diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
index faef5fc989..72582f09f5 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.Platform.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public class MacFileSystemVirtualizer : FileSystemVirtualizer
     {
         public static readonly byte[] PlaceholderVersionId = ToVersionIdByteArray(new byte[] { PlaceholderVersion });
 
-        private const int SymLinkTargetBufferSize = 4096;
+        private const int SymLinkTargetBufferSize = 4096;
+        private const long DummyFileSize = -1;
 
         private const string ClassName = nameof(MacFileSystemVirtualizer);
 
@@ -83,6 +84,12 @@ public override void Stop()
             this.Context.Tracer.RelatedEvent(EventLevel.Informational, $"{nameof(this.Stop)}_StopRequested", metadata: null);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes a placeholder file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="relativePath">Placeholder's path relative to the root of the repo</param>
+        /// <param name="endOfFile">Length of the file (ignored on this platform)</param>
+        /// <param name="sha">The SHA of the placeholder's contents, stored as the content ID in the placeholder</param>
         public override FileSystemResult WritePlaceholderFile(
             string relativePath,
             long endOfFile,
@@ -99,7 +106,6 @@ public override FileSystemResult WritePlaceholderFile(
                     relativePath,
                     PlaceholderVersionId,
                     ToVersionIdByteArray(FileSystemVirtualizer.ConvertShaToContentId(sha)),
-                    (ulong)endOfFile,
                     fileMode);
 
                 return new FileSystemResult(ResultToFSResult(result), unchecked((int)result));
@@ -560,31 +566,12 @@ private Result OnEnumerateDirectory(
         {
             try
             {
-                Result result;
-                try
-                {
-                    IEnumerable<ProjectedFileInfo> projectedItems;
-
-                    // TODO: Pool these connections or schedule this work to run asynchronously using TryScheduleFileOrNetworkRequest
-                    using (BlobSizes.BlobSizesConnection blobSizesConnection = this.FileSystemCallbacks.BlobSizes.CreateConnection())
-                    {
-                        projectedItems = this.FileSystemCallbacks.GitIndexProjection.GetProjectedItems(CancellationToken.None, blobSizesConnection, relativePath);
-                    }
-
-                    result = this.CreatePlaceholders(relativePath, projectedItems, triggeringProcessName);
-                }
-                catch (SizesUnavailableException e)
-                {
-                    // TODO: Is this the correct Result to return?
-                    result = Result.EIOError;
-
-                    EventMetadata metadata = this.CreateEventMetadata(relativePath, e);
-                    metadata.Add("commandId", commandId);
-                    metadata.Add(nameof(result), result.ToString("X") + "(" + result.ToString("G") + ")");
-                    this.Context.Tracer.RelatedError(metadata, nameof(this.OnEnumerateDirectory) + ": caught SizesUnavailableException");
-                }
+                IEnumerable<ProjectedFileInfo> projectedItems = this.FileSystemCallbacks.GitIndexProjection.GetProjectedItems(
+                        CancellationToken.None,
+                        blobSizesConnection: null,
+                        folderPath: relativePath);
 
-                return result;
+                return this.CreatePlaceholders(relativePath, projectedItems, triggeringProcessName);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
@@ -612,7 +599,9 @@ private Result CreatePlaceholders(string directoryRelativePath, IEnumerable<Proj
                 else
                 {
                     sha = fileInfo.Sha.ToString();
-                    fileSystemResult = this.WritePlaceholderFile(childRelativePath, fileInfo.Size, sha);
+
+                    // Writing placeholders on Mac does not require a file size
+                    fileSystemResult = this.WritePlaceholderFile(childRelativePath, DummyFileSize, sha);
                 }
 
                 Result result = (Result)fileSystemResult.RawResult;
diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Mock/Mac/MockVirtualizationInstance.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Mock/Mac/MockVirtualizationInstance.cs
index c8cb3b82de..7b7e7ac5cd 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Mock/Mac/MockVirtualizationInstance.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Mock/Mac/MockVirtualizationInstance.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ public override Result WritePlaceholderFile(
             string relativePath,
             byte[] providerId,
             byte[] contentId,
-            ulong fileSize,
             ushort fileMode)
         {
             this.CreatedPlaceholders.TryAdd(relativePath, fileMode);
diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Virtualization/Projection/GitIndexProjection.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.Virtualization/Projection/GitIndexProjection.cs
index 45c9f3bfde..2e23ec5f46 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.Virtualization/Projection/GitIndexProjection.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.Virtualization/Projection/GitIndexProjection.cs
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ public virtual void GetFileTypeAndMode(string filePath, out FileType fileType, o
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the projected items within the specified folder.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token</param>
+        /// <param name="blobSizesConnection">
+        /// BlobSizes database connection, if null file sizes will not be populated
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="folderPath">Path of the folder relative to the repo's root</param>
         public virtual List<ProjectedFileInfo> GetProjectedItems(
             CancellationToken cancellationToken,
             BlobSizes.BlobSizesConnection blobSizesConnection,
@@ -396,12 +404,15 @@ public virtual List<ProjectedFileInfo> GetProjectedItems(
                 FolderData folderData;
                 if (this.TryGetOrAddFolderDataFromCache(folderPath, out folderData))
                 {
-                    folderData.PopulateSizes(
-                        this.context.Tracer,
-                        this.gitObjects,
-                        blobSizesConnection,
-                        availableSizes: null,
-                        cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                    if (blobSizesConnection != null)
+                    {
+                        folderData.PopulateSizes(
+                            this.context.Tracer,
+                            this.gitObjects,
+                            blobSizesConnection,
+                            availableSizes: null,
+                            cancellationToken: cancellationToken);
+                    }
 
