diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c9f1aedb..2fb3071c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ byobu (4.18) unreleased; urgency=low
   * usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/bin/byobu-launcher-uninstall,
     usr/lib/byobu/.constants, usr/lib/byobu/disk_io:
     - move the MacOSX support to constants
+  * usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a, usr/bin/byobu-janitor, usr/bin/byobu-quiet,
+    usr/bin/byobu-silent, usr/bin/byobu-status, usr/lib/byobu/cpu_temp,
+    usr/lib/byobu/custom, usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost, usr/lib/byobu/logo,
+    usr/lib/byobu/menu, usr/lib/byobu/network,
+    usr/lib/byobu/updates_available, usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys:
+    - comprehensively use $SED for MacOSX compatibility, LP: #812973
 
   [ James Spencer ]
   * usr/lib/byobu/.constants:
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a b/usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a
index e454926a..8f423b22 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-ctrl-a
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ while true; do
 	echo
 	case "$s" in
 		1)
-			sed -i -e "/^register a /d" -e "/^bindkey \"^A\"/d" -e "/^escape /d" "$keybindings"
+			$SED -i -e "/^register a /d" -e "/^bindkey \"^A\"/d" -e "/^escape /d" "$keybindings"
 			echo 'bindkey "^A"' >> "$keybindings"
 			echo "INFO: ctrl-a will now operate in emacs mode"
 			break
 		;;
 		2)
-			sed -i -e "/^register a /d" -e "/^bindkey \"^A\"/d" -e "/^escape /d" "$keybindings"
+			$SED -i -e "/^register a /d" -e "/^bindkey \"^A\"/d" -e "/^escape /d" "$keybindings"
 			echo 'escape "^Aa"' >> "$keybindings"
 			echo 'register x "^A"' >> "$keybindings"
 			echo 'bindkey "^A"' >> "$keybindings"
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-janitor b/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
index 464a3052..56fb5bed 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-janitor
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if [ ! -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status" ]; then
 	fi
 	grep -A 999999 BEGIN_CUT_HERE $skel | grep -B 999999 END_CUT_HERE | grep -v CUT > "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status"
 	# If it looks like we're running in ec2, enable ec2_cost by default
-	[ -x /usr/sbin/update-grub-legacy-ec2 ] && sed -i "s/ec2_cost=.*/ec2_cost=1/" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status"
+	[ -x /usr/sbin/update-grub-legacy-ec2 ] && $SED -i "s/ec2_cost=.*/ec2_cost=1/" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status"
 fi
 [ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/windows" ] || touch "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/windows"
 [ -r "$HOME/.screenrc" ] || touch "$HOME/.screenrc"
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-quiet b/usr/bin/byobu-quiet
index 30d9f9b9..6e281711 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-quiet
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-quiet
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG="byobu"
 FLAG="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status.disable"
 
 # Clean up environment
-sed -i "/hardstatus/d" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || true
+$SED -i "/hardstatus/d" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || true
 if [ "$1" = "--undo" ]; then
 	rm -f "$FLAG"
 else
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-silent b/usr/bin/byobu-silent
index cbe652e5..60430596 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-silent
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-silent
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG="byobu"
 FLAG="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status.disable"
 
 # Clean up environment
-sed -i "/caption/d" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || true
+$SED -i "/caption/d" "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || true
 if [ "$1" = "--undo" ]; then
 	rm -f "$FLAG"
 else
diff --git a/usr/bin/byobu-status b/usr/bin/byobu-status
index 923e01e4..91e85f9f 100755
--- a/usr/bin/byobu-status
+++ b/usr/bin/byobu-status
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ case "$P" in
 				menu|notify_osd|time_binary) continue ;;
 			esac
 			find_script "$i" && . "${_RET}"
-			short=$(eval "__${i}" | sed -e 's/^\s*//' -e 's/\s*$//' -e 's/.{[^}]*}//g')
-			detail=$(eval "__${i}_detail" 2>/dev/null | sed -e '/^$/d' -e 's/^/\t/g')
+			short=$(eval "__${i}" | $SED -e 's/^\s*//' -e 's/\s*$//' -e 's/.{[^}]*}//g')
+			detail=$(eval "__${i}_detail" 2>/dev/null | $SED -e '/^$/d' -e 's/^/\t/g')
 			printf "%s\n\t(%s)\n" "$short" "$i"
 			[ -n "$detail" ] && printf "%s\n" "$detail"
 		done
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/cpu_temp b/usr/lib/byobu/cpu_temp
index 22618e13..5bc2748c 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/cpu_temp
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/cpu_temp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ __cpu_temp() {
 				[ -s "$i" ] && read t < "$i" && t=$(($t/1000))
 			;;
 			*)
-				[ -s "$i" ] && t=$(sed -e "s/^[^0-9]\+//" -e "s/\s.*$//" "$i")
+				[ -s "$i" ] && t=$($SED -e "s/^[^0-9]\+//" -e "s/\s.*$//" "$i")
 			;;
 		esac
 		if [ -n "$t" ] && [ "$t" -gt 0 ]; then
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/custom b/usr/lib/byobu/custom
index 6454cf08..77356af6 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/custom
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/custom
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ __custom() {
 			;;
 		esac
 	done
-	echo -n "$output" | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n//g'
+	echo -n "$output" | $SED ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n//g'
 }
 
