diff --git a/libtransmission/ip-cache.cc b/libtransmission/ip-cache.cc
index 3fc649c21..783e6c6b8 100644
--- a/libtransmission/ip-cache.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/ip-cache.cc
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ tr_ip_cache::~tr_ip_cache()
     if (!std::all_of(
             std::begin(is_updating_),
             std::end(is_updating_),
-            [](is_updating_t const& v) { return v == is_updating_t::ABORT; }))
+            [](is_updating_t const& v) { return v == is_updating_t::Abort; }))
     {
         tr_logAddDebug("Destructed while some global IP queries were pending.");
     }
@@ -185,11 +185,11 @@ bool tr_ip_cache::try_shutdown() noexcept
 
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < NUM_TR_AF_INET_TYPES; ++i)
     {
-        if (is_updating_[i] == is_updating_t::YES)
+        if (is_updating_[i] == is_updating_t::Yes)
         {
             return false;
         }
-        is_updating_[i] = is_updating_t::ABORT; // Abort any future updates
+        is_updating_[i] = is_updating_t::Abort; // Abort any future updates
     }
     return true;
 }
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ void tr_ip_cache::update_global_addr(tr_address_type type) noexcept
     {
         return;
     }
-    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::YES);
+    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::Yes);
 
     // Update global address
     static auto constexpr IPProtocolMap = std::array{
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void tr_ip_cache::update_source_addr(tr_address_type type) noexcept
     {
         return;
     }
-    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::YES);
+    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::Yes);
 
     auto const protocol = tr_ip_protocol_to_sv(type);
     auto err = 0;
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ void tr_ip_cache::update_source_addr(tr_address_type type) noexcept
 void tr_ip_cache::on_response_ip_query(tr_address_type type, tr_web::FetchResponse const& response) noexcept
 {
     auto& ix_service = ix_service_[type];
-    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::YES);
+    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::Yes);
     TR_ASSERT(ix_service < std::size(IPQueryServices[type]));
 
     auto const protocol = tr_ip_protocol_to_sv(type);
@@ -398,16 +398,16 @@ void tr_ip_cache::unset_addr(tr_address_type type) noexcept
 
 bool tr_ip_cache::set_is_updating(tr_address_type type) noexcept
 {
-    if (is_updating_[type] != is_updating_t::NO)
+    if (is_updating_[type] != is_updating_t::No)
     {
         return false;
     }
-    is_updating_[type] = is_updating_t::YES;
+    is_updating_[type] = is_updating_t::Yes;
     return true;
 }
 
 void tr_ip_cache::unset_is_updating(tr_address_type type) noexcept
 {
-    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::YES);
-    is_updating_[type] = is_updating_t::NO;
+    TR_ASSERT(is_updating_[type] == is_updating_t::Yes);
+    is_updating_[type] = is_updating_t::No;
 }
diff --git a/libtransmission/ip-cache.h b/libtransmission/ip-cache.h
index bd71d81a2..02351a745 100644
--- a/libtransmission/ip-cache.h
+++ b/libtransmission/ip-cache.h
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ private:
 
     enum class is_updating_t : uint8_t
     {
-        NO = 0,
-        YES,
-        ABORT
+        No = 0,
+        Yes,
+        Abort
     };
     array_ip_t<is_updating_t> is_updating_ = {};
 
diff --git a/libtransmission/magnet-metainfo.cc b/libtransmission/magnet-metainfo.cc
index bcde0327d..6b4e06175 100644
--- a/libtransmission/magnet-metainfo.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/magnet-metainfo.cc
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ std::string tr_magnet_metainfo::magnet() const
 
 void tr_magnet_metainfo::set_name(std::string_view name)
 {
-    name_ = tr_strv_convert_utf8(name);
+    name_ = tr_strv_to_utf8_string(name);
 }
 
 void tr_magnet_metainfo::add_webseed(std::string_view webseed)
diff --git a/libtransmission/peer-msgs.cc b/libtransmission/peer-msgs.cc
index 6cf19e31f..d6e674ef5 100644
--- a/libtransmission/peer-msgs.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/peer-msgs.cc
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ void tr_peerMsgsImpl::parse_ltep_handshake(MessageReader& payload)
     // peer id encoding.
     if (auto const sv = map->value_if<std::string_view>(TR_KEY_v))
     {
-        set_user_agent(tr_interned_string{ tr_strv_convert_utf8(*sv) });
+        set_user_agent(tr_interned_string{ tr_strv_to_utf8_string(*sv) });
     }
 
