diff --git a/browser-app.cpp b/browser-app.cpp
index fc046f06c..a3770db75 100644
--- a/browser-app.cpp
+++ b/browser-app.cpp
@@ -77,10 +77,9 @@ void BrowserApp::OnBeforeCommandLineProcessing(
 	const CefString &, CefRefPtr<CefCommandLine> command_line)
 {
 	if (!shared_texture_available) {
-		bool enableGPU = command_line->HasSwitch("enable-gpu");
 		CefString type = command_line->GetSwitchValue("type");
 
-		if (!enableGPU && type.empty()) {
+		if (!gpuCompositing && type.empty()) {
 			command_line->AppendSwitch("disable-gpu-compositing");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/browser-app.hpp b/browser-app.hpp
index 460273c52..6c003e002 100644
--- a/browser-app.hpp
+++ b/browser-app.hpp
@@ -75,12 +75,15 @@ class BrowserApp : public CefApp,
 	typedef std::map<int, CefRefPtr<CefV8Value>> CallbackMap;
 
 	bool shared_texture_available;
+	bool gpuCompositing;
 	CallbackMap callbackMap;
 	int callbackId;
 
 public:
-	inline BrowserApp(bool shared_texture_available_ = false)
-		: shared_texture_available(shared_texture_available_)
+	inline BrowserApp(bool shared_texture_available_ = false,
+			  bool gpuCompositing_ = true)
+		: shared_texture_available(shared_texture_available_),
+		  gpuCompositing(gpuCompositing_)
 	{
 	}
 
diff --git a/obs-browser-plugin.cpp b/obs-browser-plugin.cpp
index 4118195dd..a0a08d3b7 100644
--- a/obs-browser-plugin.cpp
+++ b/obs-browser-plugin.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int adapterCount = 0;
 static std::wstring deviceId;
 
 bool hwaccel = false;
+bool gpuCompositing = true;
 
 /* ========================================================================= */
 
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ static void BrowserInit(void)
 	prod_ver << std::to_string(obs_maj) << "." << std::to_string(obs_min)
 		 << "." << std::to_string(obs_pat);
 
-#if CHROME_VERSION_BUILD >= 4472
+#if CHROME_VERSION_BUILD >= 4430
 	CefString(&settings.user_agent_product) = prod_ver.str();
 #else
 	CefString(&settings.product_version) = prod_ver.str();
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ static void BrowserInit(void)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	app = new BrowserApp(tex_sharing_avail);
+	app = new BrowserApp(tex_sharing_avail, gpuCompositing);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	CefExecuteProcess(args, app, nullptr);
@@ -693,7 +694,8 @@ bool obs_module_load(void)
 
 #ifdef SHARED_TEXTURE_SUPPORT_ENABLED
 	obs_data_t *private_data = obs_get_private_data();
-	hwaccel = obs_data_get_bool(private_data, "BrowserHWAccel");
+	gpuCompositing = obs_data_get_bool(private_data, "BrowserHWAccel");
+	hwaccel = gpuCompositing;
 
 	if (hwaccel) {
 		check_hwaccel_support();
diff --git a/obs-browser-source.cpp b/obs-browser-source.cpp
index 23016150c..9d3f57485 100644
--- a/obs-browser-source.cpp
+++ b/obs-browser-source.cpp
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ bool BrowserSource::CreateBrowser()
 		if (hwaccel) {
 			obs_enter_graphics();
 			tex_sharing_avail = gs_shared_texture_available();
+#if CHROME_VERSION_BUILD >= 4430 && defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__arm64__)
+			// CEF 4430 doesn't seem to work correctly when init'd with shared texture on arm64:
+			//  - we never see OnAcceleratedPaint called
+			//  - everything is black
+			// so we'll disable that for the time being
+			tex_sharing_avail = false;
+#endif
 			obs_leave_graphics();
 		}
 #else
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ bool BrowserSource::CreateBrowser()
 #endif
 
 		CefRefPtr<BrowserClient> browserClient = new BrowserClient(
-			this, hwaccel && tex_sharing_avail, reroute_audio);
+			this, tex_sharing_avail, reroute_audio);
 
 		CefWindowInfo windowInfo;
 #if CHROME_VERSION_BUILD < 3071
@@ -152,7 +159,7 @@ bool BrowserSource::CreateBrowser()
 		windowInfo.windowless_rendering_enabled = true;
 
 #ifdef SHARED_TEXTURE_SUPPORT_ENABLED
-		windowInfo.shared_texture_enabled = hwaccel;
+		windowInfo.shared_texture_enabled = tex_sharing_avail;
 #endif
 
 		CefBrowserSettings cefBrowserSettings;
@@ -177,10 +184,10 @@ bool BrowserSource::CreateBrowser()
 		cefBrowserSettings.default_font_size = 16;
 		cefBrowserSettings.default_fixed_font_size = 16;
 
-#if ENABLE_LOCAL_FILE_URL_SCHEME
+#if ENABLE_LOCAL_FILE_URL_SCHEME && CHROME_VERSION_BUILD < 4430
 		if (is_local) {
 			/* Disable web security for file:// URLs to allow
-			 * local content access to remote APIs */
+              * local content access to remote APIs */
 			cefBrowserSettings.web_security = STATE_DISABLED;
 		}
 #endif
@@ -550,9 +557,14 @@ void BrowserSource::Render()
 
 	if (texture) {
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-		gs_effect_t *effect =
-			obs_get_base_effect((hwaccel) ? OBS_EFFECT_DEFAULT_RECT
-						      : OBS_EFFECT_DEFAULT);
+		bool useDefaultRect = hwaccel;
+#if CHROME_VERSION_BUILD >= 4430 && defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__arm64__)
+		useDefaultRect = false;
+		flip = false;
+#endif
+		gs_effect_t *effect = obs_get_base_effect(
+			(useDefaultRect) ? OBS_EFFECT_DEFAULT_RECT
+					 : OBS_EFFECT_DEFAULT);
 #else
 		gs_effect_t *effect = obs_get_base_effect(OBS_EFFECT_DEFAULT);
 #endif