diff --git a/SDLMain.m b/SDLMain.m
index 083900aab..30ac47cd8 100644
--- a/SDLMain.m
+++ b/SDLMain.m
@@ -360,11 +360,13 @@ char * readUserPreferences() {
         prefData = "";
 
     char *prefDataCopy = calloc([prefDataNSString length]+1, 1);
-    SDL_strlcpy(prefDataCopy, prefData, [prefDataNSString length]);
+    SDL_strlcpy(prefDataCopy, prefData, [prefDataNSString length]+1);
 
     [prefDataNSString release];
     [prefs release];
 
+    puts(prefDataCopy);
+
     return prefDataCopy;
 }
 
@@ -379,6 +381,36 @@ void writeUserPreferences(const char * prefData) {
     [prefs release];
 }
 
+char * readClipboard() {
+    NSPasteboard *clipboard = [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard];
+
+    NSArray *classes = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:[NSString class], nil];
+    NSDictionary *options = [NSDictionary dictionary];
+    NSArray *clipboardItems = [clipboard readObjectsForClasses:classes options:options];
+    
+    if(clipboardItems == nil || [clipboardItems count] == 0) return NULL;
+
+    NSString *newString = [clipboardItems objectAtIndex:0];
+    const char * clipboardData = [newString UTF8String];
+    if(clipboardData == NULL)
+        clipboardData = "";
+
+    char *clipboardDataCopy = calloc([newString length]+1, 1);
+    SDL_strlcpy(clipboardDataCopy, clipboardData, [newString length]+1);
+
+    return clipboardDataCopy;
+}
+
+void writeClipboard(const char * clipboardData) {
+    NSPasteboard *clipboard = [NSPasteboard generalPasteboard];
+
+    NSString *newString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: clipboardData];
+
+    [clipboard clearContents];
+    [clipboard setString:newString forType:NSStringPboardType];
+
+}
+
 
 #ifdef main
 #  undef main
diff --git a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
index fa9033b6a..6ba1f62d5 100644
--- a/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
+++ b/src/PowderToySDL.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #endif
 #ifdef MACOSX
 #include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
+extern "C" {
+	char * readClipboard();
+	void writeClipboard(const char * clipboardData);	
+}
 #endif
 
 #include "Format.h"
@@ -69,14 +73,7 @@ void ClipboardPush(char * text)
 	}
 	clipboardText = mystrdup(text);
 #ifdef MACOSX
-	PasteboardRef newclipboard;
-
-	if (PasteboardCreate(kPasteboardClipboard, &newclipboard)!=noErr) return;
-	if (PasteboardClear(newclipboard)!=noErr) return;
-	PasteboardSynchronize(newclipboard);
-
-	CFDataRef data = CFDataCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, (const UInt8*)text, strlen(text));
-	PasteboardPutItemFlavor(newclipboard, (PasteboardItemID)1, CFSTR("com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text"), data, 0);
+	writeClipboard(text);
 #elif defined(WIN)
 	if (OpenClipboard(NULL))
 	{
@@ -109,7 +106,9 @@ void EventProcess(SDL_Event event);
 char * ClipboardPull()
 {
 #ifdef MACOSX
-	printf("Not implemented: get text from clipboard\n");
+	char * data = readClipboard();
+	if(!data) return mystrdup("");
+	return mystrdup(data);
 #elif defined(WIN)
 	if (OpenClipboard(NULL))
 	{