie "s!LIBCRYPTO=-L.. -lcrypto!LIBCRYPTO=../libcrypto.a!g" Makefile
+        sed -ie "s!LIBSSL=-L.. -lssl!LIBSSL=../libssl.a!g" Makefile
+        make clean
+        make -j1 depend
+        make -j1
+        make -j1 install_sw
 
 		local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/openssl/build/$TYPE/
 		cp -r $BUILD_TO_DIR/x64/* $BUILD_TO_DIR/
 
-		lipo -create $BUILD_TO_DIR/x86/lib/libcrypto.a \
+		lipo -create $BUILD_TO_DIR/arm64/lib/libcrypto.a \
 		$BUILD_TO_DIR/x64/lib/libcrypto.a \
 		-output $BUILD_TO_DIR/lib/libcrypto.a
 
-		lipo -create $BUILD_TO_DIR/x86/lib/libssl.a \
+		lipo -create $BUILD_TO_DIR/arm64/lib/libssl.a \
 		$BUILD_TO_DIR/x64/lib/libssl.a \
 		-output $BUILD_TO_DIR/lib/libssl.a
 
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ function build() {
 
 			make -j1 depend # running make multithreaded is unreliable
 			make -j1
-			make -j1 install
+			make -j1 install_sw
 
 
 			# reset source file back.
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/poco/poco.sh b/apothecary/formulas/poco/poco.sh
index 132d434de..82b96d6aa 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/poco/poco.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/poco/poco.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ function build() {
 		echo "--------------------"
 		echo "Making Poco-${VER}"
 		echo "--------------------"
-		echo "Configuring for universal i386 and x86_64 libc++ ..."
+		echo "Configuring for universal arm64 and x86_64 libc++ ..."
 
 		# Locate the path of the openssl libs distributed with openFrameworks.
 		local OF_LIBS_OPENSSL="$LIBS_DIR/openssl/"
@@ -150,11 +150,18 @@ function build() {
 
 		local OPENSSL_INCLUDE=$OF_LIBS_OPENSSL_ABS_PATH/include
 		local OPENSSL_LIBS=$OF_LIBS_OPENSSL_ABS_PATH/lib/$TYPE
+        
+        local SDK_PATH=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)
 
 		local BUILD_OPTS="$BUILD_OPTS --include-path=$OPENSSL_INCLUDE --library-path=$OPENSSL_LIBS"
-		export ARCHFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        
+        # only build release libs
+        sed -i '' 's/DEFAULT_TARGET = all_static/DEFAULT_TARGET = static_release/g' build/rules/global
+            
+		export ARCHFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -isysroot ${SDK_PATH} -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 		./configure $BUILD_OPTS --config=Darwin-clang-libc++ \
 		    --prefix=$BUILD_DIR/poco/install/$TYPE
+            
 		make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 		make install
 		rm -f install/$TYPE/lib/*d.a
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/rtAudio/rtAudio.sh b/apothecary/formulas/rtAudio/rtAudio.sh
index 09c029127..731b1e33d 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/rtAudio/rtAudio.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/rtAudio/rtAudio.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function build() {
 					 -Wall \
 					 -fPIC \
 					 -stdlib=libc++ \
-					 -arch i386 -arch x86_64 \
+					 -arch arm64 -arch x86_64 \
 					 -Iinclude \
 					 -DHAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY \
 					 -D__MACOSX_CORE__ \
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/svgtiny/svgtiny.sh b/apothecary/formulas/svgtiny/svgtiny.sh
index 7570449eb..07691e85c 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/svgtiny/svgtiny.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/svgtiny/svgtiny.sh
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ function build() {
 	    make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 
 	elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
-        export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
-        export LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
         export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$LIBS_DIR/libxml2/include"
         make clean
 	    make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/tess2/tess2.sh b/apothecary/formulas/tess2/tess2.sh
index af57d45d2..9002787c7 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/tess2/tess2.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/tess2/tess2.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ function build() {
 		STD_LIB_FLAGS="-stdlib=libc++"
 		OPTIM_FLAGS="-O3"				 # 	choose "fastest" optimisation
 
-		export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 $OPTIM_FLAGS -DNDEBUG -fPIC -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+		export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 $OPTIM_FLAGS -DNDEBUG -fPIC -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 		export CPPFLAGS=$CFLAGS
 		export LINKFLAGS="$CFLAGS $STD_LIB_FLAGS"
 		export LDFLAGS="$LINKFLAGS"
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/uri/uri.sh b/apothecary/formulas/uri/uri.sh
index da6055261..b95964e70 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/uri/uri.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/uri/uri.sh
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ function build() {
 		export BOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${BUILD_DIR}/boost/stage/lib
 		export BOOST_INCLUDEDIR=${BUILD_DIR}/boost/
 		cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-			  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64" \
-			  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++" \
+			  -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64" \
+			  -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++" \
 			  ..
 		make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 	
diff --git a/apothecary/formulas/uriparser/uriparser.sh b/apothecary/formulas/uriparser/uriparser.sh
index 10132fa2c..32c2c56fc 100644
--- a/apothecary/formulas/uriparser/uriparser.sh
+++ b/apothecary/formulas/uriparser/uriparser.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ function build() {
 	    make -j${PARALLEL_MAKE}
 	    make install
 	elif [ "$TYPE" == "osx" ]; then
-        export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
-        export LDFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export CFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
+        export LDFLAGS="-arch arm64 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=${OSX_MIN_SDK_VER}"
 	    local BUILD_TO_DIR=$BUILD_DIR/uriparser/build/$TYPE
 
 		./configure --prefix=$BUILD_TO_DIR --disable-test --disable-doc --enable-static --disable-shared
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index b7b9d9f57..dd23528ee 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ echo "Parallel builds: $PARALLEL"
 if  type "ccache" > /dev/null; then
     if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]; then
        export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH";
+       export SDKROOT="$DEVELOPER_DIR/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk"
     fi
 
     # if [ "$TRAVIS" = true ] && [ "$TARGET" == "emscripten" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/osx/install.sh b/scripts/osx/install.sh
index f38a82432..98fcde418 100755
--- a/scripts/osx/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/osx/install.sh
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ brew update >/dev/null
 
 brew install cmake coreutils autoconf automake ccache
 brew reinstall libtool
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ccache/libexec:$PATH"