     // https://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0010.html
diff --git a/libtransmission/torrent-metainfo.cc b/libtransmission/torrent-metainfo.cc
index 46e397fa1..bf6c51769 100644
--- a/libtransmission/torrent-metainfo.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/torrent-metainfo.cc
@@ -329,11 +329,11 @@ struct MetainfoHandler final : public transmission::benc::BasicHandler<MaxBencDe
         }
         else if (pathIs(CommentKey) || pathIs(CommentUtf8Key))
         {
-            tm_.comment_ = tr_strv_convert_utf8(value);
+            tm_.comment_ = tr_strv_to_utf8_string(value);
         }
         else if (pathIs(CreatedByKey) || pathIs(CreatedByUtf8Key))
         {
-            tm_.creator_ = tr_strv_convert_utf8(value);
+            tm_.creator_ = tr_strv_to_utf8_string(value);
         }
         else if (
             pathIs(SourceKey) || pathIs(InfoKey, SourceKey) || //
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ struct MetainfoHandler final : public transmission::benc::BasicHandler<MaxBencDe
             // to have the same use as the 'source' key
             // http://wiki.bitcomet.com/inside_bitcomet
 
-            tm_.source_ = tr_strv_convert_utf8(value);
+            tm_.source_ = tr_strv_to_utf8_string(value);
         }
         else if (pathIs(AnnounceKey))
         {
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.cc b/libtransmission/utils.cc
index d1f3ddf94..32bd63ca4 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.cc
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.cc
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ double tr_getRatio(uint64_t numerator, uint64_t denominator)
 
 #if !(defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__clang__))
 
-std::string tr_strv_convert_utf8(std::string_view sv)
+std::string tr_strv_to_utf8_string(std::string_view sv)
 {
     return tr_strv_replace_invalid(sv);
 }
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.h b/libtransmission/utils.h
index 4fd5e6abd..3c784a6f1 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.h
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.h
@@ -192,7 +192,16 @@ constexpr bool tr_strv_sep(std::string_view* sv, std::string_view* token, Args&&
 
 [[nodiscard]] std::string_view tr_strv_strip(std::string_view str);
 
-[[nodiscard]] std::string tr_strv_convert_utf8(std::string_view sv);
+[[nodiscard]] std::string tr_strv_to_utf8_string(std::string_view sv);
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#ifdef __OBJC__
+@class NSString;
+[[nodiscard]] std::string tr_strv_to_utf8_string(NSString* str);
+[[nodiscard]] NSString* tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring(std::string_view sv);
+[[nodiscard]] NSString* tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring(std::string_view sv, NSString* key, NSString* comment);
+#endif
+#endif
 
 [[nodiscard]] std::string tr_strv_replace_invalid(std::string_view sv, uint32_t replacement = 0xFFFD /*�*/);
 
diff --git a/libtransmission/utils.mm b/libtransmission/utils.mm
index 4636fd453..e4fa61b72 100644
--- a/libtransmission/utils.mm
+++ b/libtransmission/utils.mm
@@ -10,44 +10,60 @@
 
 #include "libtransmission/utils.h"
 
-// macOS implementation of tr_strv_convert_utf8() that autodetects the encoding.
+// macOS implementation of tr_strv_to_utf8_string() that autodetects the encoding.
 // This replaces the generic implementation of the function in utils.cc.
 
