macOS App .documentDirectory in App Extension

Asked Jul 09 '18 at 12:56

Active Jul 09 '18 at 15:38

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I've faced an issue, where while I'm trying to get .documentDirectory from my app, I get /Users/<Username>/Documents

But when I'm trying to do exact same thing from App Extension I get /Users/<Username>/Library/Containers/<Extension Bundle Identifier>/Data/

So the question is: Is there any possible way to get /Users/<Username>/Documents from App Extension.

Code that I'm trying to use to get .documentDirectory:

guard let documents = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first else {
     return
}

print(documents.path)

edited Jul 09 '18 at 15:38

rmaddy

asked Jul 09 '18 at 12:56

Alexey Karetski

Is your App extension sandboxed? – Nibr Jul 09 '18 at 13:11
@Nibr yes, it is. But I can't disable sandboxing. – Alexey Karetski Jul 09 '18 at 13:22
MacOS places the sandbox data in /Users//Library/Containers// that's why you get that URL. You could try to define a File Access Temporary Exception to the directory you need to access. – Nibr Jul 09 '18 at 13:30

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