What has confused me about this is why does CoreDate store it's data in the Application Support folder be default then?
On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:27 AM, Stuart Malin wrote: > I sorta would agree, Jens, and certainly many apps do put user-specific files > here, but the Apple docs specifically say this is NOT how the Application > Support folder should be used. > > ~~~ > > "A support file is any type of file that supports the application but is not > required for the application to run. Document templates and sample files are > simple examples of support files. However, you might store more > application-bound information, such as custom configurations or preset data > files for your application’s workspace. In these instances, the information > is intrinsically tied to a specific application (as opposed to the user’s > data) but is not essential for the application to run." > > <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/WhereToPutFiles.html> > > ~~~ > > In the "File System Overview", is this: > > Table 1 Subdirectories of the Library directory > Subdirectory > Directory contents > Application Support > Contains application-specific data and support files such as third-party > plug-ins, helper applications, templates, and extra resources that are used > by the application but not required for it to operate. This directory should > never contain any kind of user data. By convention, all of these items should > be put in a subdirectory named after the application. For example, > third-party resources for the application MyApp would go in Application > Support/MyApp/. Note that required resources should go inside the application > bundle itself. > > > <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFileSystem/Articles/LibraryDirectory.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20002282-BAJHCHJI> > > Note the line: "This directory should never contain any kind of user data." > > ~~~ > > There is some discussion of relevance here: > <http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?ApplicationSupportFolder> > > On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Jens Alfke wrote: > >> >> On Feb 12, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Stuart Malin wrote: >> >>> I am building an app that needs to store per-user data that is not document >>> specific. I have created a folder under ~/Library for this, and am not >>> using ~/Library/Application Support. Is there guidance from Apple on where >>> such per-user, non-document-specific data is supposed to be stored? >> >> I would say that's what Application Support is for. There are apps that >> create their own direct subfolders of ~/Library, but I think that's messy. >> >> —Jens > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/lightningduck%40me.com > > This email sent to lightningd...@me.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
