diff --git a/Common/CodeBlock.h b/Common/CodeBlock.h
index 76ee2b5640..f8e5b6be67 100644
--- a/Common/CodeBlock.h
+++ b/Common/CodeBlock.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public:
 
 	// Call this when shutting down. Don't rely on the destructor, even though it'll do the job.
 	void FreeCodeSpace() {
+		ProtectMemoryPages(region, region_size, MEM_PROT_READ | MEM_PROT_WRITE);
 		FreeMemoryPages(region, region_size);
 		region = nullptr;
 		region_size = 0;
diff --git a/Common/Common.vcxproj b/Common/Common.vcxproj
index 77b63f204b..c2ed3cd411 100644
--- a/Common/Common.vcxproj
+++ b/Common/Common.vcxproj
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="MemArenaAndroid.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MemArenaPosix.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MemArenaWin32.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="MemArenaDarwin.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MemoryUtil.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MipsEmitter.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Misc.cpp" />
@@ -325,4 +326,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters b/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
index 2930c66f80..c707726aa0 100644
--- a/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/Common/Common.vcxproj.filters
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="MemArenaPosix.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MemArenaWin32.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MemArenaAndroid.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="MemArenaDarwin.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Filter Include="Crypto">
@@ -149,4 +150,4 @@
       <UniqueIdentifier>{c14d66ef-5f7c-4565-975a-72774e7ccfb9}</UniqueIdentifier>
     </Filter>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/Common/MemArena.h b/Common/MemArena.h
index 48e1bcece2..0c3b794546 100644
--- a/Common/MemArena.h
+++ b/Common/MemArena.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include "CommonWindows.h"
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <mach/mach.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "Common.h"
@@ -47,9 +49,9 @@ private:
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	HANDLE hMemoryMapping;
 	SYSTEM_INFO sysInfo;
-#elif defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(ARM64)
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
 	size_t vm_size;
-	uintptr_t vm_mem;  // same type as vm_address_t
+	vm_address_t vm_mem;  // same type as vm_address_t
 #else
 	int fd;
 #endif
diff --git a/Common/MemArenaDarwin.cpp b/Common/MemArenaDarwin.cpp
index 4632670f27..593bb1495e 100644
--- a/Common/MemArenaDarwin.cpp
+++ b/Common/MemArenaDarwin.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "ppsspp_config.h"
 
-#if defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(ARM64)
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #include <string>
 #include <inttypes.h>
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ size_t MemArena::roundup(size_t x) {
 	return x;
 }
 
-void MemArena::GrabLowMemSpace(size_t size)
-{
+void MemArena::GrabLowMemSpace(size_t size) {
 	vm_size = size;
 	kern_return_t retval = vm_allocate(mach_task_self(), &vm_mem, size, VM_FLAGS_ANYWHERE);
 	if (retval != KERN_SUCCESS) {
@@ -56,8 +55,7 @@ void MemArena::ReleaseSpace() {
 	vm_mem = 0;
 }
 
-void *MemArena::CreateView(s64 offset, size_t size, void *base)
-{
+void *MemArena::CreateView(s64 offset, size_t size, void *base) {
 	mach_port_t self = mach_task_self();
 	vm_address_t target = (vm_address_t)base;
 	uint64_t mask = 0;
@@ -86,12 +84,34 @@ void MemArena::ReleaseView(void* view, size_t size) {
 }
 
 bool MemArena::NeedsProbing() {
+#if defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(64BIT)
 	return true;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
 }
 
 u8* MemArena::Find4GBBase() {
+#if defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(64BIT)
 	// The caller will need to do probing, like on 32-bit Windows.
 	return nullptr;
+#else
+	size_t size;
+#if PPSSPP_ARCH(64BIT)
+	size = 0xE1000000;
+#else
+	size = 0x10000000;
+#endif
+
+	vm_address_t addr = 0;
+	kern_return_t retval = vm_allocate(mach_task_self(), &addr, size, VM_FLAGS_ANYWHERE);
+	if (retval == KERN_SUCCESS) {
+		// Don't need the memory now, was just probing.
+		vm_deallocate(mach_task_self(), addr, size);
+		return (u8 *)addr;
+	}
+#endif
+	return nullptr;
 }
 
-#endif // defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(ARM64)
+#endif  // __APPLE__
diff --git a/Common/MemArenaPosix.cpp b/Common/MemArenaPosix.cpp
index 764edae78f..18151d0b34 100644
--- a/Common/MemArenaPosix.cpp
+++ b/Common/MemArenaPosix.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "ppsspp_config.h"
 
-#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(ANDROID) && !(defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(ARM64))
+#if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(ANDROID) && !defined(__APPLE__)
 
 #include <string>
 
@@ -107,13 +107,14 @@ u8* MemArena::Find4GBBase() {
 	// This makes the Windows approach above unusable on Linux, so we will simply pray...
 	return reinterpret_cast<u8*>(0x2300000000ULL);
 #else
-	void* base = mmap(0, 0x10000000, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+	size_t size = 0x10000000;
+	void* base = mmap(0, size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
 		MAP_ANON | MAP_SHARED, -1, 0);
 	if (base == MAP_FAILED) {
 		PanicAlert("Failed to map 256 MB of memory space: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
-	munmap(base, 0x10000000);
+	munmap(base, size);
 	return static_cast<u8*>(base);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/ios/ViewController.mm b/ios/ViewController.mm
index 77cdb6eb60..2d9f46bb5d 100644
--- a/ios/ViewController.mm
+++ b/ios/ViewController.mm
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ bool simulateAnalog = false;
 extern ScreenManager *screenManager;
 InputState input_state;
 
-extern std::string ram_temp_file;
 extern bool iosCanUseJit;
 extern bool targetIsJailbroken;
 
@@ -97,11 +96,6 @@ static GraphicsContext *graphicsContext;
 
 		net::Init();
 
-#if defined(IOS) && PPSSPP_ARCH(ARM64)
-#else
-		ram_temp_file = [[NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"ram_tmp.file"] fileSystemRepresentation];
-#endif
-
 		iosCanUseJit = true;
 		targetIsJailbroken = false;
 		NSArray *jailPath = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: