A classic scripting task: iterate through a folder and its entire contents, testing to see if each file is readable or writable. It’s straightforward in Swift too.
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Implementing file save and file open for Property Lists using Swift 3.
Staple functions for scripts, it is vital that they are readily accessible from Swift if it is to be used for scripting.
Do you know the differences between an alias, hard link, and symbolic link? Each has its uses, and understanding them is important.
This is how to deal with an email attachment or web download which is not correctly recognised, to make it accessible.
Moving files between different file systems can trip you up, because of different requirements for naming.
I recently stumbled across a mystery file named icyreginfo.rcdb in an invisible folder. Is it malicious?
Macs used to be the only computers that did not need filename extensions; now they have conformed, but iOS lacks them. Why?
The Eclectic Light Company 