diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/dc.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/dc.cpp
index 638a4f0d58..b0e3183298 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/dc.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ wxMacWindowClipper::wxMacWindowClipper( const wxWindow* win )
     
     if ( win )
     {
+#if 0
+    	// this clipping area was set to the parent window's drawing area, lead to problems
+    	// with MacOSX controls drawing outside their wx' rectangle
         RgnHandle insidergn = NewRgn() ;
         int x = 0 , y = 0;
         wxWindow *parent = win->GetParent() ;
@@ -77,6 +80,13 @@ wxMacWindowClipper::wxMacWindowClipper( const wxWindow* win )
         OffsetRgn( m_newClip , x , y ) ;
         SetClip( m_newClip ) ;
     	DisposeRgn( insidergn ) ;
+#endif
+        RgnHandle insidergn = NewRgn() ;
+        int x = 0 , y = 0;
+        win->MacWindowToRootWindow( &x,&y ) ;
+        CopyRgn( (RgnHandle) ((wxWindow*)win)->MacGetVisibleRegion().GetWXHRGN() , m_newClip ) ;
+        OffsetRgn( m_newClip , x , y ) ;
+        SetClip( m_newClip ) ;
 	}
 }
 wxMacWindowClipper::~wxMacWindowClipper() 
@@ -1369,6 +1379,21 @@ void  wxDC::DoDrawText(const wxString& strtext, wxCoord x, wxCoord y)
             	{
     	            Rect frame = { yy + line*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading)  ,xx , yy + (line+1)*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading) , xx + 10000 } ;
                     CFStringRef mString = CFStringCreateWithBytes( NULL , (UInt8*) text + laststop , i - laststop , CFStringGetSystemEncoding(), false ) ;
+		            if ( m_backgroundMode != wxTRANSPARENT )
+		            {
+			            Point bounds={0,0} ;
+			            Rect background = frame ;
+			            SInt16 baseline ;
+			    		::GetThemeTextDimensions( mString,
+			    							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
+			    							kThemeStateActive,
+			    							false,
+			    							&bounds,
+			    							&baseline );
+			    		background.right = background.left + bounds.h ;
+			    		background.bottom = background.top + bounds.v ;
+			    		::EraseRect( &background ) ;
+		            }
             		::DrawThemeTextBox( mString,
             							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
             							kThemeStateActive,
@@ -1395,6 +1420,21 @@ void  wxDC::DoDrawText(const wxString& strtext, wxCoord x, wxCoord y)
     	{
     	    Rect frame = { yy + line*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading)  ,xx , yy + (line+1)*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading) , xx + 10000 } ;
             CFStringRef mString = CFStringCreateWithCString( NULL , text + laststop , kCFStringEncodingMacRoman ) ;
+            if ( m_backgroundMode != wxTRANSPARENT )
+            {
+	            Point bounds={0,0} ;
+	            Rect background = frame ;
+	            SInt16 baseline ;
+	    		::GetThemeTextDimensions( mString,
+	    							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
+	    							kThemeStateActive,
+	    							false,
+	    							&bounds,
+	    							&baseline );
+	    		background.right = background.left + bounds.h ;
+	    		background.bottom = background.top + bounds.v ;
+	    		::EraseRect( &background ) ;
+            }
     		::DrawThemeTextBox( mString,
     							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
     							kThemeStateActive,
diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/filedlg.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/filedlg.cpp
index f4e41ae710..844abe8206 100644
Binary files a/src/mac/carbon/filedlg.cpp and b/src/mac/carbon/filedlg.cpp differ
diff --git a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
index f08f4e0ff7..2fa477f7da 100644
--- a/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/carbon/textctrl.cpp
@@ -768,46 +768,53 @@ bool wxTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 
 wxString wxTextCtrl::GetValue() const
 {
-    Size actualsize;
-    
+    Size actualSize = 0;
+    wxString result ;
+    OSStatus err ;
     if ( !m_macUsesTXN )
     {
-        ::GetControlData( (ControlHandle) m_macControl, 0,
-            ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_PASSWORD ) ? kControlEditTextPasswordTag : kControlEditTextTextTag, 
-            32767 , wxBuffer , &actualsize ) ;
+    	err = ::GetControlDataSize((ControlHandle) m_macControl, 0,
+            ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_PASSWORD ) ? kControlEditTextPasswordTag : kControlEditTextTextTag, &actualSize ) ;
+       
+       	if ( err )
+       		return wxEmptyString ;
+       	
+       	if ( actualSize > 0 )
+       	{
+	        wxChar *ptr = result.GetWriteBuf(actualSize) ;
+	        
+	        ::GetControlData( (ControlHandle) m_macControl, 0,
+	            ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_PASSWORD ) ? kControlEditTextPasswordTag : kControlEditTextTextTag, 
+	            actualSize , ptr , &actualSize ) ;
+	        ptr[actualSize] = 0 ;
+	        result.UngetWriteBuf(actualSize) ;
+        }
+        
     }
     else
     {
         Handle theText ;
-        OSStatus err = TXNGetDataEncoded( ((TXNObject) m_macTXN), kTXNStartOffset, kTXNEndOffset, &theText , kTXNTextData );
+        err = TXNGetDataEncoded( ((TXNObject) m_macTXN), kTXNStartOffset, kTXNEndOffset, &theText , kTXNTextData );
         // all done
         if ( err )
         {
-            actualsize = 0 ;
+            actualSize = 0 ;
         }
         else
         {
-            actualsize = GetHandleSize( theText ) ;
-            if (actualsize != 0)
-              strncpy( wxBuffer , *theText , actualsize ) ;
-            DisposeHandle( theText ) ;
+            actualSize = GetHandleSize( theText ) ;
+	       	if ( actualSize > 0 )
+	       	{
+	        	wxChar *ptr = result.GetWriteBuf(actualSize) ;
+	            strncpy( ptr , *theText , actualSize ) ;
+	            ptr[actualSize] = 0 ;
+	            result.UngetWriteBuf( actualSize ) ;
+	        }
+	        DisposeHandle( theText ) ;
         }
     }
     
