diff --git a/new/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h b/new/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
index d5aac4d5..54be428d 100644
--- a/new/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
+++ b/new/darwin/uipriv_darwin.h
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 #define MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7
 #define MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
-#import "../uipriv.h"
+#import "../ui.h"
 #import "../ui_darwin.h"
+#import "../uipriv.h"
 
 #define toNSString(str) [NSString stringWithUTF8String:(str)]
 #define fromNSString(str) [(str) UTF8String]
@@ -33,16 +34,16 @@
 @interface menuManager : NSObject {
 	NSMutableDictionary *items;
 }
-@property NSMenuItem *quitItem;
-@property NSMenuItem *preferencesItem;
-@property NSMenuItem *aboutItem;
+@property (strong) NSMenuItem *quitItem;
+@property (strong) NSMenuItem *preferencesItem;
+@property (strong) NSMenuItem *aboutItem;
 - (IBAction)onMenuItemClicked:(id)sender;
 - (NSMenu *)makeMenubar;
 @end
 
 // init.m
 @interface appDelegate : NSObject <NSApplicationDelegate>
-@property menuManager *menuManager;
+@property (strong) menuManager *menuManager;
 @end
 #define appDelegate() ((appDelegate *) [NSApp delegate])
 
diff --git a/new/ui_darwin.h b/new/ui_darwin.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd0b14cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new/ui_darwin.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// 7 april 2015
+
+/*
+This file assumes that you have imported <Cocoa/Cocoa.h> and "ui.h" beforehand. It provides API-specific functions for interfacing with foreign controls on Mac OS X.
+*/
+
+#ifndef __UI_UI_DARWIN_H__
+#define __UI_UI_DARWIN_H__
+
+// uiDarwinNewControl() initializes the given uiControl with the given Cocoa control inside.
+// The second parameter should come from [RealControlType class].
+// The two scrollView parameters allow placing scrollbars on the new control.
+// The two onDestroy parameters define a function and its parameter to call when the widget is destroyed.
+extern void uiDarwinNewControl(uiControl *c, Class class, BOOL inScrollView, BOOL scrollViewHasBorder, void (*onDestroy)(void *), void *onDestroyData);
+
+// You can use this function from within your control implementations to return text strings that can be freed with uiTextFree().
+extern char *uiDarwinNSStringToText(NSString *);
+
+struct uiSizingSys {
+	// this structure currently left blank
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/new/windows/uipriv_windows.h b/new/windows/uipriv_windows.h
index 65733a1d..01fc0f23 100644
--- a/new/windows/uipriv_windows.h
+++ b/new/windows/uipriv_windows.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 #include <oleacc.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "../ui.h"
-#include "../uipriv.h"
 #include "../ui_windows.h"
+#include "../uipriv.h"
 
 // ui internal window messages
 enum {