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What exactly NSURLLocalizedNameKey resource returns and is it different from the url's last path component?

NSURL provides a method getResourceValue:forKey:error:. One of the possible keys is the NSURLLocalizedNameKey which from documentation returns:

The resource’s localized or extension-hidden name, returned as an NSString object (read-only).

What does it mean "localized or extension-hidden name"? Is it different from just calling [url lastPathComponent]?

Solution
    • localized means you get for example Desktop on an English system, Schreibtisch in German or デスクトップ in Japanese.

    • extension-hidden considers the checkbox in a Finder Info window like

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    lastPathComponent returns always the internal non-localized full file/folder name.