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Asked: 2026-06-16T16:03:18+00:00

Possible Duplicate: Mac OS X: Where should I store save games for a game

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Mac OS X: Where should I store save games for a game delivered as a bundle?

i am migrating my iOS game to mac. The file I used to store high scores is saved under xxx.app/Contents/Resources. However, when I enable the sandbox and entitlement, the directory becomes unwritable. I tried xxx.app and xxx.app/Contents as well without luck.
so which directory should I use or which entitlement should I add?

EDIT
I have tried ~/Library/Application Support/Your Game Name/ and it does not show permission errors but unable to save the game data. there is no Library under user/my_name, but one under unser/shared. Do i need to add any entitlements?

EDIT 2:
Please dont close this question. The answer to earlier question does not work for me. Instead, the flagged answer of this question is correct.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Under app sandboxing your app has a container folder in which it can write pretty much anywhere, however I would recommend just writing to the Data/Documents folder, which can be obtained using the following code:

    NSString *documentDir = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0];

    This will give you the folder at ~/Library/Containers/com.yourdomain.yourapp/Data/Documents. Note that the ~/Library folder is hidden under Lion/Mountain Lion so needs to be unhidden using this on the command line:

    $ chflags nohidden ~/Library

    (Only you, the developer, needs to unhide that folder so you can poke around from Finder to see what your app has written; your user’s won’t need to unhide it to use your app).

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