Re: App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-24 Thread Mike Abdullah
On 23 Oct 2012, at 23:06, Richard Somers wrote: On Oct 23, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Kyle Sluder k...@ksluder.com wrote: If by unapproved you mean my app's sandbox hasn't been extended to include this path then you are incorrect. The user can choose the destination, and the NSURL you get back from

App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-23 Thread Richard Somers
I do not understand what is going on with an application's sandboxed container or Data directory. NSHomeDirectory for an OS X sandboxed app points here. ~/Library/Containers/bundle_id/Data The sandbox Data directory is pre-populated with items. Data/Desktop (Alias)

Re: App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-23 Thread Mike Abdullah
On 23 Oct 2012, at 19:13, Richard Somers wrote: I do not understand what is going on with an application's sandboxed container or Data directory. NSHomeDirectory for an OS X sandboxed app points here. ~/Library/Containers/bundle_id/Data The sandbox Data directory is pre-populated

Re: App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-23 Thread Richard Somers
On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Mike Abdullah cocoa...@mikeabdullah.net wrote: The sandbox is intended to limit what an *app* can do by itself, not what a *user* can do. Users are free to save things wherever they like; the only entitlement that plays a role in that is

Re: App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-23 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012, at 01:05 PM, Richard Somers wrote: On Oct 23, 2012, at 1:29 PM, Mike Abdullah cocoa...@mikeabdullah.net wrote: The sandbox is intended to limit what an *app* can do by itself, not what a *user* can do. Users are free to save things wherever they like; the only

Re: App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-23 Thread Sean McBride
On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:13:31 -0600, Richard Somers said: ~/Library/Containers/bundle_id/Data *SNIP* A lot of this simply does not make sense. What am I missing? Are you aware that, by default, all of ~/Library is hidden from the user, and it's basically expected that he won't go in that

Re: App Sandbox Container or Data Directory

2012-10-23 Thread Richard Somers
On Oct 23, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Kyle Sluder k...@ksluder.com wrote: If by unapproved you mean my app's sandbox hasn't been extended to include this path then you are incorrect. The user can choose the destination, and the NSURL you get back from the open panel will carry the rights to access