diff --git a/libobs/util/platform-cocoa.m b/libobs/util/platform-cocoa.m
index a70b19ed863d05e9c959695996c2d615043c735d..e5f99ca9fb63bc4666a0888c11746f10f37aef9f 100644
--- a/libobs/util/platform-cocoa.m
+++ b/libobs/util/platform-cocoa.m
@@ -87,14 +87,43 @@ void os_sleep_ms(uint32_t duration)
 	usleep(duration*1000);
 }
 
+
+/* clock function selection taken from libc++ */
+static uint64_t ns_time_simple()
+{
+	return mach_absolute_time();
+}
+
+static double ns_time_compute_factor()
+{
+	mach_timebase_info_data_t info = {1, 1};
+	mach_timebase_info(&info);
+	return ((double)info.numer) / info.denom;
+}
+
+static uint64_t ns_time_full()
+{
+	static double factor = 0.;
+	if (factor == 0.) factor = ns_time_compute_factor();
+	return (uint64_t)(mach_absolute_time() * factor);
+}
+
+typedef uint64_t (*time_func)();
+
+static time_func ns_time_select_func()
+{
+	mach_timebase_info_data_t info = {1, 1};
+	mach_timebase_info(&info);
+	if (info.denom == info.numer)
+		return ns_time_simple;
+	return ns_time_full;
+}
+
 uint64_t os_gettime_ns(void)
 {
-	uint64_t t = mach_absolute_time();
-#pragma clang diagnostic push
-#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"	
-	Nanoseconds nano = AbsoluteToNanoseconds(*(AbsoluteTime*) &t);
-#pragma clang diagnostic pop
-	return *(uint64_t*) &nano;
+	static time_func f = NULL;
+	if (!f) f = ns_time_select_func();
+	return f();
 }
 
 /* gets the location ~/Library/Application Support/[name] */