diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c4778da..ef4b34e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ clipboard-win = "2.1"
 objc = "0.2"
 objc_id = "0.1"
 objc-foundation = "0.1"
+libc = "0.2"
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os="macos", target_os="android", target_os="emscripten"))))'.dependencies]
 x11-clipboard = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index de6169b..18aa2f3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ extern crate clipboard_win;
 #[cfg(target_os="macos")]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate objc;
-#[cfg(target_os="macos")]
-extern crate objc_id;
-#[cfg(target_os="macos")]
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+extern crate libc;
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 extern crate objc_foundation;
+#[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+extern crate objc_id;
 
 mod common;
 pub use common::ClipboardProvider;
diff --git a/src/osx_clipboard.rs b/src/osx_clipboard.rs
index cf8c0b3..77c6ce9 100644
--- a/src/osx_clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/osx_clipboard.rs
@@ -15,56 +15,53 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 use common::*;
-use objc::runtime::{Object, Class};
-use objc_foundation::{INSArray, INSString, INSObject};
-use objc_foundation::{NSArray, NSDictionary, NSString, NSObject};
-use objc_id::{Id, Owned};
+use objc::runtime::{Class, Object, Sel};
+use objc_foundation::{INSArray, INSString};
+use objc_foundation::{NSArray, NSString};
+use objc_id::Id;
 use std::error::Error;
-use std::mem::transmute;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 
 pub struct OSXClipboardContext {
     pasteboard: Id<Object>,
 }
 
+#[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
+static NSUTF8StringEncoding: usize = 4; //apple documentation says it is 4
+
 // required to bring NSPasteboard into the path of the class-resolver
 #[link(name = "AppKit", kind = "framework")]
-extern "C" {}
+extern "C" {
+    pub static NSPasteboardTypeString: Sel;
+}
 
 impl ClipboardProvider for OSXClipboardContext {
-    fn new() -> Result<OSXClipboardContext, Box<Error>> {
-        let cls = try!(Class::get("NSPasteboard").ok_or(err("Class::get(\"NSPasteboard\")")));
+    fn new() -> Result<OSXClipboardContext, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let cls = Class::get("NSPasteboard").ok_or(err("Class::get(\"NSPasteboard\")"))?;
         let pasteboard: *mut Object = unsafe { msg_send![cls, generalPasteboard] };
         if pasteboard.is_null() {
             return Err(err("NSPasteboard#generalPasteboard returned null"));
         }
         let pasteboard: Id<Object> = unsafe { Id::from_ptr(pasteboard) };
-        Ok(OSXClipboardContext { pasteboard: pasteboard })
+        Ok(OSXClipboardContext {
+            pasteboard: pasteboard,
+        })
     }
-    fn get_contents(&mut self) -> Result<String, Box<Error>> {
-        let string_class: Id<NSObject> = {
-            let cls: Id<Class> = unsafe { Id::from_ptr(class("NSString")) };
-            unsafe { transmute(cls) }
-        };
-        let classes: Id<NSArray<NSObject, Owned>> = NSArray::from_vec(vec![string_class]);
-        let options: Id<NSDictionary<NSObject, NSObject>> = NSDictionary::new();
-        let string_array: Id<NSArray<NSString>> = unsafe {
-            let obj: *mut NSArray<NSString> =
-                msg_send![self.pasteboard, readObjectsForClasses:&*classes options:&*options];
-            if obj.is_null() {
-                return Err(err("pasteboard#readObjectsForClasses:options: returned null"));
-            }
-            Id::from_ptr(obj)
-        };
-        if string_array.count() == 0 {
-            Err(err("pasteboard#readObjectsForClasses:options: returned empty"))
+    fn get_contents(&mut self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let string: *mut NSString =
+            unsafe { msg_send![self.pasteboard, stringForType: NSPasteboardTypeString] };
+        if string.is_null() {
+            Err(err("pasteboard#stringForType returned null"))
         } else {
-            Ok(string_array[0].as_str().to_owned())
+            let res: String = nsstring_to_rust_string(string).unwrap();
+            let _: () = unsafe { msg_send![string, release] };
+            Ok(res)
         }
     }
-    fn set_contents(&mut self, data: String) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
+    fn set_contents(&mut self, data: String) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         let string_array = NSArray::from_vec(vec![NSString::from_str(&data)]);
         let _: usize = unsafe { msg_send![self.pasteboard, clearContents] };
-        let success: bool = unsafe { msg_send![self.pasteboard, writeObjects:string_array] };
+        let success: bool = unsafe { msg_send![self.pasteboard, writeObjects: string_array] };
         return if success {
             Ok(())
         } else {
@@ -73,10 +70,20 @@ impl ClipboardProvider for OSXClipboardContext {
     }
 }
 
-// this is a convenience function that both cocoa-rs and
-//  glutin define, which seems to depend on the fact that
-//  Option::None has the same representation as a null pointer
-#[inline]
-pub fn class(name: &str) -> *mut Class {
-    unsafe { transmute(Class::get(name)) }
+fn nsstring_to_rust_string(nsstring: *mut NSString) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    unsafe {
+        let string_size: usize =
+            msg_send![nsstring, lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        //we need +1 because getCString will return null terminated string
+        let char_ptr = libc::malloc(string_size + 1);
+        let res: bool = msg_send![nsstring, getCString:char_ptr  maxLength:string_size + 1 encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        if res {
+            let c_string = CStr::from_ptr(char_ptr as *const i8);
+            libc::free(char_ptr);
+            Ok(c_string.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+        } else {
+            libc::free(char_ptr);
+            Err(err("Casting from NSString to Rust string has failed"))
+        }
+    }
 }