NSUserDefaults from other application

Question

I am trying to read values stored from other application but I couldnt figure it out yet. Then I came across this answer which says its not possible. But I am trying to get values from Preferences Pane app to my own application.

If its not possible to read values using NSUserDefaults how should can these two communicate with each other(pref pane and a cocoa app) ?

EDIT: I also tried

NSUserDefaults *userDef = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];
[userDef addSuiteNamed:@"com.foobar.pref"];
NSString *settingValue = [userDef stringForKey:@"settingValue"]; // returns nil

A preference pane is a kind of app. Are both created by you? Is it a system provided or 3rd part preference pane? — uchuugaka, Feb 09 '14 at 16:39
@uchuugaka yes I have created both a cocoa app and a preference pane app using Xcode 5 preference pane template. — user88975, Feb 09 '14 at 16:41
@uchuugaka, a preference pane is not a kind of application, but a plug-in for the System Preferences app. — JWWalker, Feb 10 '14 at 01:54
Pedantically yes. But basically, it's an application that runs. — uchuugaka, Feb 10 '14 at 06:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '14 at 17:51

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The answer you found saying it's not possible was for iOS, not OS X.

I'm not sure if it is possible using NSUserDefaults, but you could certainly do it using CFPreferencesSetAppValue and CFPreferencesCopyAppValue.

answered Feb 09 '14 at 17:51

JWWalker

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