diff --git a/export.py b/export.py
index a825a73b2d3c..574fee050b94 100644
--- a/export.py
+++ b/export.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def run(
     if half:
         assert device.type != 'cpu' or coreml or xml, '--half only compatible with GPU export, i.e. use --device 0'
         assert not dynamic, '--half not compatible with --dynamic, i.e. use either --half or --dynamic but not both'
-    model = attempt_load(weights, map_location=device, inplace=True, fuse=True)  # load FP32 model
+    model = attempt_load(weights, device=device, inplace=True, fuse=True)  # load FP32 model
     nc, names = model.nc, model.names  # number of classes, class names
 
     # Checks
diff --git a/models/common.py b/models/common.py
index bad55b4024c0..66467a0ab1b7 100644
--- a/models/common.py
+++ b/models/common.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ def __init__(self, weights='yolov5s.pt', device=torch.device('cpu'), dnn=False,
                 names = yaml.safe_load(f)['names']
 
         if pt:  # PyTorch
-            model = attempt_load(weights if isinstance(weights, list) else w, map_location=device)
+            model = attempt_load(weights if isinstance(weights, list) else w, device=device)
             stride = max(int(model.stride.max()), 32)  # model stride
             names = model.module.names if hasattr(model, 'module') else model.names  # get class names
             model.half() if fp16 else model.float()
diff --git a/models/experimental.py b/models/experimental.py
index 7bf249e80984..6ed528a335d2 100644
--- a/models/experimental.py
+++ b/models/experimental.py
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ def forward(self, x, augment=False, profile=False, visualize=False):
         return y, None  # inference, train output
 
 
-def attempt_load(weights, map_location=None, inplace=True, fuse=True):
+def attempt_load(weights, device=None, inplace=True, fuse=True):
     from models.yolo import Detect, Model
 
     # Loads an ensemble of models weights=[a,b,c] or a single model weights=[a] or weights=a
     model = Ensemble()
     for w in weights if isinstance(weights, list) else [weights]:
-        ckpt = torch.load(attempt_download(w), map_location=map_location)  # load
-        ckpt = (ckpt.get('ema') or ckpt['model']).float()  # FP32 model
+        ckpt = torch.load(attempt_download(w))
+        ckpt = (ckpt.get('ema') or ckpt['model']).to(device).float()  # FP32 model
         model.append(ckpt.fuse().eval() if fuse else ckpt.eval())  # fused or un-fused model in eval mode
 
     # Compatibility updates
diff --git a/models/tf.py b/models/tf.py
index 202a957e3e63..b0d98cc2a3a9 100644
--- a/models/tf.py
+++ b/models/tf.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def run(
 ):
     # PyTorch model
     im = torch.zeros((batch_size, 3, *imgsz))  # BCHW image
-    model = attempt_load(weights, map_location=torch.device('cpu'), inplace=True, fuse=False)
+    model = attempt_load(weights, device=torch.device('cpu'), inplace=True, fuse=False)
     _ = model(im)  # inference
     model.info()
 
diff --git a/utils/torch_utils.py b/utils/torch_utils.py
index ca32b1999e81..d11df8337300 100644
--- a/utils/torch_utils.py
+++ b/utils/torch_utils.py
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ def select_device(device='', batch_size=0, newline=True):
     s = f'YOLOv5 🚀 {git_describe() or file_date()} Python-{platform.python_version()} torch-{torch.__version__} '
     device = str(device).strip().lower().replace('cuda:', '').replace('none', '')  # to string, 'cuda:0' to '0'
     cpu = device == 'cpu'
-    if cpu:
+    mps = device == 'mps'  # Apple Metal Performance Shaders (MPS)
+    if cpu or mps:
         os.environ['CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES'] = '-1'  # force torch.cuda.is_available() = False
     elif device:  # non-cpu device requested
         os.environ['CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES'] = device  # set environment variable - must be before assert is_available()
@@ -71,13 +72,15 @@ def select_device(device='', batch_size=0, newline=True):
         for i, d in enumerate(devices):
             p = torch.cuda.get_device_properties(i)
             s += f"{'' if i == 0 else space}CUDA:{d} ({p.name}, {p.total_memory / (1 << 20):.0f}MiB)\n"  # bytes to MB
+    elif mps:
+        s += 'MPS\n'
     else:
         s += 'CPU\n'
 
     if not newline:
         s = s.rstrip()
     LOGGER.info(s.encode().decode('ascii', 'ignore') if platform.system() == 'Windows' else s)  # emoji-safe
-    return torch.device('cuda:0' if cuda else 'cpu')
+    return torch.device('cuda:0' if cuda else 'mps' if mps else 'cpu')
 
 
 def time_sync():