On Mar 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Carter R. Harrison wrote:

> I'm working on a Mac Application that will have a helper application that is 
> always running in the background (even if the main application is not 
> currently running).  Currently the main application uses Core Data to manage 
> persistent objects.  I'd like to setup the helper application to be able to 
> use the same persistent store.  I've read through the Core Data 
> documentation, specifically the section on concurrency, but I feel as though 
> my situation is different from what is discussed in that document and I'm 
> still a little confused as to what the best approach is.
> 
> So my questions are:
> 1. Is it even possible to do this?

Yes, as long as they're on the same computer.

> 2. What is the best way to implement it?  

Put your CoreData code into a framework shared by your applications. And use 
distributed notifications to keep the applications in sync.

Nick Zitzmann
<http://www.chronosnet.com/>

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