How do you convert an iPhone OSStatus code to something useful?

Question

I am getting more than a little sick of this iPhone SDK and its documentation...

I am calling AudioConverterNew

in the documentation under Returns: it says \

Answer 1

I recently ran across another approach: the macerror command. Print out the OSStatus value as a signed integer. Then in a terminal window (on your Mac, not your iDevice!) type for example macerror -50. It will respond with a brief description. Obviously this is only helpful for you, during development.