In article <oster-77D271.20401806042008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
David Phillip Oster <oster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> There is a new feature in OS X 10,5 (Leopard) that affects your
> application:
>
> Preferences Sync.
>
> Preferences Sync is a new feature of Sync Services manager and .Mac,
> that lets the user sync the contents the directory of
> ${HOME}/Library/Preferences between multiple Macs.
>
> You probably have a checklist of tasks you must attend to, to get your
> application program ready to ****p.
>
> Please add this item:
>
> Look at the preferences you write to NSUserDefaults. Consider what
> happens when a user uses .Mac to sync preferences to another machine.
> Should any preferences not be synced?
>
> For example, if your program checks for updates, you don't want the time
> of last check to be synced, because an old version might never check.
>
> Here's how to control which preferences will be exempt from Preferences
> Sync:
>
> In your app's Info.plist add:
>
> ...
> <key>com.apple.PreferenceSync.ExcludeSyncKeys</key>
> <array>
> <string>SULastCheckTime</string>
> ... other keys here ...
> </array>
Great tip David, thanks for passing it on!
Sean
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