diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03c1bf5..777fa0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ### Version 5.3.0 (Unreleased)
 
-- Fixed text-only Todo parsing so item ranges no longer access unavailable VS Code document APIs.
+- Fixed embedded todo scanning and external-search result parsing for files and tool output that use classic Mac carriage-return line endings.
 - Fixed dependency indexing so one unreadable or removed Todo file no longer hides dependencies from other workspace files.
 - Fixed embedded todo parsing for file paths that start with a number.
 - Fixed date-sorted archiving so consecutive finished todos are ordered by their own completion dates.
diff --git a/src/utils/ackmate.ts b/src/utils/ackmate.ts
index e0a7186..fba5665 100644
--- a/src/utils/ackmate.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ackmate.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+import { splitLines } from './line-splitting';
+
 /* ACKMATE */
 
 const Ackmate = {
-    newLineRe: /\r?\n/g,
     filePathRe: /^:?([^]+)$/,
     matchLineRe: /^(\d+)(?:;\d+ \d+)?:([^]*)$/,
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const Ackmate = {
     },
 
     parse(str) {
-        const lines = str.split(Ackmate.newLineRe);
+        const lines = splitLines(str);
 
         let filePath, match;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/embedded/providers/abstract.ts b/src/utils/embedded/providers/abstract.ts
index 24dc0b0..fdc4db0 100644
--- a/src/utils/embedded/providers/abstract.ts
+++ b/src/utils/embedded/providers/abstract.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import Consts from '../../../consts';
 import { hasConditionalExcludeGlobs, isFileIncluded } from '../../file-globs';
 import { getWorkspaceExcludeRules } from '../../workspace-excludes';
 import { getFollowingContext } from '../context';
+import { splitLines } from '../../line-splitting';
 import { parseEmbeddedMatches } from '../regex';
 
 /* ABSTRACT */
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ class Abstract {
 
     parseContent(filePath: string, content: string) {
         const data = [],
-            lines = content.split(/\r?\n/);
+            lines = splitLines(content);
 
         if (!content) return data;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/embedded/providers/ag.ts b/src/utils/embedded/providers/ag.ts
index e043922..4777837 100644
--- a/src/utils/embedded/providers/ag.ts
+++ b/src/utils/embedded/providers/ag.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import File from '../../file';
 import Folder from '../../folder';
 import { flatMapFulfilled } from '../../promises';
 import { getWorkspaceExcludeGlobs } from '../../workspace-excludes';
+import { splitLines } from '../../line-splitting';
 import { parseEmbeddedMatches } from '../regex';
 import Abstract from './abstract';
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ class AG extends Abstract {
                         const content = await File.read(filePath);
 
                         if (content !== undefined) {
-                            contextLines[filePath] = content.split(/\r?\n/);
+                            contextLines[filePath] = splitLines(content);
                         }
                     }
                 )
diff --git a/src/utils/embedded/regex.ts b/src/utils/embedded/regex.ts
index 422450a..3c1686c 100644
--- a/src/utils/embedded/regex.ts
+++ b/src/utils/embedded/regex.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import stringMatches from 'string-matches';
+import { splitLines } from '../line-splitting';
 
 export const parseEmbeddedMatches = (line: string, regex: RegExp) =>
     stringMatches(line, regex).map((match) => ({
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ export const parseEmbeddedMatches = (line: string, regex: RegExp) =>
 export const hasEmbeddedMatch = (content: string, regex: RegExp): boolean => {
     const matcher = new RegExp(regex.source, regex.flags);
 
-    return content.split(/\r?\n/).some((line) => {
+    return splitLines(content).some((line) => {
         matcher.lastIndex = 0;
 
         return matcher.test(_.trimStart(line));
diff --git a/src/utils/line-splitting.ts b/src/utils/line-splitting.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b701a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/line-splitting.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const splitLines = (text: string): string[] => text.split(/\r\n?|\n/);
diff --git a/test/ackmate.spec.ts b/test/ackmate.spec.ts
index fbb3b5a..9b2901f 100644
--- a/test/ackmate.spec.ts
+++ b/test/ackmate.spec.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,19 @@ describe('Ackmate parser', () => {
             },
         ]);
     });
+
+    it('parses records separated by classic Mac line endings', () => {
+        expect(Ackmate.parse('TODO.md\r2:TODO first\r3:FIXME second')).to.deep.equal([
+            {
+                filePath: 'TODO.md',
+                lineNr: 1,
+                line: 'TODO first',
+            },
+            {
+                filePath: 'TODO.md',
+                lineNr: 2,
+                line: 'FIXME second',
+            },
+        ]);
+    });
 });
diff --git a/test/embedded-regex.spec.ts b/test/embedded-regex.spec.ts
index 8fa69cb..357a998 100644
--- a/test/embedded-regex.spec.ts
+++ b/test/embedded-regex.spec.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ describe('Embedded todo scan pre-check', () => {
         expect(hasEmbeddedMatch(content, regex)).to.equal(true);
         expect(hasEmbeddedMatch('// TODO ignored', regex)).to.equal(false);
     });
+
+    it('recognizes embedded todos in files with classic Mac line endings', () => {
+        const regex = /^\/\/\s*(TASK):?\s*(.*)$/gi;
+
+        expect(hasEmbeddedMatch('const ready = true;\r  // TASK ship it', regex)).to.equal(true);
+    });
 });
 
 describe('Embedded todo line parsing', () => {