diff --git a/README-macosx.txt b/README-macosx.txt
index 4d9378fdd..895b9d142 100644
--- a/README-macosx.txt
+++ b/README-macosx.txt
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ ABI compatibility on x86_64 architectures.  For best compatibility you
 should compile your application the same way.  A script which wraps
 gcc to make this easy is provided in test/gcc-fat.sh
 
-Please note that building SDL requires at least the 10.7 SDK (even if you
-target back to 10.5 systems). PowerPC support for Mac OS X has been officially
-dropped as of SDL 2.0.2.
+Please note that building SDL requires at least Xcode 4.6 and the 10.7 SDK
+(even if you target back to 10.5 systems). PowerPC support for Mac OS X has
+been officially dropped as of SDL 2.0.2.
 
 To use the library once it's built, you essential have two possibilities:
 use the traditional autoconf/automake/make method, or use Xcode.
diff --git a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoaevents.m b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoaevents.m
index 9e9fccf55..d1dab03b3 100644
--- a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoaevents.m
+++ b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoaevents.m
@@ -271,10 +271,9 @@ Cocoa_RegisterApp(void)
             CreateApplicationMenus();
         }
         [NSApp finishLaunching];
-        NSDictionary *appDefaults = @{
-            @"AppleMomentumScrollSupported": @NO,
-            @"ApplePressAndHoldEnabled": @NO,
-        };
+        NSDictionary *appDefaults = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
+            NO, @"AppleMomentumScrollSupported",
+            NO, @"ApplePressAndHoldEnabled"];
         [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] registerDefaults:appDefaults];
 
     }