diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 07fc8cc28..59abe363c 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <PackageVersion Include="Gommon" Version="2.6.8" />
     <PackageVersion Include="securifybv.ShellLink" Version="0.1.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="shaderc.net" Version="0.1.0" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="SharpMetal" Version="1.0.0-preview20" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="SharpMetal" Version="1.0.0-preview21" />
     <PackageVersion Include="SharpZipLib" Version="1.4.2" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan" Version="2.21.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Silk.NET.Vulkan.Extensions.EXT" Version="2.21.0" />
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/CAMetalLayerExtensions.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/CAMetalLayerExtensions.cs
index 0d29a502b..f8fe7d2e7 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/CAMetalLayerExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/CAMetalLayerExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using SharpMetal;
+using SharpMetal.Foundation;
 using SharpMetal.ObjectiveCCore;
 using SharpMetal.QuartzCore;
 using System.Runtime.Versioning;
@@ -9,22 +10,13 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions
     [SupportedOSPlatform("macOS")]
     public static class CAMetalLayerExtensions
     {
-        private static readonly Selector sel_displaySyncEnabled = "displaySyncEnabled";
-        private static readonly Selector sel_setDisplaySyncEnabled = "setDisplaySyncEnabled:";
-        
         private static readonly Selector sel_developerHUDProperties = "developerHUDProperties";
         private static readonly Selector sel_setDeveloperHUDProperties = "setDeveloperHUDProperties:";
-        
-        public static bool IsDisplaySyncEnabled(this CAMetalLayer metalLayer) 
-            => ObjectiveCRuntime.bool_objc_msgSend(metalLayer.NativePtr, sel_displaySyncEnabled);
 
-        public static void SetDisplaySyncEnabled(this CAMetalLayer metalLayer, bool enabled) 
-            => ObjectiveCRuntime.objc_msgSend(metalLayer.NativePtr, sel_setDisplaySyncEnabled, enabled);
+        public static NSDictionary GetDeveloperHudProperties(this CAMetalLayer metalLayer)
+            => new(ObjectiveCRuntime.IntPtr_objc_msgSend(metalLayer.NativePtr, sel_developerHUDProperties));
 
-        public static nint GetDeveloperHudProperties(this CAMetalLayer metalLayer)
-            => ObjectiveCRuntime.IntPtr_objc_msgSend(metalLayer.NativePtr, sel_developerHUDProperties);
-
-        public static void SetDeveloperHudProperties(this CAMetalLayer metalLayer, nint dictionaryPointer) 
-            => ObjectiveCRuntime.objc_msgSend(metalLayer.NativePtr, sel_setDeveloperHUDProperties, dictionaryPointer);
+        public static void SetDeveloperHudProperties(this CAMetalLayer metalLayer, NSDictionary dictionary) 
+            => ObjectiveCRuntime.objc_msgSend(metalLayer.NativePtr, sel_setDeveloperHUDProperties, dictionary);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/NSHelper.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/NSHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52c192a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/NSHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using SharpMetal.Foundation;
+using SharpMetal.ObjectiveCCore;
+using System.Runtime.Versioning;
+
+namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions
+{
+    [SupportedOSPlatform("macOS")]
+    public static class NSHelper
+    {
+        public static unsafe string ToDotNetString(this NSString source)
+        {
+            char[] sourceBuffer = new char[source.Length];
+            fixed (char* pSourceBuffer = sourceBuffer)
+            {
+                ObjectiveC.bool_objc_msgSend(source,
+                    "getCString:maxLength:encoding:",
+                    pSourceBuffer,
+                    source.MaximumLengthOfBytes(NSStringEncoding.UTF16) + 1,
+                    (ulong)NSStringEncoding.UTF16);
+            }
+
+            return new string(sourceBuffer);
+        }
+        
+        public static NSString ToNSString(this string source) 
+            => new(ObjectiveC.IntPtr_objc_msgSend(new ObjectiveCClass("NSString"), "stringWithUTF8String:", source));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions.csproj b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions.csproj
index 9836063a3..1e75b4d26 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions.csproj
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal.SharpMetalExtensions.csproj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
   </PropertyGroup>
   
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal/Window.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal/Window.cs
index 203a29ebc..61137f97d 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal/Window.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal/Window.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal
         public bool ScreenCaptureRequested { get; set; }
 
         private readonly MetalRenderer _renderer;
-        private readonly CAMetalLayer _metalLayer;
+        private CAMetalLayer _metalLayer;
 
         private int _width;
         private int _height;
@@ -146,11 +146,11 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Metal
         {
             switch (vSyncMode)
             {
-                case VSyncMode.Unbounded: 
-                    _metalLayer.SetDisplaySyncEnabled(false);
+                case VSyncMode.Unbounded:
+                    _metalLayer.DisplaySyncEnabled = false;
                     break;
                 case VSyncMode.Switch:
-                    _metalLayer.SetDisplaySyncEnabled(true);
+                    _metalLayer.DisplaySyncEnabled = true;
                     break;
             }
         }