Sorry for asking this question again, but i did not find any more
details about how to improve what I want to achive or if the way i do it
is the only way to go.
Therfore I'm politly asking again.
Situation is, that I need to watch a file (Volume to be precise) for any
changes the user makes
You can use the libdispatch to monitor file changes (using
DISPATCH_SOURCE_TYPE_VNODE).
You can also use a kqueue to look for change on a specific file. If you want a
Cocoa wrapper, there is the well known UKKQueue class available on the net.
Both solutions are far more efficient if you have