NSMutableArray *selectionPool = ...;

int numberOfObjectsToSelect = x;

NSMutableArray *selectedObjects = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:numberOfObjectsToSelect];

int modulus = selectionPool.count - 1;

for (int i = 0; i < numberOfObjectsToSelect; i++) {

    int j = arc4random() % (modulus--);
    [selectedObjects addObject:[selectionPool objectAtIndex:j]];
    [selectionPool removeObjectAtIndex:j];

}