> On Apr 4, 2021, at 4:50 AM, Mike Abdullah <mabdul...@karelia.com> wrote: > >> From the docs - init returns an initialized NSUserDefaults object whose >> argument and registration domains are already set up. This method does not >> put anything in the search list. Invoke it only if you’ve allocated your own >> NSUserDefaults instance instead of using the shared one. >> >> So it appears that using alloc int does not return the shared instance. > > Where in the docs do you read that? The current NSUserDefaults docs say > contrary:
Sorry for the confusion. It is older 10.9 documentation for the init method. Apple depreciated initWithUser: and added initWithSuiteName: around this same timeframe. > On Apr 4, 2021, at 12:15 AM, Jack Brindle via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > Gabriel; > > It appears you are trying to get NSUserDefaults to do something that Apple > doesn’t want it to do these days. Why not create your own defaults, > writing the data to a dictionary that is then written to a file that you save > in the ~/Library/Preferences folder, with a name of your choice? > > This does work in Big Sur, we use it ourselves. The down side is that you > don’t have the nice (and infuriating) caching of defaults that the system > provides. > Note that the system will still create the standard user defaults file for > you, to save things like window positioning. But, you can save these things > yourself in your own files. Just make sure you don’t use the same file name > as the system uses, or it will overwrite yours. You can modify it as you > suggested previously, though. So Jack I am curious, do you use alloc then init or initWithSuiteName:nil or initWithSuiteName:@“mySuiteName" to create your own defaults? --Richard Charles _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
