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diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Platform.MacOS/Extensions/NSTextFieldExtensions.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Platform.MacOS/Extensions/NSTextFieldExtensions.cs
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+using AppKit;
+using CoreGraphics;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.MacOS
+{
+	internal static class NSTextFieldExtensions
+	{
+		public static NSTextField CreateLabel(string text)
+		{
+			var textField = new NSTextField();
+			textField.StringValue = text;
+			textField.DrawsBackground = false;
+			textField.Editable = false;
+			textField.Bezeled = false;
+			textField.Selectable = false;
+			textField.SizeToFit();
+			textField.CenterTextVertically();
+			return textField;
+		}
+
+		public static NSTextFieldCell CreateLabelCentered(string text)
+		{
+			var textField = new VerticallyCenteredTextFieldCell(0);
+			textField.StringValue = text;
+			textField.DrawsBackground = false;
+			textField.Editable = false;
+			textField.Bezeled = false;
+			textField.Selectable = false;
+			return textField;
+		}
+
+		public static void CenterTextVertically(this NSTextField self)
+		{
+			self.CenterTextVertically(self.Frame);
+		}
+
+		public static void CenterTextVertically(this NSTextField self, CGRect frame)
+		{
+			var stringHeight = self.Cell.AttributedStringValue.Size.Height;
+			var titleRect = self.Cell.TitleRectForBounds(frame);
+			var newTitleRect = new CGRect(titleRect.X, frame.Y + (frame.Height - stringHeight) / 2.0, titleRect.Width,
+				stringHeight);
+			self.Frame = newTitleRect;
+		}
+	}
+}
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