diff --git a/volatility/plugins/mac/dmesg.py b/volatility/plugins/mac/dmesg.py
index 13701beb..c9716259 100644
--- a/volatility/plugins/mac/dmesg.py
+++ b/volatility/plugins/mac/dmesg.py
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ class mac_dmesg(common.AbstractMacCommand):
     def calculate(self):
         common.set_plugin_members(self)
 
-        msgbuf_ptr = obj.Object("Pointer", offset=self.get_profile_symbol("_msgbufp"), vm=self.addr_space)
-
-        msgbufp    = obj.Object("msgbuf",  offset=msgbuf_ptr, vm=self.addr_space)
+        msgbuf_ptr = obj.Object("Pointer", offset = self.get_profile_symbol("_msgbufp"), vm = self.addr_space)
+        msgbufp = msgbuf_ptr.dereference_as("msgbuf") 
 
         bufx = msgbufp.msg_bufx
         size = msgbufp.msg_size
@@ -40,19 +39,17 @@ class mac_dmesg(common.AbstractMacCommand):
 
         if bufc[bufx] == 0 and bufc[0] != 0:
             buf = common.get_string(bufc, self.addr_space)
- 
         else:     
             if bufx > size:
                 bufx = 0
 
             # older messages
-            buf = bufc[bufx:bufx+size]
-             
+            buf = bufc[bufx:bufx + size]
             buf = buf + bufc[0:bufx]
 
         yield buf
 
     def render_text(self, outfd, data):
         for buf in data:
-            print buf
+            outfd.write("{0}\n".format(buf))