diff --git a/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.h b/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.h
index 54a85a232fd15..016e102e78cd8 100644
--- a/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.h
+++ b/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.h
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
 - (id)initWithFrame:(NSRect)frameRect;
 - (CGLContextObj)getGLContextObj;
 
-/**
- * @brief Application renders out of the NSOpenGLView drawRect (on a different thread). Hence the current
- *  NSOpenGLContext needs to be make current so that the view on the context is valid for rendering.
- *  This should be done whenever gl calls are about to be done.
- */
-- (void)NotifyContext;
 /**
  * @brief Update the current OpenGL context (view is set before updating)
  */
@@ -30,9 +24,4 @@
  */
 - (void)FlushBuffer;
 
-/**
- * @brief Specifies if the glContext is currently owned by the view
- */
-@property(atomic, assign) BOOL glContextOwned;
-
 @end
diff --git a/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.mm b/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.mm
index 195ea0d889007..857174838a4af 100644
--- a/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.mm
+++ b/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/OSXGLView.mm
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ @implementation OSXGLView
   NSTrackingArea* m_trackingArea;
 }
 
-@synthesize glContextOwned;
-
 - (void)SendInputEvent:(NSEvent*)nsEvent
 {
   CWinSystemOSX* winSystem = dynamic_cast<CWinSystemOSX*>(CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem());
@@ -88,14 +86,6 @@ - (BOOL)acceptsFirstResponder
 
 - (void)drawRect:(NSRect)rect
 {
-  // whenever the view/window is resized the glContext is made current to the main (rendering) thread.
-  // Since kodi does its rendering on the application main thread (not the macOS rendering thread), we
-  // need to store this so that on a subsquent frame render we get the ownership of the gl context again.
-  // doing this blindly without any sort of control may stall the main thread and lead to low GUI fps
-  // since the glContext ownership needs to be obtained from the rendering thread (diverged from the actual
-  // thread doing the rendering calls).
-  [self setGlContextOwned:TRUE];
-
   static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
   dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
     [self setOpenGLContext:m_glcontext];
@@ -215,17 +205,8 @@ - (CGLContextObj)getGLContextObj
 - (void)Update
 {
   assert(m_glcontext);
-  [self NotifyContext];
-  [m_glcontext update];
-}
-
-- (void)NotifyContext
-{
-  assert(m_glcontext);
-  // signals/notifies the context that this view is current (required if we render out of DrawRect)
-  // ownership of the context is transferred to the callee thread
   [m_glcontext makeCurrentContext];
-  [self setGlContextOwned:FALSE];
+  [m_glcontext update];
 }
 
 - (void)FlushBuffer
diff --git a/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/WindowControllerMacOS.mm b/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/WindowControllerMacOS.mm
index 5bfb6b0d22925..4f50a49dbc410 100644
--- a/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/WindowControllerMacOS.mm
+++ b/xbmc/windowing/osx/OpenGL/WindowControllerMacOS.mm
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 @implementation XBMCWindowControllerMacOS
 
+bool m_inFullscreenTransition = false;
+
 - (nullable instancetype)initWithTitle:(NSString*)title defaultSize:(NSSize)size
 {
   auto frame = NSMakeRect(0, 0, size.width, size.height);
@@ -77,6 +79,30 @@ - (void)windowDidResize:(NSNotification*)aNotification
   }
 }
 
+- (void)windowWillStartLiveResize:(NSNotification*)notification
+{
+  if (m_inFullscreenTransition)
+    return;
+
+  std::shared_ptr<CAppInboundProtocol> appPort = CServiceBroker::GetAppPort();
+  if (appPort)
+  {
+    appPort->SetRenderGUI(false);
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)windowDidEndLiveResize:(NSNotification*)notification
+{
+  if (m_inFullscreenTransition)
+    return;
+
+  std::shared_ptr<CAppInboundProtocol> appPort = CServiceBroker::GetAppPort();
+  if (appPort)
+  {
+    appPort->SetRenderGUI(true);
+  }
+}
+
 - (void)windowDidMiniaturize:(NSNotification*)aNotification
 {
   g_application.m_AppFocused = false;
@@ -170,8 +196,14 @@ - (NSSize)windowWillResize:(NSWindow*)sender toSize:(NSSize)frameSize
   return frameSize;
 }
 
+- (void)windowWillExitFullScreen:(NSNotification*)notification
+{
+  m_inFullscreenTransition = true;
+}
+
 - (void)windowWillEnterFullScreen:(NSNotification*)pNotification
 {
+  m_inFullscreenTransition = true;
   CWinSystemOSX* winSystem = dynamic_cast<CWinSystemOSX*>(CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem());
   if (!winSystem)
     return;
@@ -209,6 +241,7 @@ - (NSApplicationPresentationOptions)window:(NSWindow*)window
 
 - (void)windowDidExitFullScreen:(NSNotification*)pNotification
 {
+  m_inFullscreenTransition = false;
   auto winSystem = dynamic_cast<CWinSystemOSX*>(CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem());
   if (!winSystem)
     return;
@@ -235,6 +268,7 @@ - (void)windowDidExitFullScreen:(NSNotification*)pNotification
 
 - (void)windowDidEnterFullScreen:(NSNotification*)notification
 {
+  m_inFullscreenTransition = false;
   auto winSystem = dynamic_cast<CWinSystemOSX*>(CServiceBroker::GetWinSystem());
   if (!winSystem)
     return;
diff --git a/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.h b/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.h
index c431d70cd9b81..899e52486b9a0 100644
--- a/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.h
+++ b/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.h
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class CWinSystemOSX : public CWinSystemBase, public ITimerCallback
   void MoveToScreen(unsigned int screenIdx) override;
   void OnMove(int x, int y) override;
   void OnChangeScreen(unsigned int screenIdx) override;
-  CGraphicContext& GetGfxContext() const override;
   bool HasValidResolution() const;
 
   std::string GetClipboardText() override;
diff --git a/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.mm b/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.mm
index 04a0670a1702c..007fc14be3fd0 100644
--- a/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.mm
+++ b/xbmc/windowing/osx/WinSystemOSX.mm
@@ -1304,18 +1304,6 @@ static void DisplayReconfigured(CGDirectDisplayID display,
   return cglcontex;
 }
 
-CGraphicContext& CWinSystemOSX::GetGfxContext() const
-{
-  if (m_glView && [m_glView glContextOwned])
-  {
-    dispatch_sync(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
-      [m_glView NotifyContext];
-    });
-  }
-
-  return CWinSystemBase::GetGfxContext();
-}
-
 bool CWinSystemOSX::FlushBuffer()
 {
   if (m_appWindow)