diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 844fb41..4a9f015 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ captured geometry to mesh files.
 ├── THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md       Licensing of every vendored dependency — read before redistributing
 ├── notes.txt                     Original author's notes (2010), verbatim
 └── src/
-    ├── cocoaKinect.xcodeproj/    Xcode project (Xcode 3 era, SDK 10.6)
+    ├── cocoaKinect.xcodeproj/    Project file (objectVersion 46, SDKROOT macosx10.6)
     ├── AppDelegate.{h,m}         Kinect device handling, stream callbacks, mesh export
     ├── GLView.{h,m}              OpenGL view — rendering of points/mesh/2D modes
     ├── GLProgram.{h,m}           GLSL shader loading and linking helper
@@ -47,20 +47,23 @@ captured geometry to mesh files.
         └── COPYING AUTHORS       LGPL-2.1 text and copyright holders
 ```
 
-The vendored dependencies stay inside `src/` because the Xcode project references
-them relative to `SOURCE_ROOT` (`HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS`, `LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS`).
+The vendored dependencies stay inside `src/` because the project references them
+relative to `SOURCE_ROOT` (`HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS`, `LIBRARY_SEARCH_PATHS`).
 Moving them would break the build.
 
 ## Building
 
-Open `src/cocoaKinect.xcodeproj` in Xcode and build the `cocoaKinect` target.
+Open `src/cocoaKinect.xcodeproj` and build the `cocoaKinect` target.
 
-**Expect this not to build as-is on a modern Mac.** The project targets `macosx10.6`,
-uses the Xcode 3 project format, links a 2010 32/64-bit `libusb-1.0` binary, and relies
-on the legacy OpenGL and Objective-C garbage-collection era toolchain. Treat it as a
-historical reference; getting it running today means retargeting the SDK, rebuilding
-`libusb` for `arm64`, and replacing the vendored `libfreenect` snapshot with a current
-one.
+**It builds and runs on an Intel Mac.** That is the maintainer's report from an actual
+machine — this repository's CI only parses the sources, so nothing here independently
+confirms it.
+
+On Apple Silicon it will not link as-is: the vendored `libusb-1.0` binaries are x86_64
+only — `lipo -info` reports a non-fat x86_64 `.dylib` and `.a` — so they have to be
+rebuilt or replaced with a universal build first. The project also declares
+`SDKROOT = macosx10.6` and uses the legacy fixed-function OpenGL pipeline, deprecated
+but still functional on current systems.
 
 A `Copy Frameworks` build phase stages `libusb` into `Contents/Frameworks/libusb-1.0`,
 and a run script rewrites the install name:
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ From the original author's notes:
 
 - **libfreenect** — copy the `include` and `lib` folders from the `c` folder of the
   upstream git project into `src/kinect/`. Files may need to be added to or removed
-  from the Xcode project as upstream changes.
+  from the project as upstream changes.
 - **libusb** — after the usual configure / make / install, copy the files from
   `/usr/local/lib` and `/usr/local/include` into `src/libusb-1.0/`.