-    wxBuffer[actualsize] = 0 ;
-    
-    wxString value;
-
-    if( wxApp::s_macDefaultEncodingIsPC )
-    {
-        value = wxMacMakePCStringFromMac( wxBuffer ) ;
-        value.Replace( "\r", "\n" );
-    }
-    else
-        value = wxBuffer;
-        
-    
-    return value;
+    return wxMacMakeStringFromMacString( result ) ;
 }
 
 void wxTextCtrl::GetSelection(long* from, long* to) const
@@ -830,7 +837,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::SetValue(const wxString& st)
     if( wxApp::s_macDefaultEncodingIsPC )
     {
         value = wxMacMakeMacStringFromPC( st ) ;
-        value.Replace( "\n", "\r" );
+        // value.Replace( "\n", "\r" ); TODO this should be handled by the conversion
     }
     else
         value = st;
@@ -1206,7 +1213,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::WriteText(const wxString& text)
     if( wxApp::s_macDefaultEncodingIsPC )
     {
         value = wxMacMakeMacStringFromPC( text ) ;
-        value.Replace( "\n", "\r" );
+        // value.Replace( "\n", "\r" ); // TODO this should be handled by the conversion
     }
     else
         value = text ;
@@ -1543,9 +1550,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::OnChar(wxKeyEvent& event)
          key == WXK_DELETE || 
          key == WXK_BACK)
     {
-        long t1 = 0xDEADBEEF ;
         wxCommandEvent event1(wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED, m_windowId);
-        long t2 = 0xDEADBEEF ;
         event1.SetString( GetValue() ) ;
         event1.SetEventObject( this );
         wxPostEvent(GetEventHandler(),event1);
diff --git a/src/mac/dc.cpp b/src/mac/dc.cpp
index 638a4f0d58..b0e3183298 100644
--- a/src/mac/dc.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/dc.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ wxMacWindowClipper::wxMacWindowClipper( const wxWindow* win )
     