                     return ConvertToProjectedFileInfos(folderData.ChildEntries);
                 }
diff --git a/MirrorProvider/MirrorProvider.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs b/MirrorProvider/MirrorProvider.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
index 98fe298f4a..12cff622ae 100644
--- a/MirrorProvider/MirrorProvider.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
+++ b/MirrorProvider/MirrorProvider.Mac/MacFileSystemVirtualizer.cs
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ private Result OnEnumerateDirectory(
                             Path.Combine(relativePath, child.Name),
                             providerId: ToVersionIdByteArray(1),
                             contentId: ToVersionIdByteArray(0),
-                            fileSize: (ulong)child.Size,
                             fileMode: fileMode);
                         if (result != Result.Success)
                         {
diff --git a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/Interop/PrjFSLib.cs b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/Interop/PrjFSLib.cs
index 19d53ff2e9..95feb1c08a 100644
--- a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/Interop/PrjFSLib.cs
+++ b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/Interop/PrjFSLib.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public static extern Result WritePlaceholderFile(
             byte[] providerId,
             [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeConst = PlaceholderIdLength)]
             byte[] contentId,
-            ulong fileSize,
             ushort fileMode);
 
         [DllImport(PrjFSLibPath, EntryPoint = "PrjFS_WriteSymLink")]
diff --git a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/VirtualizationInstance.cs b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/VirtualizationInstance.cs
index eb78b7ce75..2f50b806ce 100644
--- a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/VirtualizationInstance.cs
+++ b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib.Mac.Managed/VirtualizationInstance.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ public virtual Result WritePlaceholderFile(
             string relativePath,
             byte[] providerId,
             byte[] contentId,
-            ulong fileSize,
             ushort fileMode)
         {
             if (providerId.Length != Interop.PrjFSLib.PlaceholderIdLength ||
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ public virtual Result WritePlaceholderFile(
                 relativePath,
                 providerId,
                 contentId,
-                fileSize,
                 fileMode);
         }
 
diff --git a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.cpp b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.cpp
index 29e76a4a2d..14348e5ff5 100644
--- a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.cpp
+++ b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.cpp
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ PrjFS_Result PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile(
     _In_    const char*                             relativePath,
     _In_    unsigned char                           providerId[PrjFS_PlaceholderIdLength],
     _In_    unsigned char                           contentId[PrjFS_PlaceholderIdLength],
-    _In_    unsigned long                           fileSize,
     _In_    uint16_t                                fileMode)
 {
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -357,7 +356,6 @@ PrjFS_Result PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile(
         << relativePath << ", " 
         << (int)providerId[0] << ", "
         << (int)contentId[0] << ", "
-        << fileSize << ", "
         << oct << fileMode << dec << ")" << endl;
 #endif
     
@@ -494,7 +492,7 @@ PrjFS_Result PrjFS_UpdatePlaceholderFileIfNeeded(
     }
 
     // TODO(#1372): Ensure that races with hydration are handled properly
-    return PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile(relativePath, providerId, contentId, fileSize, fileMode);
+    return PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile(relativePath, providerId, contentId, fileMode);
 }
 
 PrjFS_Result PrjFS_ReplacePlaceholderFileWithSymLink(
diff --git a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.h b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.h
index 21a312c2c7..d68d47317a 100644
--- a/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.h
+++ b/ProjFS.Mac/PrjFSLib/PrjFSLib.h
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ extern "C" PrjFS_Result PrjFS_WritePlaceholderFile(
     _In_    const char*                             relativePath,
     _In_    unsigned char                           providerId[PrjFS_PlaceholderIdLength],
     _In_    unsigned char                           contentId[PrjFS_PlaceholderIdLength],
-    _In_    unsigned long                           fileSize,
     _In_    uint16_t                                fileMode);
 
 extern "C" PrjFS_Result PrjFS_WriteSymLink(