-std::string tr_strv_convert_utf8(std::string_view sv)
+std::string tr_strv_to_utf8_string(std::string_view sv)
 {
     // local pool for non-app tools like transmission-daemon, transmission-remote, transmission-create, ...
     @autoreleasepool
     {
         // UTF-8 encoding
         NSString* const utf8 = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:std::data(sv) length:std::size(sv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-        if (utf8 != nil)
+        if (utf8 != nil && utf8.UTF8String != nullptr)
         {
-            return std::string{ utf8.UTF8String };
+            return tr_strv_to_utf8_string(utf8);
         }
 
-        // autodetection of the encoding (#3434)
+        // Try to make a UTF8 string from the detected encoding.
+        // 1. Disallow lossy conversion in this step. Lossy conversion
+        // is done as last resort later in `tr_strv_replace_invalid()`.
+        // 2. We only provide the likely language. If we also supplied
+        // suggested encodings, the first one listed could override the
+        // others (e.g. cp932 vs cp866).
         NSString* convertedString;
         NSStringEncoding stringEncoding = [NSString
             stringEncodingForData:[NSData dataWithBytes:std::data(sv) length:std::size(sv)]
                   encodingOptions:@{
-                      // We disallow lossy conversion, and will leave it to `utf8::unchecked::replace_invalid`.
                       NSStringEncodingDetectionAllowLossyKey : @NO,
-                      // We only set the likely language.
-                      // If we were to set suggested encodings, then whatever is listed first would take precedence on all others, making for instance kCFStringEncodingDOSJapanese (cp932) and kCFStringEncodingDOSRussian (cp866) taking priority on each other.
                       NSStringEncodingDetectionLikelyLanguageKey : NSLocale.currentLocale.languageCode
                   }
                   convertedString:&convertedString
               usedLossyConversion:nil];
 
-        if (stringEncoding)
+        if (stringEncoding && convertedString != nil && convertedString.UTF8String != nullptr)
         {
-            if (convertedString.UTF8String != nullptr)
-            {
-                return std::string{ convertedString.UTF8String };
-            }
+            return tr_strv_to_utf8_string(convertedString);
         }
 
         // invalid encoding
         return tr_strv_replace_invalid(sv);
     }
 }
+
+std::string tr_strv_to_utf8_string(NSString* str)
+{
+    return std::string{ str.UTF8String };
+}
+
+NSString* tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring(std::string_view const sv)
+{
+    NSString* str = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:std::data(sv) length:std::size(sv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+    return str ?: @"";
+}
+
+NSString* tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring(std::string_view const sv, NSString* key, NSString* comment)
+{
+    NSString* str = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:std::data(sv) length:std::size(sv) encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+    return str ?: NSLocalizedString(key, comment);
+}
diff --git a/tests/libtransmission/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/libtransmission/CMakeLists.txt
index 247106337..0432a05ea 100644
--- a/tests/libtransmission/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/libtransmission/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ target_sources(libtransmission-test
         watchdir-test.cc
         web-utils-test.cc)
 