     if ( win )
     {
+#if 0
+    	// this clipping area was set to the parent window's drawing area, lead to problems
+    	// with MacOSX controls drawing outside their wx' rectangle
         RgnHandle insidergn = NewRgn() ;
         int x = 0 , y = 0;
         wxWindow *parent = win->GetParent() ;
@@ -77,6 +80,13 @@ wxMacWindowClipper::wxMacWindowClipper( const wxWindow* win )
         OffsetRgn( m_newClip , x , y ) ;
         SetClip( m_newClip ) ;
     	DisposeRgn( insidergn ) ;
+#endif
+        RgnHandle insidergn = NewRgn() ;
+        int x = 0 , y = 0;
+        win->MacWindowToRootWindow( &x,&y ) ;
+        CopyRgn( (RgnHandle) ((wxWindow*)win)->MacGetVisibleRegion().GetWXHRGN() , m_newClip ) ;
+        OffsetRgn( m_newClip , x , y ) ;
+        SetClip( m_newClip ) ;
 	}
 }
 wxMacWindowClipper::~wxMacWindowClipper() 
@@ -1369,6 +1379,21 @@ void  wxDC::DoDrawText(const wxString& strtext, wxCoord x, wxCoord y)
             	{
     	            Rect frame = { yy + line*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading)  ,xx , yy + (line+1)*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading) , xx + 10000 } ;
                     CFStringRef mString = CFStringCreateWithBytes( NULL , (UInt8*) text + laststop , i - laststop , CFStringGetSystemEncoding(), false ) ;
+		            if ( m_backgroundMode != wxTRANSPARENT )
+		            {
+			            Point bounds={0,0} ;
+			            Rect background = frame ;
+			            SInt16 baseline ;
+			    		::GetThemeTextDimensions( mString,
+			    							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
+			    							kThemeStateActive,
+			    							false,
+			    							&bounds,
+			    							&baseline );
+			    		background.right = background.left + bounds.h ;
+			    		background.bottom = background.top + bounds.v ;
+			    		::EraseRect( &background ) ;
+		            }
             		::DrawThemeTextBox( mString,
             							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
             							kThemeStateActive,
@@ -1395,6 +1420,21 @@ void  wxDC::DoDrawText(const wxString& strtext, wxCoord x, wxCoord y)
     	{
     	    Rect frame = { yy + line*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading)  ,xx , yy + (line+1)*(fi.descent + fi.ascent + fi.leading) , xx + 10000 } ;
             CFStringRef mString = CFStringCreateWithCString( NULL , text + laststop , kCFStringEncodingMacRoman ) ;
+            if ( m_backgroundMode != wxTRANSPARENT )
+            {
+	            Point bounds={0,0} ;
+	            Rect background = frame ;
+	            SInt16 baseline ;
+	    		::GetThemeTextDimensions( mString,
+	    							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
+	    							kThemeStateActive,
+	    							false,
+	    							&bounds,
+	    							&baseline );
+	    		background.right = background.left + bounds.h ;
+	    		background.bottom = background.top + bounds.v ;
+	    		::EraseRect( &background ) ;
+            }
     		::DrawThemeTextBox( mString,
     							kThemeCurrentPortFont,
     							kThemeStateActive,
diff --git a/src/mac/filedlg.cpp b/src/mac/filedlg.cpp
index f4e41ae710..844abe8206 100644
Binary files a/src/mac/filedlg.cpp and b/src/mac/filedlg.cpp differ
diff --git a/src/mac/textctrl.cpp b/src/mac/textctrl.cpp
index f08f4e0ff7..2fa477f7da 100644
--- a/src/mac/textctrl.cpp
+++ b/src/mac/textctrl.cpp
@@ -768,46 +768,53 @@ bool wxTextCtrl::Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
 
