diff --git a/src/file/cocoa/SDL_rwopsbundlesupport.m b/src/file/cocoa/SDL_rwopsbundlesupport.m
index c357e94c3..d9ce0210a 100644
--- a/src/file/cocoa/SDL_rwopsbundlesupport.m
+++ b/src/file/cocoa/SDL_rwopsbundlesupport.m
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ FILE* SDL_OpenFPFromBundleOrFallback(const char *file, const char *mode)
 {
     FILE* fp = NULL;
 
+	// If the file mode is writable, skip all the bundle stuff because generally the bundle is read-only.
+	if(strcmp("r", mode) && strcmp("rb", mode))
+	{
+		return fopen(file, mode);
+	}
+
 	NSAutoreleasePool* autorelease_pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
 
 
diff --git a/test/automated/rwops/Test_rwopsbundlesupport.m b/test/automated/rwops/Test_rwopsbundlesupport.m
index 86c0fe52e..ebed430b9 100644
--- a/test/automated/rwops/Test_rwopsbundlesupport.m
+++ b/test/automated/rwops/Test_rwopsbundlesupport.m
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ FILE* Test_OpenFPFromBundleOrFallback(const char *file, const char *mode)
 {
     FILE* fp = NULL;
 
+	// If the file mode is writable, skip all the bundle stuff because generally the bundle is read-only.
+	if(strcmp("r", mode) && strcmp("rb", mode))
+	{
+		return fopen(file, mode);
+	}
+	
 	NSAutoreleasePool* autorelease_pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
 
 
diff --git a/test/automated/rwops/rwops.c b/test/automated/rwops/rwops.c
index 2dd7460ab..b65268766 100644
--- a/test/automated/rwops/rwops.c
+++ b/test/automated/rwops/rwops.c
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ static void rwops_testFP (void)
 
    /* Run read tests. */
 #if __APPLE__
-	/* Cheating: Using private API in SDL */
 	fp = Test_OpenFPFromBundleOrFallback( RWOPS_READ, "r" );
 #else
    fp = fopen( RWOPS_READ, "r" );
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ static void rwops_testFP (void)
 
    /* Run write tests. */
 #if __APPLE__
-	/* Cheating: Using private API in SDL */
 	fp = Test_OpenFPFromTemporaryDir( RWOPS_WRITE, "w+" );
 #else
    fp = fopen( RWOPS_WRITE, "w+" );