+if(APPLE)
+    target_sources(libtransmission-test
+        PRIVATE
+            utils-apple-test.mm)
+endif()
+
 set_property(
     TARGET libtransmission-test
     PROPERTY FOLDER "tests")
diff --git a/tests/libtransmission/utils-apple-test.mm b/tests/libtransmission/utils-apple-test.mm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d5851b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libtransmission/utils-apple-test.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// This file Copyright © Mnemosyne LLC.
+// It may be used under GPLv2 (SPDX: GPL-2.0-only), GPLv3 (SPDX: GPL-3.0-only),
+// or any future license endorsed by Mnemosyne LLC.
+// License text can be found in the licenses/ folder.
+
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <string_view>
+
+#include <libtransmission/utils.h>
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "test-fixtures.h"
+
+using UtilsTest = ::libtransmission::test::TransmissionTest;
+using namespace std::literals;
+
+namespace
+{
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr size_t count_replacement_char(std::string_view const sv)
+{
+    size_t count = 0;
+    constexpr auto needle = "\xEF\xBF\xBD"sv; // U+FFFD replacement
+    auto pos = std::string_view::size_type{};
+
+    while ((pos = sv.find(needle, pos)) != std::string_view::npos)
+    {
+        ++count;
+        pos += std::size(needle);
+    }
+
+    return count;
+}
+
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr bool has_non_ascii(std::string_view const sv)
+{
+    return std::any_of(std::begin(sv), std::end(sv), [](unsigned char ch) { return ch >= 0x80; });
+}
+} // namespace
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, trStrvToUtf8NsstringValid)
+{
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+        NSString* str = tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring("hello"sv);
+        EXPECT_TRUE([str isEqualToString:@"hello"]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, trStrvToUtf8NsstringInvalid)
+{
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+        constexpr auto bad = "\xF4\x33\x81\x82"sv;
+        NSString* str = tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring(bad);
+        EXPECT_TRUE([str isEqualToString:@""]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, trStrvToUtf8NsstringFallback)
+{
+    @autoreleasepool
+    {
+        constexpr auto bad = "\xF4\x33\x81\x82"sv;
+        NSString* const key = @"tr.strv.to.utf8.fallback";
+        NSString* const comment = @"fallback string for tests";
+        NSString* str = tr_strv_to_utf8_nsstring(bad, key, comment);
+        EXPECT_TRUE([str isEqualToString:key]);
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, trStrvToUtf8StringMixedInvalid)
+{
+    constexpr auto input = "hello \xF0\x28\x8C\x28 world"sv;
+    auto const out = tr_strv_to_utf8_string(input);
+    EXPECT_FALSE(out.empty());
+    EXPECT_EQ(out, tr_strv_replace_invalid(out));
+    EXPECT_EQ(out, tr_strv_to_utf8_string(out));
+}
+
+TEST_F(UtilsTest, trStrvToUtf8StringAutodetectImproves)
+{
+    // Shift_JIS-encoded filename from a real-world report in
+    // https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/5244#issuecomment-1474442137
+    constexpr auto input =
+        "\x93\xC1\x96\xBD\x8C\x57\x92\xB7\x81\x45\x91\xFC\x96\xEC\x90\x6D"
+        "\x83\x8A\x83\x5E\x81\x5B\x83\x93\x83\x59 (D-ABC 704x396 DivX511).avi"sv;
+
+    auto const replace_only = tr_strv_replace_invalid(input);
+    auto const autodetect = tr_strv_to_utf8_string(input);
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(autodetect.empty());
+    EXPECT_EQ(autodetect, tr_strv_replace_invalid(autodetect));
+
+    // Autodetect should preserve more readable text than replacement-only.
+    EXPECT_LT(count_replacement_char(autodetect), count_replacement_char(replace_only));
+
+    // If autodetect improves, it should yield valid UTF-8 with real non-ASCII characters.
+    if (count_replacement_char(autodetect) < count_replacement_char(replace_only))
+    {
+        EXPECT_EQ(0U, count_replacement_char(autodetect));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(has_non_ascii(autodetect));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/libtransmission/utils-test.cc b/tests/libtransmission/utils-test.cc
index 4700a46fb..dfc375bef 100644
--- a/tests/libtransmission/utils-test.cc
+++ b/tests/libtransmission/utils-test.cc
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ TEST_F(UtilsTest, strvConvertUtf8Fuzz)
     {
         buf.resize(tr_rand_int(4096U));
         tr_rand_buffer(std::data(buf), std::size(buf));
-        auto const out = tr_strv_convert_utf8({ std::data(buf), std::size(buf) });
-        EXPECT_EQ(out, tr_strv_convert_utf8(out));
+        auto const out = tr_strv_to_utf8_string({ std::data(buf), std::size(buf) });
+        EXPECT_EQ(out, tr_strv_to_utf8_string(out));
     }
 }