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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T00:37:18+00:00 2026-05-12T00:37:18+00:00

I am porting a Windows application to OSX and need to get user’s home,

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I am porting a Windows application to OSX and need to get user’s home, documents and music directories. It is done on Windows using a SHGetFolderPath WinAPI call.

  1. How can I do it in OSX, preferably without resorting to Objective C?
  2. If I can’t do it without Objective C, how can I do it at all?
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    2026-05-12T00:37:18+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 12:37 am

    Call NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains or FSFindFolder.

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