diff --git a/apple/OSX/settings.m b/apple/OSX/settings.m
index 51226fee4b..efb197ab1d 100644
--- a/apple/OSX/settings.m
+++ b/apple/OSX/settings.m
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ static const char* get_axis_name(const rarch_setting_t* setting)
    
    if (min || max)
    {
-      self.minimum = @(min);
-      self.maximum = @(max);
+      self.minimum = [NSNumber numberWithInt:min];
+      self.maximum = [NSNumber numberWithInt:max];
    }
    
    return self;
diff --git a/apple/common/RAGameView.m b/apple/common/RAGameView.m
index 39d72c5717..2e0b832cb3 100644
--- a/apple/common/RAGameView.m
+++ b/apple/common/RAGameView.m
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ void apple_gfx_ctx_update_window_title(void)
       //       If it poses a problem it should be changed to dispatch_sync.
       dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(),
       ^{
-         g_view.window.title = @(text);
+		  g_view.window.title = [NSString stringWithCString:text encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
       });
    }
 #endif
diff --git a/apple/common/RAModuleInfo.m b/apple/common/RAModuleInfo.m
index ac9c0af3a7..e72c08718d 100644
--- a/apple/common/RAModuleInfo.m
+++ b/apple/common/RAModuleInfo.m
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ NSArray* apple_get_modules()
          core_info_t* core = &coreList->list[i];
       
          RAModuleInfo* newInfo = [RAModuleInfo new];
-         newInfo.path = @(core->path);
+         newInfo.path = [NSString stringWithCString:core->path encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
          newInfo.baseName = newInfo.path.lastPathComponent.stringByDeletingPathExtension;
          newInfo.info = core;
          newInfo.data = core->data;
-         newInfo.description = @(core->display_name);
+         newInfo.description = [NSString stringWithCString:core->display_name encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
          newInfo.customConfigFile = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/%@.cfg", apple_platform.configDirectory, newInfo.baseName];
          newInfo.configFile = newInfo.hasCustomConfig ? newInfo.customConfigFile : apple_platform.globalConfigFile;