On Mar 21, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Jerry Krinock <je...@ieee.org> wrote: > The only way to do this may be to search the whole drive, stopping each time > you find a directory (package) which looks like an app (.app extension, > presence of Contents/Info.plist, etc.), and examining the CFBundleIdentifier > in that Info.plist. > > It can be done using PBCatalogSearchAsync(), as in these demos… > > https://github.com/jerrykrinock/ClassesObjC/blob/master/SSYCarbonSearcher.m > https://github.com/jerrykrinock/SSYCarbonSearcher > > but such a search takes minutes, not seconds, especially for a large non-SSD > mechanical drive.
And then there's the fact that Apple has deprecated catalog FS/PBCatalogSearch in favor of Spotlight (sigh...). 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
