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Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
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Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?


  • Subject: Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
  • From: Nick Zitzmann <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 10:55:36 -0700


On Dec 8, 2005, at 10:37 AM, Andrei Tchijov wrote:

Is "Application Support" for things which could be deleted without any ill side effects?

What are you trying to accomplish exactly?

Will it be bad idea to keep preferences in "Application Support" folder?

Yes, because then they can't be modified using the "defaults" command line tool among other things. Just use NSUserDefaults to load & store the application preferences.

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


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