3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/ControllerList.m b/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/ControllerList.m
index 609af2e2..4e208cab 100755
--- a/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/ControllerList.m
+++ b/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/ControllerList.m
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static const int DPad[DKEY_TOTAL] = {
 			GetAnalogDescription(buf, currentController, rowIndex / 4, rowIndex % 4);
 		}
 
-		return [NSString stringWithUTF8String:buf];
+		return @(buf);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadController.m b/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadController.m
index 41a59b10..87e25407 100755
--- a/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadController.m
+++ b/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadController.m
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void DoAbout() {
 	[icon setSize:size];
 
 	NSDictionary *infoPaneDict =
-	[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
+	[[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
 	 [bundle objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleName"], @"ApplicationName",
 	 icon, @"ApplicationIcon",
 	 [bundle objectForInfoDictionaryKey:@"CFBundleShortVersionString"], @"ApplicationVersion",
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void DoAbout() {
 	dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
 		[app orderFrontStandardAboutPanelWithOptions:infoPaneDict];
 	});
+	RELEASEOBJ(infoPaneDict);
 }
 
 long DoConfiguration() {
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ char* PLUGLOC(char *toloc)
 {
 	NSBundle *mainBundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass:[PadController class]];
 	NSString *origString = nil, *transString = nil;
-	origString = [NSString stringWithCString:toloc encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+	origString = @(toloc);
 	transString = [mainBundle localizedStringForKey:origString value:nil table:nil];
-	return (char*)[transString cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+	return (char*)[transString UTF8String];
 }
diff --git a/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadView.m b/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadView.m
index 72c99eb5..8d1be4af 100755
--- a/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadView.m
+++ b/macosx/plugins/DFInput/macsrc/PadView.m
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 	[deviceMenu addItemWithTitle:@"(Keyboard only)"];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < SDL_NumJoysticks(); i++) {
-		[deviceMenu addItemWithTitle:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:SDL_JoystickName(i)]];
+		[deviceMenu addItemWithTitle:@(SDL_JoystickName(i))];
 	}
 
 	if (g.cfg.PadDef[which].DevNum >= SDL_NumJoysticks()) {