diff --git a/mac_installer/release_boinc.sh b/mac_installer/release_boinc.sh
index 170f03111e..e98d195ae3 100644
--- a/mac_installer/release_boinc.sh
+++ b/mac_installer/release_boinc.sh
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ cp -fpR mac_build/build/BOINCManager.app ../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Application
 
 cp -fpR mac_build/build/BOINCSaver.saver ../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Screen\ Savers/
 
-## Copy the localization files to the installer tree
-## Old way copied everything, including CVS files and *.po files which were not needed and wasted space
+## Copy the localization files into the installer tree
+## Old way copies CVS and *.po files which are not needed
 ## cp -fpR locale/client/ ../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Application\ Support/BOINC\ Data/locale
 ## sudo rm -dfR ../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Application\ Support/BOINC\ Data/locale/CVS
-## New way copies only *.mo files (adapted from boinc/sea/make-tar.sh)
-find locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4 | awk '{print "../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Application\ Support/BOINC\ Data/locale/"$0}' | xargs mkdir
-find locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 4,5 | awk '{print "cp \"../locale/client/"$0"\" \"../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Application\ Support/BOINC\ Data/locale/"$0"\""}' | bash
+## New way copies only *.mo files (adapted from boinc/sea/make-tar.sh
+find locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 3 | awk '{print "-p \"../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/locale/"$0"\""}' | xargs mkdir
+find locale/client -name '*.mo' | cut -d '/' -f 3,4 | awk '{print "cp \"locale/client/"$0"\" \"../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/Library/Application Support/BOINC Data/locale/"$0"\""}' | bash
 
 sudo chown -R root:admin ../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/*
 sudo chmod -R 775 ../BOINC_Installer/Pkg_Root/*