Introduction to File-System Performance Guidelines

Guidelines for improving the performance of file-related code.

Organization of This Document

This programming topic contains the following articles:

File-System Performance Tips provides some general tips for improving your application’s file-related code.
Overview of OS X File Systems provides a brief overview of OS X file-system performance and how it can impact your application.
Examining File-System Usage describes techniques for analyzing your application’s file-system interactions.
Mapping Files Into Memory describes techniques for minimizing the work done when reading files into memory.
Iterating Directory Contents provides an example of how to iterate directories efficiently.
Resolving Domain Names describes better-performing alternatives to getting network-based information.
Tracking File-System Changes describes the approach your application should take when monitoring the file system for changes to individual files and directories.