CGDataProviderRef provider= CGDataProviderCreateWithData(NULL (UInt8*)data, bytesPerRow * length, NULL);
CGImageRef cgImg =  CGImageCreate (
    width,
    length,
    bitsPerComponent,
    bitsPerPixel,
    bytesPerRow,
    colorspace,
    bitmapinfo, // ?        CGBitmapInfo bitmapInfo,
    provider,   //? CGDataProviderRef provider,
    NULL, //const CGFloat decode[],
    true, //bool shouldInterpolate,
    kCGRenderingIntentDefault // CGColorRenderingIntent intent
    );
/*  CGColorSpaceRelease(colorspace); */

NSData* imgData = [NSMutableData data];
CGImageDestinationRef dest = CGImageDestinationCreateWithData
    (imgData, kUTTypeTIFF, 1, NULL);
CGImageDestinationAddImage(dest, cgImg, NULL);
CGImageDestinationFinalize(dest);
NSImage* img = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData: imgData];

NSData * byteData = [NSData dataWithBytes:data length:length];
NSBitmapImageRep * imageRep = [NSBitmapImageRep imageRepWithData:byteData];
NSSize imageSize = NSMakeSize(CGImageGetWidth([imageRep CGImage]), CGImageGetHeight([imageRep CGImage]));

NSImage * image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:imageSize];
[image addRepresentation:imageRep];

...use image

size_t bufferLength = width * height * 4;
CGDataProviderRef provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithData(NULL, data, bufferLength, NULL);
size_t bitsPerComponent = 8;
size_t bitsPerPixel = 32;
size_t bytesPerRow = 4 * width;
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpaceRef = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGBitmapInfo bitmapInfo = kCGBitmapByteOrderDefault | kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast;
CGColorRenderingIntent renderingIntent = kCGRenderingIntentDefault;

CGImageRef iref = CGImageCreate(width,
                                height,
                                bitsPerComponent,
                                bitsPerPixel,
                                bytesPerRow,
                                colorSpaceRef,
                                bitmapInfo,
                                provider,   // data provider
                                NULL,       // decode
                                YES,        // should interpolate
                                renderingIntent);

_image = [[NSImage alloc] initWithCGImage:iref size:NSMakeSize(width, height)];