diff --git a/crates/ledger-cli/tests/format_upgrade.rs b/crates/ledger-cli/tests/format_upgrade.rs
index 0c9f2b8..ec4d54c 100644
--- a/crates/ledger-cli/tests/format_upgrade.rs
+++ b/crates/ledger-cli/tests/format_upgrade.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl Home {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .join(" ");
         let mut child = Command::new("script")
-            .args(["-qefc", &command, "/dev/null"])
+            .args(script_args(&command))
             .env_clear()
             .env("PATH", "/usr/bin:/bin")
             .env("HOME", self.dir.path())
@@ -973,3 +973,17 @@ fn books_p2_served_cut_over_whole() {
         "and never after"
     );
 }
+
+/// `script`'s arguments to run `command` on a pseudo-terminal, quietly,
+/// with the command's exit code as its own: util-linux's spelling on
+/// Linux, BSD's on macOS (no `-f`, no `-c`; the command after the file).
+fn script_args(command: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+        ["-qeF", "/dev/null", "/bin/sh", "-c", command]
+    } else {
+        ["-qefc", command, "/dev/null"]
+    }
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(String::from)
+    .collect()
+}
diff --git a/crates/ledger-cli/tests/open_while_held.rs b/crates/ledger-cli/tests/open_while_held.rs
index fd6b33e..9f79a2f 100644
--- a/crates/ledger-cli/tests/open_while_held.rs
+++ b/crates/ledger-cli/tests/open_while_held.rs
@@ -1944,7 +1944,7 @@ fn the_books_command_takes_its_flags_and_asks_before_adopting() {
             args.push(a.to_string());
         }
         let mut child = Command::new("script")
-            .args(["-qefc", &args.join(" "), "/dev/null"])
+            .args(script_args(&args.join(" ")))
             .env_clear()
             .env("PATH", "/usr/bin:/bin")
             .env("HOME", home.dir.path())
@@ -2948,3 +2948,17 @@ fn token_check_says_where_the_token_file_stands_and_an_unreadable_one_is_said()
     let (_, listed, _) = token(&["list"]);
     assert!(listed.contains("No tokens yet"), "{listed}");
 }
+
+/// `script`'s arguments to run `command` on a pseudo-terminal, quietly,
+/// with the command's exit code as its own: util-linux's spelling on
+/// Linux, BSD's on macOS (no `-f`, no `-c`; the command after the file).
+fn script_args(command: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+        ["-qeF", "/dev/null", "/bin/sh", "-c", command]
+    } else {
+        ["-qefc", command, "/dev/null"]
+    }
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(String::from)
+    .collect()
+}
diff --git a/crates/ledger-cli/tests/setup.rs b/crates/ledger-cli/tests/setup.rs
index 71806b2..0a76c19 100644
--- a/crates/ledger-cli/tests/setup.rs
+++ b/crates/ledger-cli/tests/setup.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ fn a_root_elsewhere_is_noted_for_next_time() {
         ledger_store::root::platform_data_dir(home.path()).join("wanderbooks.location"),
     )
     .unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(noted.trim_end(), elsewhere.display().to_string());
+    // As the system spells it (macOS writes /tmp as /private/tmp).
+    assert_eq!(
+        std::path::PathBuf::from(noted.trim_end()),
+        std::fs::canonicalize(&elsewhere).unwrap()
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -155,9 +159,23 @@ fn another_home_ignores_this_accounts_data_home() {
     );
 }
 
-/// Run `args` at a terminal (a pseudo-terminal, through util-linux
-/// `script`), typing `lines` one at a time: its exit code and what the
-/// terminal showed.
+/// `script`'s arguments to run `command` on a pseudo-terminal, quietly,
+/// with the command's exit code as its own: util-linux's spelling on
+/// Linux, BSD's on macOS (no `-f`, no `-c`; the command after the file).
+fn script_args(command: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+        ["-qeF", "/dev/null", "/bin/sh", "-c", command]
+    } else {
+        ["-qefc", command, "/dev/null"]
+    }
+    .into_iter()
+    .map(String::from)
+    .collect()
+}
+
+/// Run `args` at a terminal (a pseudo-terminal, through `script`),
+/// typing `lines` one at a time: its exit code and what the terminal
+/// showed.
 fn at_terminal(args: &[String], lines: &[&str]) -> (i32, String) {
     use std::io::Write;
     let command = std::iter::once(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_wanderbooks").to_string())
@@ -165,7 +183,7 @@ fn at_terminal(args: &[String], lines: &[&str]) -> (i32, String) {
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join(" ");
     let mut child = Command::new("script")
-        .args(["-qefc", &command, "/dev/null"])
+        .args(script_args(&command))
         .env_remove("XDG_DATA_HOME")
         .stdin(std::process::Stdio::piped())
         .stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped())