diff --git a/microstack/ILibParsers.c b/microstack/ILibParsers.c
index d839a32..8aa5443 100644
--- a/microstack/ILibParsers.c
+++ b/microstack/ILibParsers.c
@@ -372,6 +372,17 @@ void ILibDispatchSemaphore_trywait(sem_t* s)
 {
 	dispatch_semaphore_wait(((dispatch_semaphore_t*)s)[0], DISPATCH_TIME_NOW);
 }
+int ILibDispatchSemaphore_timedwait(sem_t* s, struct timespec *ts)
+{
+	struct timeval tv;
+	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+
+	uint64_t seconds = ts->tv_sec - tv.tv_sec;
+	uint64_t ns = ts->tv_nsec - (tv.tv_usec * 1000);
+	uint64_t delta = ns + (seconds * 1000000000);
+
+	return((int)dispatch_semaphore_wait(((dispatch_semaphore_t*)s)[0], dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, (int64_t)delta)));
+}
 void ILibDispatchSemaphore_post(sem_t* s)
 {
 	dispatch_semaphore_signal(((dispatch_semaphore_t*)s)[0]);
@@ -9412,6 +9423,31 @@ void ILIBLOGMESSAGEX(char *format, ...)
 
 	ILIBLOGMESSSAGE(dest);
 }
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+typedef struct ILibThread_AppleThread
+{
+	pthread_t tid;
+	voidfp1 method;
+	void *arg;
+	int joinable;
+	sem_t s;
+}ILibThread_AppleThread;
+void* ILibThread_AppleThread_Start(void *arg)
+{
+	ILibThread_AppleThread *apple = (ILibThread_AppleThread*)arg;
+	apple->method(apple->arg);
+	if (apple->joinable != 0)
+	{
+		sem_post(&(apple->s));
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		ILibMemory_Free(apple);
+	}
+	return(NULL);
+}
+#endif
 //! Platform Agnostic method to Spawn a detached worker thread with normal priority/affinity
 /*!
 	\param method Handler to dispatch on the new thread
@@ -9420,15 +9456,25 @@ void ILIBLOGMESSAGEX(char *format, ...)
 */
 void* ILibSpawnNormalThreadEx(voidfp1 method, void* arg, int detached)
 {
-#if defined (_POSIX) || defined (__APPLE__)
+#if defined (_POSIX)
 	intptr_t result;
 	void* (*fptr) (void* a);
 	pthread_t newThread;
 	fptr = (void*(*)(void*))method;
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+	ILibThread_AppleThread *ret = (ILibThread_AppleThread*)ILibMemory_SmartAllocate(sizeof(ILibThread_AppleThread));
+	ret->method = method; ret->arg = arg;
+	if (detached != 0) { sem_init(&(ret->s), 0, 0); ret->joinable = 1; }
+	result = (intptr_t)pthread_create(&newThread, NULL, ILibThread_AppleThread_Start, ret);
+	ret->tid = newThread;
+	if (detached != 0) { pthread_detach(newThread); }
+	return(ret);
+#else
 	result = (intptr_t)pthread_create(&newThread, NULL, fptr, arg);
 	if (detached != 0) { pthread_detach(newThread); }
 	return(result == 0 ? (void*)newThread : NULL);
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 	return CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)method, arg, 0, NULL );
@@ -9442,7 +9488,18 @@ void* ILibSpawnNormalThreadEx(voidfp1 method, void* arg, int detached)
 #ifndef WIN32
 int ILibThread_TimedJoinEx(void *thr, struct timespec* timeout)
 {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+	int ret = 1;
+	if (ILibMemory_CanaryOK(thr) && ((ILibThread_AppleThread*)thr)->joinable != 0)
+	{
+		ILibThread_AppleThread *ath = (ILibThread_AppleThread*)thr;
+		if ((ret = sem_timedwait(&(ath->s), timeout)) == 0) { sem_destroy(&(ath->s)); }
+		ILibMemory_Free(thr);
+	}
+	return(ret);
+#else
 	return(pthread_timedjoin_np((pthread_t)thr, NULL, timeout));
+#endif
 }
 struct timespec *ILibThread_ms2ts(uint32_t ms, struct timespec *ts)
 {
@@ -9450,7 +9507,7 @@ struct timespec *ILibThread_ms2ts(uint32_t ms, struct timespec *ts)
 	long lv;
 
 	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-	ts->tv_sec = tv.tv_sec + (ms / 1000);
+	ts->tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
 	ts->tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
 
 	ts->tv_sec += (ms / 1000);
@@ -9480,8 +9537,15 @@ void ILibThread_Join(void *thr)
 #ifdef WIN32
 	WaitForSingleObject((HANDLE)thr, INFINITE);
 #else
-	void *r;
-	pthread_join((pthread_t)thr, &r);
+	#ifdef __APPLE__
+		if (ILibMemory_CanaryOK(thr) && ((ILibThread_AppleThread*)thr)->joinable!=0)
+		{
+			pthread_join(((ILibThread_AppleThread*)thr)->tid, NULL);
+			ILibMemory_Free(thr);
+		}
+	#else
+		pthread_join((pthread_t)thr, NULL);
+	#endif
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/microstack/ILibParsers.h b/microstack/ILibParsers.h
index d3f8cb0..8346a1e 100644
--- a/microstack/ILibParsers.h
+++ b/microstack/ILibParsers.h
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ struct sockaddr_in6;
 #define sem_wait(x) ILibDispatchSemaphore_wait(x)
 #define sem_trywait(x) ILibDispatchSemaphore_trywait(s)
 #define sem_post(x) ILibDispatchSemaphore_post(x)
+#define sem_timedwait(x, timeout) ILibDispatchSemaphore_timedwait(x, timeout)
 void ILibDispatchSemaphore_Init(sem_t* s, int pShared, int value);
 void ILibDispatchSemaphore_Destroy(sem_t* s);
 void ILibDispatchSemaphore_wait(sem_t* s);
 void ILibDispatchSemaphore_trywait(sem_t* s);
+int ILibDispatchSemaphore_timedwait(sem_t *x, struct timespec *timeout);
 void ILibDispatchSemaphore_post(sem_t* s);
 #endif