On Aug 22, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Graham Cox wrote:

> 
> 
> On 23/08/2012, at 10:02 AM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Since the preferences folder lives in the app, the preferences are deleted 
>> when the app is deleted, or reinstalled.  That's what I've seen.
>> 
>> According to the docs, (and the scratch files in your /library folder if you 
>> use the simulator, everything is in the app and nowhere else.  If reality is 
>> different, I wonder why it conflicts with what the documentation says.
>> 
>> If "every app is an island", then I don't see how what you say an be true.  
>> I hope you are right, however.
>> 
>> And restricting general access to the file system is a royal PITA.
> 
> Are you talking about iOS or Mac?
> 

For the preferences issue, I am referring to iOS.


> On iOS the sandbox *is* the app. On Mac it is not, so the results will be 
> very different on the two platforms. In general, I'm talking about Mac. I've 
> toyed with iOS development but haven't done anything in anger.
> 
> On Mac, an app's sandbox lives at ~/Library/Containers/<bundle id>/...
> 
> 
> 
> --Graham
> 
> 

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