Prevent warning sheet after NSPersistentDocument rename

Question

Whenever my document is renamed , autosaving is blocked and the first save after the rename presents the pictured message.

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Technically its not an issue as either button takes the user back to a autosavable state but it is confusing for my users.

I have tried hooking the method

-(void)moveToURL:(NSURL *)url completionHandler:(void (^)(NSError *))completionHandler
{
    void(^takeoverblock)(NSError *error) = ^(NSError *error){

        if (completionHandler) {
            completionHandler(error);
        }

        if (!error) {

            [self updateChangeCountWithToken:[self changeCountTokenForSaveOperation:NSAutosaveInPlaceOperation] forSaveOperation:NSAutosaveInPlaceOperation];
        }

    };

    [super moveToURL:url completionHandler:takeoverblock];
}

and using various flavours of updateChangeCount: and updateChangeCountWithToken: but the warning consistently appears.

How do I put the document in a state where it resumes standard autosave behaviour after a rename/move.?

Who or what did rename or move the file? – Amin Negm-Awad Nov 10 '13 at 23:15 — Amin Negm-Awad, Nov 10 '13 at 23:15
The user via title bar or file menu. – Warren Burton Nov 11 '13 at 07:39 — Warren Burton, Nov 11 '13 at 07:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 12 '13 at 20:34

The answer via a friendly Apple engineer is this appears when the modificationDate on the underlying sqlite file is different to the fileModificationDate property on the NSPersistentDocument instance so to resolve reset the fileModificationDate after the move

override moveToUrl: like this

-(NSDate *)modDateForURL:(NSURL *)url
{
    NSDictionary *dict = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfItemAtPath:[url path] error:NULL];
    return dict[NSFileModificationDate];
}


-(void)moveToURL:(NSURL *)url completionHandler:(void (^)(NSError *))completionHandler
{

    void(^takeoverblock)(NSError *error) = ^(NSError *error){

        if (completionHandler) {
            completionHandler(error);
        }

        if (!error) {

            self.fileModificationDate = [self modDateForURL:self.fileURL];

        }

    };

    [super moveToURL:url completionHandler:takeoverblock];
}

Prevent warning sheet after NSPersistentDocument rename

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