diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
index 19ba5d2084416e..b5e5f3c5c590ab 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
@@ -29,14 +29,25 @@
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
 // ParagraphTextView is an auxiliary view we set as contentView so the drawing
 // can happen on top of the layers manipulated by RCTViewComponentView (the parent view)
 @interface RCTParagraphTextView : RCTUIView // [macOS]
+#else // [macOS
+// On macOS, we also defer drawing to an NSTextView,
+// in order to get more native behaviors like text selection.
+@interface RCTParagraphTextView : NSTextView // [macOS]
+#endif // macOS]
 
 @property (nonatomic) ParagraphShadowNode::ConcreteState::Shared state;
 @property (nonatomic) ParagraphAttributes paragraphAttributes;
 @property (nonatomic) LayoutMetrics layoutMetrics;
 
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
+/// UIKit compatibility shim that simply calls `[self setNeedsDisplay:YES]`
+- (void)setNeedsDisplay;
+#endif
+
 @end
 
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
@@ -53,7 +64,7 @@ @implementation RCTParagraphComponentView {
   RCTParagraphComponentAccessibilityProvider *_accessibilityProvider;
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   UILongPressGestureRecognizer *_longPressGestureRecognizer;
-#endif // [macOS]
+#endif // macOS]
   RCTParagraphTextView *_textView;
 }
 
@@ -64,9 +75,28 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 
 #if !TARGET_OS_OSX  // [macOS]
     self.opaque = NO;
-#endif  // [macOS]
     _textView = [RCTParagraphTextView new];
     _textView.backgroundColor = RCTUIColor.clearColor; // [macOS]
+#else // [macOS
+    // Make the RCTParagraphComponentView accessible and available in the a11y hierarchy.
+    self.accessibilityElement = YES;
+    self.accessibilityRole = NSAccessibilityStaticTextRole;
+    // Fix blurry text on non-retina displays.
+    self.canDrawSubviewsIntoLayer = YES;
+    // The NSTextView is responsible for drawing text and managing selection.
+    _textView = [[RCTParagraphTextView alloc] initWithFrame:self.bounds];
+    // The RCTParagraphComponentUnfocusableTextView is only used for rendering and should not appear in the a11y hierarchy.
+    _textView.accessibilityElement = NO;
+    _textView.usesFontPanel = NO;
+    _textView.drawsBackground = NO;
+    _textView.linkTextAttributes = @{};
+    _textView.editable = NO;
+    _textView.selectable = NO;
+    _textView.verticallyResizable = NO;
+    _textView.layoutManager.usesFontLeading = NO;
+    self.contentView = _textView;
+    self.layerContentsRedrawPolicy = NSViewLayerContentsRedrawDuringViewResize;
+#endif // macOS]
     self.contentView = _textView;
   }
 
@@ -123,7 +153,9 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
     } else {
       [self disableContextMenu];
     }
-#endif // [macOS]
+#else // [macOS
+    _textView.selectable = newParagraphProps.isSelectable;
+#endif // macOS]
   }
 
   [super updateProps:props oldProps:oldProps];
@@ -350,9 +382,12 @@ - (void)copy:(id)sender
 }
 
 @implementation RCTParagraphTextView {
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   CAShapeLayer *_highlightLayer;
+#endif // macOS]
 }
 
+
 - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 {
   if (!_state) {
@@ -370,6 +405,7 @@ - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
 
   CGRect frame = RCTCGRectFromRect(_layoutMetrics.getContentFrame());
 
+#if !TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS]
   [nativeTextLayoutManager drawAttributedString:_state->getData().attributedString
                             paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes
                                           frame:frame
@@ -387,6 +423,48 @@ - (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
                                   self->_highlightLayer = nil;
                                 }
                               }];
+#else // [macOS
+  NSTextStorage *textStorage = [nativeTextLayoutManager getTextStorageForAttributedString:_state->getData().attributedString paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes size:frame.size];
+
+  NSLayoutManager *layoutManager = textStorage.layoutManagers.firstObject;
+  NSTextContainer *textContainer = layoutManager.textContainers.firstObject;
+
+  [self replaceTextContainer:textContainer];
+
+  NSArray<NSLayoutManager *> *managers = [[textStorage layoutManagers] copy];
+  for (NSLayoutManager *manager in managers) {
+    [textStorage removeLayoutManager:manager];
+  }
+
+  self.minSize = frame.size;
+  self.maxSize = frame.size;
+  self.frame = frame;
+  [[self textStorage] setAttributedString:textStorage];
+
+  [super drawRect:rect];
+#endif
+}
+
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
+- (void)setNeedsDisplay
+{
+  [self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
+}
+
+- (BOOL)canBecomeKeyView
+{
+  return NO;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)resignFirstResponder
+{
+  // Don't relinquish first responder while selecting text.
+  if (self.selectable && NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.currentMode == NSEventTrackingRunLoopMode) {
+    return NO;
+  }
+
+  return [super resignFirstResponder];
+}
+#endif // macOS]
+
 @end
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h
index 4c7c431fb2a5a1..672090101c8a7e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ using RCTTextLayoutFragmentEnumerationBlock =
                               frame:(CGRect)frame
                          usingBlock:(RCTTextLayoutFragmentEnumerationBlock)block;
 
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
+- (NSTextStorage *)getTextStorageForAttributedString:(facebook::react::AttributedString)attributedString
+                                 paragraphAttributes:(facebook::react::ParagraphAttributes)paragraphAttributes
+                                                size:(CGSize)size;
+#endif // macOS]
+
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index e63cc78b49382a..390a07c8f6ead2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -399,4 +399,18 @@ - (TextMeasurement)_measureTextStorage:(NSTextStorage *)textStorage
   return TextMeasurement{{size.width, size.height}, attachments};
 }
 
+#if TARGET_OS_OSX // [macOS
+- (NSTextStorage *)getTextStorageForAttributedString:(AttributedString)attributedString
+                                 paragraphAttributes:(ParagraphAttributes)paragraphAttributes
+                                                size:(CGSize)size
+{
+  NSAttributedString *nsAttributedString = [self _nsAttributedStringFromAttributedString:attributedString];
+  NSTextStorage *textStorage = [self _textStorageAndLayoutManagerWithAttributesString:nsAttributedString
+                                                                  paragraphAttributes:paragraphAttributes
+                                                                                 size:size];
+  
+  return textStorage;
+}
+#endif // macOS]
+
 @end