Setting a specific file on the mac
I am using NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver to archive and unarchive favorites that a user has. My question is this. How do I specify where I want this file with the archived favorites to be stored? Suppose I want them to be in the Home -> Library folder somewhere. How do I specify this? Can I use just the archiveRootObject:toFile: method or will I need some other special method?
+Note: This is programming on Mac, not iPhone.+
When I try to specify a file, for example ~/Library/Preferences/myfavorites in NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver, nothing happens, but if I just use myfavorites, it works. Do I have to use a completely different class for this, a different method, or am I specifying the file the wrong way?
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Ok Great,
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Most of mac tools are strange for me on the Mac. T^T
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BryanDear dwb
Many thanks for responding!
I am not that technical and I would be grateful if you could continue to help, please.
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Section E in particular.
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