Documents, Files, and iCloud

Write an app that creates, manages, edits, and saves text documents.

An object that manages an app's documents.

A document object that can integrate with Core Data.

An abstract class that defines the interface for macOS documents.

Receive file promises to support dragged files from other apps and provide file promises to support pasteboard operations of your app’s custom file types.

An object that provides a promise for the pasteboard.

A set of methods that provides the name of the promised file and writes the file to the destination directory when the file promise is fulfilled.

An object that receives a file promise from the pasteboard.

A protocol that a Cloud-sharing toolbar item uses to get validation of an item.

A protocol that a Cloud-sharing service implements to handle status changes and errors.

Learn about the objects that you use to interact with the system.

Automatically synchronize your data model with your app's interface using Cocoa Bindings.

Manage the storyboards and nib files containing your app's user interface, and learn how to load data that is stored in resource files.