SMCopyAllJobDictionaries and SMJobCopyDictionary is deprecated, so what are their substitutions?

Question

I use SMCopyAllJobDictionaries and SMJobCopyDictionary to check whether app is Login Item in Mac, but in 10.10, they are deprecated. So what are their

Answer 1

You don't need a replacement. Just use SMLoginItemSetEnabled, if it succeeds, store the value in NSUserDefaults. Every time the app launches, call SMLoginItemSetEnabled with the stored value from your NSUserDefaults to check if something changed. If it returns false, set your user defaults value accordingly, otherwise the status is still the same one you previously remembered in your NSUserDefaults.

Example:

import Foundation
import ServiceManagement

final class LoginItem {

    let identifier: String

    private let nc = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()

    init(identifier: String) {
        self.identifier = identifier
    }

    var enabled: Bool {
        return nc.boolForKey(defaultKey)
    }

    func setEnabled(enabled: Bool) -> Bool {
        if SMLoginItemSetEnabled(identifier, enabled) {
            nc.setBool(enabled, forKey: defaultKey)
            return true
        }
        return false
    }

    func validate() -> Bool {
        if setEnabled(enabled) {
            return true
        }
        nc.removeObjectForKey(defaultKey)
        return false
    }

    private var defaultKey: String {
        return "SMLoginItem-" + identifier
    }
}

Just call validate on startup to validate the on/off state.