 wxString wxTextCtrl::GetValue() const
 {
-    Size actualsize;
-    
+    Size actualSize = 0;
+    wxString result ;
+    OSStatus err ;
     if ( !m_macUsesTXN )
     {
-        ::GetControlData( (ControlHandle) m_macControl, 0,
-            ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_PASSWORD ) ? kControlEditTextPasswordTag : kControlEditTextTextTag, 
-            32767 , wxBuffer , &actualsize ) ;
+    	err = ::GetControlDataSize((ControlHandle) m_macControl, 0,
+            ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_PASSWORD ) ? kControlEditTextPasswordTag : kControlEditTextTextTag, &actualSize ) ;
+       
+       	if ( err )
+       		return wxEmptyString ;
+       	
+       	if ( actualSize > 0 )
+       	{
+	        wxChar *ptr = result.GetWriteBuf(actualSize) ;
+	        
+	        ::GetControlData( (ControlHandle) m_macControl, 0,
+	            ( m_windowStyle & wxTE_PASSWORD ) ? kControlEditTextPasswordTag : kControlEditTextTextTag, 
+	            actualSize , ptr , &actualSize ) ;
+	        ptr[actualSize] = 0 ;
+	        result.UngetWriteBuf(actualSize) ;
+        }
+        
     }
     else
     {
         Handle theText ;
-        OSStatus err = TXNGetDataEncoded( ((TXNObject) m_macTXN), kTXNStartOffset, kTXNEndOffset, &theText , kTXNTextData );
+        err = TXNGetDataEncoded( ((TXNObject) m_macTXN), kTXNStartOffset, kTXNEndOffset, &theText , kTXNTextData );
         // all done
         if ( err )
         {
-            actualsize = 0 ;
+            actualSize = 0 ;
         }
         else
         {
-            actualsize = GetHandleSize( theText ) ;
-            if (actualsize != 0)
-              strncpy( wxBuffer , *theText , actualsize ) ;
-            DisposeHandle( theText ) ;
+            actualSize = GetHandleSize( theText ) ;
+	       	if ( actualSize > 0 )
+	       	{
+	        	wxChar *ptr = result.GetWriteBuf(actualSize) ;
+	            strncpy( ptr , *theText , actualSize ) ;
+	            ptr[actualSize] = 0 ;
+	            result.UngetWriteBuf( actualSize ) ;
+	        }
+	        DisposeHandle( theText ) ;
         }
     }
     
-    wxBuffer[actualsize] = 0 ;
-    
-    wxString value;
-
-    if( wxApp::s_macDefaultEncodingIsPC )
-    {
-        value = wxMacMakePCStringFromMac( wxBuffer ) ;
-        value.Replace( "\r", "\n" );
-    }
-    else
-        value = wxBuffer;
-        
-    
-    return value;
+    return wxMacMakeStringFromMacString( result ) ;
 }
 
 void wxTextCtrl::GetSelection(long* from, long* to) const
@@ -830,7 +837,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::SetValue(const wxString& st)
     if( wxApp::s_macDefaultEncodingIsPC )
     {
         value = wxMacMakeMacStringFromPC( st ) ;
-        value.Replace( "\n", "\r" );
+        // value.Replace( "\n", "\r" ); TODO this should be handled by the conversion
     }
     else
         value = st;
@@ -1206,7 +1213,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::WriteText(const wxString& text)
     if( wxApp::s_macDefaultEncodingIsPC )
     {
         value = wxMacMakeMacStringFromPC( text ) ;
-        value.Replace( "\n", "\r" );
+        // value.Replace( "\n", "\r" ); // TODO this should be handled by the conversion
     }
     else
         value = text ;
@@ -1543,9 +1550,7 @@ void wxTextCtrl::OnChar(wxKeyEvent& event)
          key == WXK_DELETE || 
          key == WXK_BACK)
     {
-        long t1 = 0xDEADBEEF ;
         wxCommandEvent event1(wxEVT_COMMAND_TEXT_UPDATED, m_windowId);
-        long t2 = 0xDEADBEEF ;
         event1.SetString( GetValue() ) ;
         event1.SetEventObject( this );
         wxPostEvent(GetEventHandler(),event1);