diff --git a/project/Build.xml b/project/Build.xml
index 4acb14c10..70fb6e682 100644
--- a/project/Build.xml
+++ b/project/Build.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 		<file name="src/ui/TouchEvent.cpp" />
 		<file name="src/ui/WindowEvent.cpp" />
 		<file name="src/utils/ByteArray.cpp" />
+		<file name="src/utils/FileIO.cpp" />
 		
 	</files>
 	
diff --git a/project/include/utils/ByteArray.h b/project/include/utils/ByteArray.h
index 2403c11e6..922a640f4 100644
--- a/project/include/utils/ByteArray.h
+++ b/project/include/utils/ByteArray.h
@@ -62,19 +62,13 @@ namespace lime {
 	//#define val_os_string val_string
 
 	#if defined(IPHONE)
-	FILE *OpenRead(const char *inName);
-	FILE *OpenOverwrite(const char *inName); // [ddc]
 	extern int gFixedOrientation;
 
 	#elif defined(HX_MACOS)
-	FILE *OpenRead(const char *inName);
-	#define OpenOverwrite(x) fopen(x,"wb")
 	#else
 	#ifdef TIZEN
 	extern int gFixedOrientation;
 	#endif
-	#define OpenRead(x) fopen(x,"rb")
-	#define OpenOverwrite(x) fopen(x,"wb") // [ddc]
 	#endif
 	//#endif
 	
diff --git a/project/include/utils/FileIO.h b/project/include/utils/FileIO.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f238bac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/include/utils/FileIO.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef LIME_UTILS_FILEIO_H
+#define LIME_UTILS_FILEIO_H
+
+
+extern "C" {
+	
+	#include <stdio.h>
+	
+}
+
+
+namespace lime {
+	
+	
+	extern int fclose (FILE *stream);
+	extern FILE* fopen (const char *filename, const char *mode);
+	//extern FILE* freopen (const char *filename, const char *mode, FILE *stream);
+	extern size_t fread (void *ptr, size_t size, size_t count, FILE *stream);
+	extern int fseek (FILE *stream, long int offset, int origin);
+	extern long int ftell (FILE *stream);
+	extern size_t fwrite (const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t count, FILE *stream);
+	
+	
+}
+
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/project/src/graphics/JPEG.cpp b/project/src/graphics/JPEG.cpp
index 7ef8bc55c..619eb9d9d 100644
--- a/project/src/graphics/JPEG.cpp
+++ b/project/src/graphics/JPEG.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 extern "C" {
-
+	
 	#include <sys/types.h>
 	#include <stdio.h>
 	#include <jpeglib.h>
-
+	
 }
 
 #include <graphics/Image.h>
 #include <graphics/JPEG.h>
-#include <utils/ByteArray.h>
+#include <utils/FileIO.h>
 
 
 namespace lime {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace lime {
 		struct jpeg_decompress_struct cinfo;
 		struct jpeg_error_mgr jerr;
 		
-		FILE *file = OpenRead (path);
+		FILE *file = lime::fopen (path, "rb");
 		
 		cinfo.err = jpeg_std_error (&jerr);
 		jpeg_create_decompress (&cinfo);
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace lime {
 			
 			jpeg_start_decompress (&cinfo);
 			int components = cinfo.num_components;
-			image->Resize(cinfo.output_width, cinfo.output_height);
+			image->Resize (cinfo.output_width, cinfo.output_height);
 			
 			unsigned char *bytes = image->data->Bytes ();
 			unsigned char *scanline = new unsigned char [image->width * image->height * components];
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace lime {
 			
 		}
 		
-		fclose (file);
+		lime::fclose (file);
 		jpeg_destroy_decompress (&cinfo);
 		
 		return true;
diff --git a/project/src/graphics/PNG.cpp b/project/src/graphics/PNG.cpp
index e5a2c7ef2..8eaedb678 100644
--- a/project/src/graphics/PNG.cpp
+++ b/project/src/graphics/PNG.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <graphics/Image.h>
 #include <graphics/PNG.h>
-#include <utils/ByteArray.h>
+#include <utils/FileIO.h>
 
 
 namespace lime {
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ namespace lime {
 		png_uint_32 width, height;
 		int bit_depth, color_type;
 		
-		FILE *file = OpenRead (path);
+		FILE *file = lime::fopen (path, "rb");
 		if (!file) return false;
 		
 		// verify the PNG signature
-		int read = fread (png_sig, PNG_SIG_SIZE, 1, file);
+		int read = lime::fread (png_sig, PNG_SIG_SIZE, 1, file);
 		if (png_sig_cmp (png_sig, 0, PNG_SIG_SIZE)) {
 			
-			fclose (file);
+			lime::fclose (file);
 			return false;
 			
 		}
 		
 		if ((png_ptr = png_create_read_struct (PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
 			
-			fclose (file);
+			lime::fclose (file);
 			return false;
 			
 		}
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace lime {
 		if ((info_ptr = png_create_info_struct (png_ptr)) == NULL) {
 			
 			png_destroy_read_struct (&png_ptr, (png_infopp)NULL, (png_infopp)NULL);
-			fclose (file);
+			lime::fclose (file);
 			return false;
 			
