Registry Stuff

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TartanTangerine (was Indiepath) (Posted 2006) [#1]

Is there such a thing as a registry in the Mac? If so how do I use it?

Brucey (Posted 2006) [#2]

No, but you can always put your app settings in ~/Library/Preferences/

hamZta (Posted 2006) [#3]

There is kind of a registry in MacOS, but it's for hardware-stuff only.

TartanTangerine (was Indiepath) (Posted 2006) [#4]

Is there any way to hide stuff well? I'm thinking application run timers etc..

ragtag (Posted 2006) [#5]

The best way to do so would probably be to encrypt it. Do files that start with a fullstop (.) get hidden in Finder (away from my iBook so can't test it)? As a side note Mark posted some rather obscure code a while back to find the users preference folder on OSX. I can't find it now, but used it in my blackjack game which you can get the source from here http://www.ragtag.net/games (its at the top and commented). Works like a charm, at least on Tiger. Ragnar

TartanTangerine (was Indiepath) (Posted 2006) [#6]

I found a way to embed the detail within other files. Thanks anyway :)