diff --git a/bindings/Cocos2d.bro b/bindings/Cocos2d.bro
index 30a9b887..1801d8ff 100644
--- a/bindings/Cocos2d.bro
+++ b/bindings/Cocos2d.bro
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ class cocos2d::CCRenderTexture {
 	auto end() = mac 0x35d2c0;
 	static cocos2d::CCRenderTexture* create(int, int, cocos2d::CCTexture2DPixelFormat) = mac 0x35c720;
 	auto newCCImage(bool) = mac 0x35d7d0;
+	auto saveToFile(char const*) = mac 0x35dab0;
 }
 
 class cocos2d::CCRepeat {
diff --git a/loader/include/Geode/loader/Loader.hpp b/loader/include/Geode/loader/Loader.hpp
index eddce8ef..cc764d79 100644
--- a/loader/include/Geode/loader/Loader.hpp
+++ b/loader/include/Geode/loader/Loader.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace geode {
     static constexpr std::string_view GEODE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY = "config";
     static constexpr std::string_view GEODE_TEMP_DIRECTORY = "temp";
     static constexpr std::string_view GEODE_MOD_EXTENSION = ".geode";
+    static constexpr std::string_view GEODE_INDEX_DIRECTORY = "index";
 
     class Mod;
     class Hook;
diff --git a/loader/src/index/Index.cpp b/loader/src/index/Index.cpp
index 5b6c22f1..9f379960 100644
--- a/loader/src/index/Index.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/index/Index.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void Index::updateIndex(IndexUpdateCallback callback, bool force) {
 
     // create directory for the local clone of
     // the index
-    auto indexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeDirectory() / "index";
+    auto indexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeSaveDirectory() / GEODE_INDEX_DIRECTORY;
     ghc::filesystem::create_directories(indexDir);
 
 #if GITHUB_DONT_RATE_LIMIT_ME_PLS == 1
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void Index::updateIndex(IndexUpdateCallback callback, bool force) {
         .fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/geode-sdk/mods/commits/main")
         .text()
         .then([this, force, callback, currentCommitSHA](std::string const& upcomingCommitSHA) {
-            auto indexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeDirectory() / "index";
+            auto indexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeSaveDirectory() / GEODE_INDEX_DIRECTORY;
 
             // gee i sure hope no one does 60 commits to the mod index an hour and download every
             // single one of them
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void Index::addIndexItemFromFolder(ghc::filesystem::path const& dir) {
 
 Result<> Index::updateIndexFromLocalCache() {
     m_items.clear();
-    auto baseIndexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeDirectory() / "index";
+    auto baseIndexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeSaveDirectory() / GEODE_INDEX_DIRECTORY;
 
     // load geode.json (index settings)
     if (auto baseIndexJson = readJSON(baseIndexDir / "geode.json")) {
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ void InstallItems::error(std::string const& info) {
 
 void InstallItems::finish(bool replaceFiles) {
     // move files from temp dir to geode directory
-    auto tempDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeDirectory() / "index" / "temp";
+    auto tempDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeSaveDirectory() / GEODE_INDEX_DIRECTORY / "temp";
     for (auto& file : ghc::filesystem::directory_iterator(tempDir)) {
         try {
             auto modDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeDirectory() / "mods";
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ InstallItems::CallbackID InstallItems::start(ItemInstallCallback callback, bool
         // by virtue of running this function we know item must be valid
         auto item = Index::get()->getKnownItem(inst);
 
-        auto indexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeDirectory() / "index";
+        auto indexDir = Loader::get()->getGeodeSaveDirectory() / GEODE_INDEX_DIRECTORY;
         (void)file::createDirectoryAll(indexDir / "temp");
         auto tempFile = indexDir / "temp" / item.m_download.m_filename;
 
diff --git a/loader/src/load/Loader.cpp b/loader/src/load/Loader.cpp
index e22df0b0..7ca27849 100644
--- a/loader/src/load/Loader.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/load/Loader.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ void Loader::createDirectories() {
     auto tempDir = this->getGeodeDirectory() / GEODE_TEMP_DIRECTORY;
     auto confDir = this->getGeodeDirectory() / GEODE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY;
 
+    #ifdef GEODE_IS_MACOS
+    ghc::filesystem::create_directory(this->getSaveDirectory());
+    #endif
+
     ghc::filesystem::create_directories(resDir);
     ghc::filesystem::create_directory(confDir);
     ghc::filesystem::create_directory(modDir);
@@ -423,7 +427,12 @@ ghc::filesystem::path Loader::getGameDirectory() const {
 }
 
 ghc::filesystem::path Loader::getSaveDirectory() const {
+    // not using ~/Library/Caches
+    #ifdef GEODE_IS_MACOS
+    return ghc::filesystem::path("/Users/Shared/Geode");
+    #else
     return ghc::filesystem::path(CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->getWritablePath().c_str());
+    #endif
 }
 
 ghc::filesystem::path Loader::getGeodeDirectory() const {