diff --git a/src/common/small_string.h b/src/common/small_string.h
index 9fc6ace4c..c059f3c7e 100644
--- a/src/common/small_string.h
+++ b/src/common/small_string.h
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ public:
   // append hex string
   void append_hex(const void* data, size_t len, bool comma_separate = false);
 
-  // append a single character to this string
+  // prepend a single character to this string
   void prepend(char c);
 
-  // append a string to this string
+  // prepend a string to this string
   void prepend(const char* str);
   void prepend(const char* str, u32 length);
   void prepend(const std::string& str);
   void prepend(const std::string_view str);
   void prepend(const SmallStringBase& str);
 
-  // append formatted string to this string
+  // prepend formatted string to this string
   void prepend_sprintf(const char* format, ...) PRINTFLIKE(2, 3);
   void prepend_vsprintf(const char* format, va_list ap);
 
diff --git a/src/core/achievements.cpp b/src/core/achievements.cpp
index 760ee503f..6434d5e9a 100644
--- a/src/core/achievements.cpp
+++ b/src/core/achievements.cpp
@@ -3709,7 +3709,6 @@ static TinyString GetLoginEncryptionMachineKey()
   TinyString ret;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-
   HKEY hKey;
   DWORD error;
   if ((error = RegOpenKeyExW(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, L"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Cryptography", 0, KEY_READ, &hKey)) !=
@@ -3741,12 +3740,18 @@ static TinyString GetLoginEncryptionMachineKey()
 
   ret.resize(machine_guid_length);
   RegCloseKey(hKey);
-#elif !defined(__ANDROID__)
-#ifdef __linux__
+#else
+#if defined(__linux__)
   // use /etc/machine-id on Linux
   std::optional<std::string> machine_id = FileSystem::ReadFileToString("/etc/machine-id");
   if (machine_id.has_value())
     ret = std::string_view(machine_id.value());
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+  // use gethostuuid(2) on macOS
+  const struct timespec ts{};
+  uuid_t uuid{};
+  if (gethostuuid(uuid, &ts) == 0)
+    ret.append_hex(uuid, sizeof(uuid), false);
 #endif
 
   if (ret.empty())