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Asked: 2026-05-20T20:42:41+00:00

What is the best way to create an empty bundle in Cocoa? I bundle

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What is the best way to create an empty bundle in Cocoa? I bundle in OS X is really nothing but a folder, the only difference being that you have to right-click and do “Show Package Contents” to see the contents, right?

Well, I want a bundle in that sense. After that I will put some files of my choice into it, such as a bunch of plist files. The reason I want to do this is so that my file structure (in, say, the AppSupport folder) will look nicer at the root level.

Related question: How do I tell OS X that a folder ending with “.myappFoo” should be treated as a bundle?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The starting place for information is the Apple developer’s doc Bundle Programming Guide.

    The Finder considers a directory to be
    a package if any of the following
    conditions are true:

    The directory has a known filename
    extension: .app, .bundle, .framework,
    .plugin, .kext, and so on.

    The directory has an extension that
    some other application claims
    represents a package type; see
    “Document Packages.”

    The directory has its package bit set.

    The .myAppfoo showing as a bundle is done as a Document Package

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