Introduction to Workspace Services

Explains how to use the services the workspace class provides to Cocoa applications.

Organization of This Document

This programming topic contains the following articles:

About Workspace Services contains a discussion of the services NSWorkspace provides.

Use of .app Extension describes how OS X uses the .app extension to identify applications.

Retrieving Information About Files describes how to find file types, application information, and retrieve icons.

Manipulating Files describes how to perform Finder-like operations on files.

Manipulating Applications describes how to manipulate, locate, and hide applications.

Manipulating Devices describes how to track available storage devices and their associated volumes.

Receiving Workspace Notifications describes how to use the notification center provided by NSWorkspace to receive workspace notifications.