 		}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace lime {
 		if (setjmp (png_jmpbuf (png_ptr))) {
 			
 			png_destroy_read_struct (&png_ptr, &info_ptr, (png_infopp)NULL);
-			fclose (file);
+			lime::fclose (file);
 			return false;
 			
 		}
diff --git a/project/src/utils/ByteArray.cpp b/project/src/utils/ByteArray.cpp
index 061536cba..5356ae400 100644
--- a/project/src/utils/ByteArray.cpp
+++ b/project/src/utils/ByteArray.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <hx/CFFI.h>
 
 #include <utils/ByteArray.h>
+#include <utils/FileIO.h>
 #include <string>
 
 
@@ -113,35 +114,11 @@ namespace lime {
     } DEFINE_PRIM(lime_byte_array_get_native_pointer,1);
     
     
-#if defined(HX_MACOS)
-#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
-FILE *OpenRead(const char *inName)
-{
-	FILE *result = fopen(inName,"rb");
-	if (!result) {
-		CFStringRef str = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, inName, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-		CFURLRef path = CFBundleCopyResourceURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle(), str, NULL, NULL);
-		CFRelease(str);
-		if (path) {
-			str = CFURLCopyPath(path);
-			CFIndex maxSize = CFStringGetMaximumSizeForEncoding(CFStringGetLength(str),kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
-			char *buffer = (char *)malloc(maxSize);
-			if (CFStringGetCString(str, buffer, maxSize, kCFStringEncodingUTF8)) {
-				result = fopen(buffer,"rb");
-				free(buffer);
-			}
-			CFRelease(str);
-			CFRelease(path);
-		}
-	}
-	return result;
-}
-#endif
     
     
     ByteArray ByteArray::FromFile(const OSChar *inFilename)
 {
-   FILE *file = OpenRead(inFilename);
+   FILE *file = lime::fopen (inFilename, "rb");
    if (!file)
    {
       #ifdef ANDROID
@@ -150,13 +127,13 @@ FILE *OpenRead(const char *inName)
       return ByteArray();
    }
 
-   fseek(file,0,SEEK_END);
-   int len = ftell(file);
-   fseek(file,0,SEEK_SET);
+   lime::fseek(file,0,SEEK_END);
+   int len = lime::ftell(file);
+   lime::fseek(file,0,SEEK_SET);
 
    ByteArray result(len);
-   int status = fread(result.Bytes(),len,1,file);
-   fclose(file);
+   int status = lime::fread(result.Bytes(),len,1,file);
+   lime::fclose(file);
 
    return result;
 }
@@ -166,7 +143,7 @@ value lime_byte_array_overwrite_file(value inFilename, value inBytes) {
 
         // file is created if it doesn't exist,
    // if it exists, it is truncated to zero
-   FILE *file = OpenOverwrite(val_os_string(inFilename));
+   FILE *file = lime::fopen (val_os_string(inFilename), "wb");
    if (!file)
    {
       #ifdef ANDROID
@@ -181,9 +158,9 @@ value lime_byte_array_overwrite_file(value inFilename, value inBytes) {
    // stream pointed to by stream, obtaining them from the location given by
    // ptr.
    // fwrite(const void *restrict ptr, size_t size, size_t nitems, FILE *restrict stream);
-   fwrite( array.Bytes() , 1, array.Size() , file);
+   lime::fwrite( array.Bytes() , 1, array.Size() , file);
 
-   fclose(file);
+   lime::fclose(file);
    return alloc_null();
 
     } DEFINE_PRIM(lime_byte_array_overwrite_file, 2);
diff --git a/project/src/utils/FileIO.cpp b/project/src/utils/FileIO.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dc5aa12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/src/utils/FileIO.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#include <utils/FileIO.h>
+
+#ifdef HX_MACOS
+#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>
+#endif
+
+
+namespace lime {
+	
+	
+	int fclose (FILE *stream) {
+		
+		return ::fclose (stream);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	FILE* fopen (const char *filename, const char *mode) {
+		
+		#ifdef HX_MACOS
+		FILE *result = ::fopen (filename, "rb");
+		if (!result) {
+			CFStringRef str = CFStringCreateWithCString (NULL, inName, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+			CFURLRef path = CFBundleCopyResourceURL (CFBundleGetMainBundle (), str, NULL, NULL);
+			CFRelease (str);
+			if (path) {
+				str = CFURLCopyPath (path);
+				CFIndex maxSize = CFStringGetMaximumSizeForEncoding (CFStringGetLength (str), kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+				char *buffer = (char *)malloc (maxSize);
+				if (CFStringGetCString (str, buffer, maxSize, kCFStringEncodingUTF8)) {
+					result = ::fopen (buffer,"rb");
+					free (buffer);
+				}
+				CFRelease (str);
+				CFRelease (path);
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+		#else
+		return ::fopen (filename, mode);
+		#endif
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	size_t fread (void *ptr, size_t size, size_t count, FILE *stream) {
+		
+		return ::fread (ptr, size, count, stream);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	int fseek (FILE *stream, long int offset, int origin) {
+		
+		return ::fseek (stream, offset, origin);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	long int ftell (FILE *stream) {
+		
+		return ::ftell (stream);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+	size_t fwrite (const void *ptr, size_t size, size_t count, FILE *stream) {
+		
+		return ::fwrite (ptr, size, count, stream);
+		
+	}
+	
+	
+}
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