diff --git a/tests/test_emitter.py b/tests/test_emitter.py
index 082ec3832..964731cd2 100644
--- a/tests/test_emitter.py
+++ b/tests/test_emitter.py
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
         InotifyFullEmitter,
     )
 elif platform.is_darwin():
-    pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip("FIXME: issue #546.")
     from watchdog.observers.fsevents import FSEventsEmitter as Emitter
 elif platform.is_windows():
     from watchdog.observers.read_directory_changes import (
@@ -77,11 +76,16 @@ def start_watching(path=None, use_full_emitter=False, recursive=True):
     else:
         emitter = Emitter(event_queue, ObservedWatch(path, recursive=recursive))
 
+    emitter.start()
+
     if platform.is_darwin():
         # FSEvents will report old events (like create for mkdtemp in test
         # setup. Waiting for a considerable time seems to 'flush' the events.
-        time.sleep(10)
-    emitter.start()
+
+        time.sleep(15)
+        while not event_queue.empty():
+            event_queue.get()
+            time.sleep(2)
 
 
 def rerun_filter(exc, *args):
@@ -117,11 +121,6 @@ def test_create_wrong_encoding():
     assert event.src_path == p('a_\udce4')
     assert isinstance(event, FileCreatedEvent)
 
-    if not platform.is_windows():
-        event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
-        assert os.path.normpath(event.src_path) == os.path.normpath(p(''))
-        assert isinstance(event, DirModifiedEvent)
-
 
 @pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=5, min_passes=1, rerun_filter=rerun_filter)
 def test_delete():
@@ -286,7 +285,7 @@ def test_delete_self():
     if platform.is_darwin():
         event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
         assert event.src_path == p('dir1')
-        assert isinstance(event, FileDeletedEvent)
+        assert isinstance(event, DirDeletedEvent)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.is_windows() or platform.is_bsd(),
@@ -352,13 +351,14 @@ def test_recursive_on():
         assert event.src_path == p('dir1', 'dir2', 'dir3')
         assert isinstance(event, DirModifiedEvent)
 
-        if not platform.is_bsd():
+        if platform.is_linux():
             event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
             assert event.src_path == p('dir1', 'dir2', 'dir3', 'a')
             assert isinstance(event, FileModifiedEvent)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.flaky(max_runs=5, min_passes=1, rerun_filter=rerun_filter)
+@pytest.mark.skipif(platform.is_darwin(), reason="macOS watches are always recursive")
 def test_recursive_off():
     mkdir(p('dir1'))
     start_watching(recursive=False)
@@ -399,9 +399,12 @@ def test_renaming_top_level_directory():
     assert isinstance(event, DirModifiedEvent)
     assert event.src_path == p()
 
-    event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
-    assert isinstance(event, DirMovedEvent)
-    assert event.src_path == p('a', 'b')
+    if not platform.is_darwin():
+        # recursive rename events are currently not generated, see TODOs
+        event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
+        assert isinstance(event, DirMovedEvent)
+        assert event.src_path == p('a', 'b')
+        assert event.dest_path == p('a2', 'b')
 
     if platform.is_bsd():
         event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
@@ -501,13 +504,15 @@ def test_move_nested_subdirectories():
     assert p(event.src_path, '') == p('')
     assert isinstance(event, DirModifiedEvent)
 
-    event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
-    assert event.src_path == p('dir1/dir2/dir3')
-    assert isinstance(event, DirMovedEvent)
+    if not platform.is_darwin():
+        # recursive rename events are currently not generated, see TODOs
+        event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
+        assert event.src_path == p('dir1/dir2/dir3')
+        assert isinstance(event, DirMovedEvent)
 
-    event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
-    assert event.src_path == p('dir1/dir2/dir3', 'a')
-    assert isinstance(event, FileMovedEvent)
+        event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]
+        assert event.src_path == p('dir1/dir2/dir3', 'a')
+        assert isinstance(event, FileMovedEvent)
 
     if platform.is_bsd():
         event = event_queue.get(timeout=5)[0]