1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/nsselect.m b/src/nsselect.m
index 950fb1f1f14..867cf3252e5 100644
--- a/src/nsselect.m
+++ b/src/nsselect.m
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ ns_string_to_pasteboard_internal (id pb, Lisp_Object str, NSString *gtype)
 }
 
 
-static Lisp_Object
+Lisp_Object
 ns_get_local_selection (Lisp_Object selection_name,
                        Lisp_Object target_type)
 {
@@ -352,16 +352,22 @@ ns_string_from_pasteboard (id pb)
       utfStr = [mstr UTF8String];
       length = [mstr lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding];
 
+#if ! defined (NS_IMPL_COCOA) || MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED < MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_4
       if (!utfStr) 
         {
           utfStr = [mstr cString];
           length = strlen (utfStr);
         }
+#endif
     }
   NS_HANDLER
     {
       message1 ("ns_string_from_pasteboard: UTF8String failed\n");
+#if defined (NS_IMPL_COCOA) && MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_4
+      utfStr = "Conversion failed";
+#else
       utfStr = [str lossyCString];
+#endif
       length = strlen (utfStr);
     }
   NS_ENDHANDLER