 # vi: syntax=sh ts=4 noexpandtab
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost b/usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost
index 56bedae9..532642e7 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/ec2_cost
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ __ec2_cost() {
 	if metadata_available; then
 		zone=$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone)
 		. "$BYOBU_PREFIX/share/$PKG/ec2/rates.${zone%?}"
-		type=$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-type | sed -e "s/\./_/g")
+		type=$(wget -q -O - http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-type | $SED -e "s/\./_/g")
 		eval rate="\$$type"
 		file_to_stat="$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/ec2_cost.instance_type"
 		[ -f "$file_to_stat" ] || wget -q -O "$file_to_stat" http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-type
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/logo b/usr/lib/byobu/logo
index 206a5028..bdc0ed21 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/logo
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/logo
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ __logo() {
 		return
 	fi
 	get_distro
-	local distro="$(echo "$_RET" | sed 'y/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/')"
+	local distro="$(echo "$_RET" | $SED 'y/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/')"
 	case "$distro" in
 		*ubuntu*)
 			if $MARKUP; then
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/menu b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
index af8f4970..5cbf0f9b 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/menu
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/menu
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ __menu() {
 	local bindings esc key text
 	[ -r "$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" ] && bindings="$BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/keybindings" || bindings="$HOME/.screenrc"
 	if grep -qs "^source.*screen-escape-keys$" $bindings 2>/dev/null || [ "$1" = "--disable-f-keys" ]; then
-		esc=`grep "^escape" $bindings | sed "s/^.*\(.\)$/\1/"`
+		esc=`grep "^escape" $bindings | $SED "s/^.*\(.\)$/\1/"`
 		[ -n "$esc" ] && key="^$esc-@" || key="^a-@"
 	elif grep -qs "^source.*none$" $bindings 2>/dev/null; then
 		key="byobu-config"
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/network b/usr/lib/byobu/network
index 92681585..2cd4f349 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/network
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/network
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ get_interface() {
 
 __network_detail() {
 	get_interface; local interface="$_RET"
-	LC_ALL=C /sbin/ifconfig "$interface" | sed 's/\s*$//'
+	LC_ALL=C /sbin/ifconfig "$interface" | $SED 's/\s*$//'
 }
 
 __network() {
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/updates_available b/usr/lib/byobu/updates_available
index de8aa2a0..8cd41d2b 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/updates_available
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/updates_available
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ __updates_available_detail() {
 __updates_available() {
 	local mycache="$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/updates-available"
 	# If mycache is present, use it
-	[ -r $mycache ] && ___print_updates `sed -n '/[^0-9]/s/ .*$//p' $mycache`
+	[ -r $mycache ] && ___print_updates `$SED -n '/[^0-9]/s/ .*$//p' $mycache`
 	# If we really need to do so (mycache doesn't exist, or the package database has changed),
 	# background an update now
 	___update_needed "$mycache" && ___update_cache "$mycache"
diff --git a/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys b/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys
index da6d2ec8..8005995d 100644
--- a/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys
+++ b/usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bind $ $BYOBU_BACKEND -t status 0 byobu-status-detail	# F12 $ | show detailed st
 bind @ $BYOBU_BACKEND -t config 0 byobu-config		# F12 @ | Configuration
 bind R process r					# F12 R | Reload profile
 register s "[g G$>^h"					# Goes with F12 ~ definition
-bind ~ eval 'process x' 'process s' 'exec sed -i -e "/./,/^$/!d" $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen' '$BYOBU_BACKEND -t PRINTSCREEN view $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen' # F12 ~ | write the buffer to file, open in a new window
+bind ~ eval 'process x' 'process s' 'exec $SED -i -e "/./,/^$/!d" $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen' '$BYOBU_BACKEND -t PRINTSCREEN view $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen' # F12 ~ | write the buffer to file, open in a new window
 
 # Hotkeys for splits (gnome-terminal)
 bindkey "^[O1;2Q" eval 'split' 'focus down' 'next' 'focus up' 'layout save byobu' 'layout autosave'	# shift-F2 | horizontal split