Mac sandbox created but no NSUserDefaults plist

Question

I\'m trying to track down some issues arising from sandbox creation. Under multiple circumstances it appears that an NSUserDefaults .plist file is not created in Data/Libra

Answer 1

Swift 2 solution

let settingsDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults();    

func registerSettingsPlist() {
        let sourcePath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("Settings", ofType: "plist");
        let appDocsDirURL = self.applicationDocumentsDirectory;
        let destinationPath = appDocsDirURL.path?.stringByAppendingString("/Settings.plist");
        if (!NSFileManager.defaultManager().fileExistsAtPath(destinationPath!)) {
            do {
                try NSFileManager.defaultManager().createDirectoryAtPath(appDocsDirURL.path!, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil);
                try NSFileManager.defaultManager().copyItemAtPath(sourcePath!, toPath: destinationPath!);
            } catch let error as NSError {
                print ("Error: \(error.domain)")
            }
        }
        let settingsDic = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: destinationPath!);
        NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().registerDefaults(settingsDic as! [String : AnyObject]);
        self.settingsDefaults.synchronize();
    }


lazy var applicationDocumentsDirectory: NSURL = {
            let urls = NSFileManager.defaultManager().URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask);
            return urls[urls.count-1];
}();