Question

Right now I have an application that generates an XML file. We’ll call it someFile.myapp
When my app saves the file and look at it using mdls it has a kMDItemContentType of “dyn.234kdfsjk23jk24234kjfd”
How can I get the UTI type of the file to be a custom value like com.mycompany.myapp?

Answer 1

UTIs are linked to extensions via a declaration in your application’s Info.plist file. Add a section like so:

<key>UTExportedTypeDeclarations</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>UTTypeConformsTo</key>
        <array>
            <string>public.xml</string>
        </array>
        <key>UTTypeDescription</key>
        <string>My Special File Type</string>
        <key>UTTypeIdentifier</key>
        <string>org.myapp.someutiidentifier</string>
        <key>UTTypeTagSpecification</key>
        <dict>
            <key>public.filename-extension</key>
            <array>
                <string>myapp</string>
            </array>
        </dict>
    </dict>
</array>