diff --git a/scripts/test-e2e-local.js b/scripts/test-e2e-local.js
index 915d089c190854..19f21a12f76a61 100644
--- a/scripts/test-e2e-local.js
+++ b/scripts/test-e2e-local.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if (argv.target === 'RNTester') {
 
     // if everything succeeded so far, we can launch Metro and the app
     // start the Metro server in a separate window
-    launchPackagerInSeparateWindow();
+    launchPackagerInSeparateWindow(pwd());
 
     // launch the app on iOS simulator
     exec('npx react-native run-ios --scheme RNTester --simulator "iPhone 14"');
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ if (argv.target === 'RNTester') {
       } version of RNTester Android with the new Architecture enabled`,
     );
     exec(
-      `./gradlew :packages:rn-tester:android:app:${
+      `../../gradlew :packages:rn-tester:android:app:${
         argv.hermes ? 'installHermesDebug' : 'installJscDebug'
       } --quiet`,
     );
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if (argv.target === 'RNTester') {
 
     // if everything succeeded so far, we can launch Metro and the app
     // start the Metro server in a separate window
-    launchPackagerInSeparateWindow();
+    launchPackagerInSeparateWindow(pwd());
 
     // launch the app
     exec(
diff --git a/scripts/testing-utils.js b/scripts/testing-utils.js
index 543a345e0dfe17..a7d48b7d8b73a2 100644
--- a/scripts/testing-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/testing-utils.js
@@ -97,11 +97,9 @@ function isPackagerRunning(
 }
 
 // this is a very limited implementation of how this should work
-// literally, this is macos only
-// a more robust implementation can be found here:
-// https://github.com/react-native-community/cli/blob/7c003f2b1d9d80ec5c167614ba533a004272c685/packages/cli-platform-android/src/commands/runAndroid/index.ts#L195
-function launchPackagerInSeparateWindow() {
-  exec("open -a 'Terminal' ./packages/react-native/scripts/packager.sh");
+function launchPackagerInSeparateWindow(folderPath) {
+  const command = `tell application "Terminal" to do script "cd ${folderPath} && yarn start"`;
+  exec(`osascript -e '${command}'`);
 }
 
 module.exports = {