Where does SwiftData store the data?

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Created Aug ’23

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I understand by default SwiftData uses SQLite database but it can be configured to persist data in XML, binary and even in-memory databases. Does anybody know where SwiftData the SQLite database is located?

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BigEagle OP

Aug ’23

I found these three files which are part of core-data datastore as well as swiftdata 144 -rw-r--r--@ 1 bsoule staff 73728 Jul 29 10:10 default.store 64 -rw-r--r--@ 1 bsoule staff 32768 Aug 7 14:57 default.store-shm 1160 -rw-r--r--@ 1 bsoule staff 564472 Aug 7 14:56 default.store-wal in my library directory --> Library/Containers/CHCS.ArtManager/Data/Library/Application Support

I expected to also see a file with an sqlite extension but I did not? Any ideas where the sqlite database is stored?

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RyanTCB OP

Oct ’23

   guard let appSupportDir = FileManager.default.urls(for: .applicationSupportDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).last else { return }

all 3 files for the SQL storage is located here at least on iOS

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haroldbarros OP

Jul ’24

https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftdata/using-launch-arguments-to-debug-swiftdata-and-core-data

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