Getting Mac folder strings..

[Lindon]

So I'm building an installer/uninstaller in HISE and I'd like to get the plugin folder as a string, so these:

Macintosh HD\Users\<username>\Library\Audio\Plugins\VST3
Macintosh HD\Users\<username>\Library\Audio\Plugins\Component

Im no Mac expert (as should be pretty obvious by now...)

Any way to get to these in HISE?

Or does everyone just use:

\Library\Audio\Plugins\VST3
\Library\Audio\Plugins\Components

???

[d.healey]

@Lindon

Don't use the user folder. Use the system folder. https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/115000171310

I did add a function to HISE that returns some system information. It might return the name of the logged in user I can't remember. If it doesn't do it I could add it very easily as it's just an extra property JUCE provides.

[Christoph Hart]

This:

Macintosh HD\Users\<username>\

can be always written like this:

~/

~/Library/Audio/Plugins/VST3

Also, don't ever use backslashes as path separators. That's Windows only (and even Windows accepts the / separator, so there's absolutely no reason to use \.

[Lindon]

@d-healey - yeah I think my edit and your message crossed in the post... I will stick to the system wide locations then.

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart - yeah I get that thanks - it was just a convenience (me being lazy) in my posting...