diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a7788ddca..d532e73433 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 set(ROOT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}")
 
-set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_URL  "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v0.1.2c/title-sequences.zip")
+set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_VERSION "0.1.2c")
+set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_URL  "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v${TITLE_SEQUENCE_VERSION}/title-sequences.zip")
 set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_SHA1 "304d13a126c15bf2c86ff13b81a2f2cc1856ac8d")
 
-set(OBJECTS_URL  "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/objects/releases/download/v1.0.21/objects.zip")
+set(OBJECTS_VERSION "1.0.21")
+set(OBJECTS_URL  "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/objects/releases/download/v${OBJECTS_VERSION}/objects.zip")
 set(OBJECTS_SHA1 "c38af45d51a6e440386180feacf76c64720b6ac5")
 
 set(REPLAYS_URL  "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/replays/releases/download/v0.0.37/replays.zip")
@@ -105,34 +107,20 @@ endif ()
 if (APPLE AND MACOS_USE_DEPENDENCIES)
     # if we're building on macOS, then we need the dependencies
     # update dylibs
+    include(cmake/download.cmake)
+    
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION "28")
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE "openrct2-libs-v${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION}-x64-macos-dylibs.zip")
+    set(MACOS_DYLIBS_SHA1 "29e5480376cf4ac5943f114387e32685204c8b78")
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR "${ROOT_DIR}/lib/macos")
     set(MACOS_DYLIBS_URL "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION}/${MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE}")
 
-    if (NOT EXISTS ${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR})
-        set(DOWNLOAD_DYLIBS 1)
-    else ()
-        file(READ "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}/libversion" MACOS_DYLIBS_CACHED_VERSION)
-        if (NOT ${MACOS_DYLIBS_CACHED_VERSION} STREQUAL ${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION})
-        message("Cached macOS dylibs out of date")
-        set(DOWNLOAD_DYLIBS 1)
-        endif ()
-    endif ()
-    if (DOWNLOAD_DYLIBS)
-        message("Downloading macOS dylibs")
-        file(DOWNLOAD "${MACOS_DYLIBS_URL}" "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}/${MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE}")
-        file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT
-            INPUT "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}/${MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE}"
-            DESTINATION "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}"
-        )
-        file(WRITE
-            "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}/libversion"
-            "${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION}"
-        )
-        file(REMOVE "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}/${MACOS_DYLIBS_ZIPFILE}")
-    endif ()
-    # TODO: make the above routine a function, use it for objects, title sequences, and languages
+    download_openrct2_zip(
+        ZIP_VERSION ${MACOS_DYLIBS_VERSION}
+        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}
+        ZIP_URL ${MACOS_DYLIBS_URL}
+        SHA1 ${MACOS_DYLIBS_SHA1}
+    )
 
     set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${MACOS_DYLIBS_DIR}")
diff --git a/cmake/download.cmake b/cmake/download.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4936d200a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/download.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+function(download_openrct2_zip)
+    set(oneValueArgs ZIP_VERSION DOWNLOAD_DIR ZIP_URL SHA1)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2 "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}"
+                        "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN} )
+
+    get_filename_component(ZIP_FILE_NAME ${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_ZIP_URL} NAME)
+
+    if (NOT EXISTS ${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR})
+        set(DOWNLOAD_ZIP 1)
+    else ()
+        if (EXISTS "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/zipversion")
+            file(READ "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/zipversion" DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_CACHED_VERSION)
+            if (NOT ${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_CACHED_VERSION} STREQUAL ${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_ZIP_VERSION})
+                message("Cache ${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR} not up to date")
+                set(DOWNLOAD_ZIP 1)
+            endif ()
+        else ()
+        set(DOWNLOAD_ZIP 1)
+        endif ()
+    endif ()
+    if (DOWNLOAD_ZIP)
+        message("Downloading ${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}")
+        file(DOWNLOAD
+            "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_ZIP_URL}" "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${ZIP_FILE_NAME}"
+            EXPECTED_HASH SHA1=${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_SHA1} SHOW_PROGRESS)
+        file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT
+            INPUT "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${ZIP_FILE_NAME}"
+            DESTINATION "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}"
+        )
+        file(WRITE
+            "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/zipversion"
+            "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_ZIP_VERSION}"
+        )
+        file(REMOVE "${DOWNLOAD_OPENRCT2_DOWNLOAD_DIR}/${ZIP_FILE_NAME}")
+    endif ()
+
+endfunction ()
diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt
index 054a9f91de..cc53186ba3 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,24 +139,18 @@ if(MACOS_BUNDLE)
 
     # Add distribution sources
     target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME}
-        PUBLIC distribution/readme.txt
-        PUBLIC distribution/changelog.txt
-        PUBLIC g2.dat
-        PUBLIC resources/mac/openrct2.icns
-        PUBLIC ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/language
-        PUBLIC ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/object
-        PUBLIC ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/sequence
+        PUBLIC ${ROOT_DIR}/distribution/readme.txt
+        PUBLIC ${ROOT_DIR}/distribution/changelog.txt
+        PUBLIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/g2.dat
+        PUBLIC ${ROOT_DIR}/resources/mac/openrct2.icns
         )
 
     # Specify the resources to move to the bundle
     set(BUNDLE_RESOURCES
-        distribution/readme.txt
-        distribution/changelog.txt
-        g2.dat
-        resources/mac/openrct2.icns
-        ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/language
-        ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/object
-        ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/sequence
+        ${ROOT_DIR}/distribution/readme.txt
+        ${ROOT_DIR}/distribution/changelog.txt
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/g2.dat
+        ${ROOT_DIR}/resources/mac/openrct2.icns
         )
 
 
@@ -174,8 +168,26 @@ if(MACOS_BUNDLE)
 
     # copy data
     file(COPY ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/language DESTINATION "${BUNDLE_RESOURCE_DIR}")
-    file(COPY ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/object DESTINATION "${BUNDLE_RESOURCE_DIR}")
-    file(COPY ${SOURCE_DATA_DIR}/sequence DESTINATION "${BUNDLE_RESOURCE_DIR}")
+
+    # download objects and sequences
+    set(OBJECTS_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/object)
+    set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sequence)
+    download_openrct2_zip(
+        ZIP_VERSION ${OBJECTS_VERSION}
+        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${OBJECTS_DIR}
+        ZIP_URL ${OBJECTS_URL}
+        SHA1 ${OBJECTS_SHA1}
+    )
+
+    download_openrct2_zip(
+        ZIP_VERSION ${TITLE_SEQUENCE_VERSION}
+        DOWNLOAD_DIR ${TITLE_SEQUENCE_DIR}
+        ZIP_URL ${TITLE_SEQUENCE_URL}
+        SHA1 ${TITLE_SEQUENCE_SHA1}
+    )
+    
+    file(COPY ${OBJECTS_DIR} DESTINATION "${BUNDLE_RESOURCE_DIR}")
+    file(COPY ${TITLE_SEQUENCE_DIR} DESTINATION "${BUNDLE_RESOURCE_DIR}")
 
     # Create as a bundle
     set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
@@ -191,5 +203,4 @@ if(MACOS_BUNDLE)
         verify_app(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${MACOS_APP_NAME})
         "  BUNDLE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     )
-    
 endif ()