diff --git a/.travis/install.sh b/.travis/install.sh
index c7a2ca658..d4c733ebd 100644
--- a/.travis/install.sh
+++ b/.travis/install.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
-	brew install ffmpeg qt5
-	export PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt/bin:$PATH"
+	brew install ffmpeg qt5 python@2
+	export PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt/bin:/usr/local/opt/python@2/libexec/bin:$PATH"
 elif [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
 	if [ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then sudo apt-get -y install qt59base qt59multimedia libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavfilter-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev frei0r-plugins-dev frei0r-plugins fuse; fi
 	if [ "$ARCH" == "i386" ]; then sudo apt-get -y install gcc-multilib g++-multilib qt59base:i386 qt59multimedia:i386 libavformat-dev:i386 libavcodec-dev:i386 libavfilter-dev:i386 libavutil-dev:i386 libswscale-dev:i386 libswresample-dev:i386 frei0r-plugins-dev:i386 frei0r-plugins:i386 pkg-config:i386 libgl1-mesa-dev:i386 fuse:i386; fi
diff --git a/.travis/script.sh b/.travis/script.sh
index 111de5f4b..6ca216706 100644
--- a/.travis/script.sh
+++ b/.travis/script.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,64 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then
+	# generate translation files
 	lrelease olive.pro
+
+	# generate Makefile
 	qmake CONFIG+=release PREFIX=/usr
+
+	# run Makefile
 	make -j$(nproc)
+
+	# move Qt deps into bundle
 	macdeployqt Olive.app
+
+	# fix other deps that macdeployqt missed
+	wget -c -nv https://github.com/arl/macdeployqtfix/raw/master/macdeployqtfix.py
+	python2 macdeployqtfix.py Olive.app/Contents/MacOS/Olive /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.*/
+
+	# move translations into bundle
+	mkdir Olive.app/Contents/Translations
+	mv ts/*.qm Olive.app/Contents/Translations
+
+	# move external effects into bundle
+	mkdir Olive.app/Contents/Effects
+	cp effects/* Olive.app/Contents/Effects
+
+	# distribute in zip
 	zip -r Olive-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)-macOS.zip Olive.app
 elif [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then
+	# generate translation files
 	lrelease olive.pro
+
+	# generate Makefile
 	if [ "$ARCH" == "i386" ]; then
+		# use extra compiler flags to force 32-bit build
 		qmake CONFIG+=release "QMAKE_CFLAGS+=-m32" "QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+=-m32" "QMAKE_LFLAGS+=-m32" PREFIX=/usr -spec linux-g++-32
 	else
 		qmake CONFIG+=release PREFIX=/usr
 	fi
+
+	# run Makefile
 	make -j$(nproc)
+
+	# use `make install` on `appdir` to place files in the correct place
 	make INSTALL_ROOT=appdir -j$(nproc) install ; find appdir/
+
+	# download linuxdeployqt
 	wget -c -nv "https://github.com/probonopd/linuxdeployqt/releases/download/continuous/linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage"
 	chmod a+x linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage
+
 	unset QTDIR; unset QT_PLUGIN_PATH ; unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-	export VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) # linuxdeployqt uses this for naming the file
+	
+	# linuxdeployqt uses this for naming the file
+	export VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+
+	# use linuxdeployqt to set up dependencies
 	./linuxdeployqt-continuous-x86_64.AppImage appdir/usr/share/applications/*.desktop -appimage
+
+	# 64-bit linuxdeployqt can only generate a 64-bit AppImage
+	# to generate a 32-bit one, we need to download and run 32-bit AppImageTool
 	if [ "$ARCH" == "i386" ]; then
 		rm Olive*.AppImage
 		wget -c -nv "https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/continuous/appimagetool-i686.AppImage"
diff --git a/io/path.cpp b/io/path.cpp
index dc5b26a89..dafa5ae7f 100644
--- a/io/path.cpp
+++ b/io/path.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,24 @@ QString get_config_path() {
 }
 
 QList<QString> get_effects_paths() {
+    // returns a list of the effects paths to search
+
 	QList<QString> effects_paths;
-	effects_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/effects");
+
+    // "effects" subfolder in program folder - best for Windows
+    effects_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/effects");
+
+    // "Effects" folder one level above the program's directory - best for Mac
+    effects_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/../Effects");
+
+    // folder in share folder - best for Linux
 	effects_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/../share/olive-editor/effects");
+
+    // Olive will also accept a manually provided folder with an environment variable
 	QString env_path(qgetenv("OLIVE_EFFECTS_PATH"));
 	if (!env_path.isEmpty()) effects_paths.append(env_path);
-	return effects_paths;
+
+    return effects_paths;
 }
 
 QString get_file_hash(const QString& filename) {
@@ -47,9 +59,19 @@ QString get_file_hash(const QString& filename) {
 
 QList<QString> get_language_paths() {
 	QList<QString> language_paths;
+
+    // subfolder in program folder - best for Windows (or compiling+running from source dir)
 	language_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/ts");
+
+    // folder one level above the program's directory - best for Mac
+    language_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/../Translations");
+
+    // folder in share folder - best for Linux
 	language_paths.append(get_app_dir() + "/../share/olive-editor/ts");
+
+    // Olive will also accept a manually provided folder with an environment variable
 	QString env_path(qgetenv("OLIVE_LANG_PATH"));
 	if (!env_path.isEmpty()) language_paths.append(env_path);
+
 	return language_paths;
 }