diff --git a/Lib/plat-mac/ic.py b/Lib/plat-mac/ic.py
index 769400ae8ea..ba2146122f0 100644
--- a/Lib/plat-mac/ic.py
+++ b/Lib/plat-mac/ic.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _decode_fontrecord(data, key):
     return size, face, data[5:5+namelen]
 
 def _decode_boolean(data, key):
-    return ord(data[0])
+    return data[0]
 
 def _decode_text(data, key):
     return data
diff --git a/Mac/Modules/file/_Filemodule.c b/Mac/Modules/file/_Filemodule.c
index 0ca9e3bd9af..ffc16d5badc 100644
--- a/Mac/Modules/file/_Filemodule.c
+++ b/Mac/Modules/file/_Filemodule.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ static PyObject *FSSpec_as_pathname(FSSpecObject *_self, PyObject *_args)
 	        PyMac_Error(err);
 	        return NULL;
 	}
-	_res = PyString_FromString(strbuf);
+	_res = PyUnicode_FromString(strbuf);
 	return _res;
 
 }