diff --git a/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp b/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp
index f9f76f1..c98d561 100644
--- a/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp
+++ b/include/MacStd/CoreFoundation.hpp
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ namespace macstd {
 		strcat(str, h, encoding);
 	}
 
+	template <typename TR = std::char_traits<char>, typename A = std::allocator<char>>
+	std::basic_string<char, TR, A> to_string(CFStringRef h, CFStringEncoding encoding = kCFStringEncodingUTF8)
+	{
+		std::basic_string<char, TR, A> str;
+		strcat(str, h, encoding);
+		return str;
+	}
+
 	///
 	/// Core Foundation string
 	///