diff --git a/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs b/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
index 7300e954087..9c3653f4c72 100644
--- a/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tail/src/follow/watch.rs
@@ -307,7 +307,13 @@ impl Observer {
         let display_name = self.files.get(event_path).display_name.clone();
 
         match event.kind {
-            EventKind::Modify(ModifyKind::Metadata(MetadataKind::Any | MetadataKind::WriteTime) | ModifyKind::Data(DataChange::Any) | ModifyKind::Name(RenameMode::To)) |
+            // NOTE: `ModifyKind::Any` is emitted by the Windows `ReadDirectoryChangesW`
+            // backend (for `FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED`) and by the macOS/BSD `kqueue` backend
+            // (for `NOTE_WRITE`) whenever a watched file's contents change. Without it,
+            // appends are never followed on those platforms (see GH issue #4827).
+            // Linux inotify and the polling fallback report the more specific
+            // `Modify(Data(..))`/`Modify(Metadata(..))` instead, so this is a no-op there.
+            EventKind::Modify(ModifyKind::Any | ModifyKind::Metadata(MetadataKind::Any | MetadataKind::WriteTime) | ModifyKind::Data(DataChange::Any) | ModifyKind::Name(RenameMode::To)) |
             EventKind::Create(CreateKind::File | CreateKind::Folder | CreateKind::Any) => {
                 if let Ok(new_md) = event_path.metadata() {
                     let is_tailable = new_md.is_tailable();
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
index 3cd85d28c22..6a01f13dcf2 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tail.rs
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ fn test_nc_0_wo_follow2() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 fn test_n0_with_follow() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
     let test_file = "test.txt";
@@ -501,7 +500,6 @@ fn test_null_default() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))] // FIXME: test times out
 fn test_follow_single() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
 
@@ -589,7 +587,6 @@ fn test_permission_denied_is_not_reported_as_not_found() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))] // FIXME: test times out
 fn test_follow_multiple() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
     let mut child = ucmd
@@ -625,7 +622,6 @@ fn test_follow_multiple() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))] // FIXME: test times out
 fn test_follow_name_multiple() {
     // spell-checker:disable-next-line
     for argument in ["--follow=name", "--follo=nam", "--f=n"] {
@@ -2011,11 +2007,7 @@ fn test_follow_name_remove() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(all(
-    not(target_os = "windows"),
-    not(target_os = "android"),
-    not(target_os = "freebsd")
-))] // FIXME: for currently not working platforms
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), not(target_os = "freebsd")))] // FIXME: for currently not working platforms
 fn test_follow_name_truncate1() {
     // This test triggers a truncate event while `tail --follow=name file` is running.
     // $ cp file backup && head file > file && sleep 1 && cp backup file
@@ -2052,11 +2044,7 @@ fn test_follow_name_truncate1() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(all(
-    not(target_os = "windows"),
-    not(target_os = "android"),
-    not(target_os = "freebsd")
-))] // FIXME: for currently not working platforms
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), not(target_os = "freebsd")))] // FIXME: for currently not working platforms
 fn test_follow_name_truncate2() {
     // This test triggers a truncate event while `tail --follow=name file` is running.
     // $ ((sleep 1 && echo -n "x\nx\nx\n" >> file && sleep 1 && \
@@ -2099,7 +2087,6 @@ fn test_follow_name_truncate2() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))] // FIXME: for currently not working platforms
 fn test_follow_name_truncate3() {
     // Opening an empty file in truncate mode should not trigger a truncate event while
     // `tail --follow=name file` is running.