Is it possible to modify SyncedPreferences of other apps?

Hi,


in this particular case, I'm trying to modify com.apple.finder.plist which is located at ~/Library/SyncedPreferences/.
I tried by using the CFPreferences API. However,

CFPreferencesCopyAppValue
and
CFPreferencesCopyValue
return both nil, e.g. for key FinderTags and appID com.apple.finder. If I use a key from ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist, such as FavoriteTagNames, reading it with
CFPreferencesCopyAppValue
works. Is there a way to point the
CFPreferences API
to the SyncedPreferences plist instead?


Here is what I've tried in Playground:

// 1. --> returns nil
let appPref = CFPreferencesCopyAppValue("FinderTags" as CFString, "com.apple.finder" as CFString)

// 2. --> returns nil

let appPref = CFPreferencesCopyAppValue("FinderTags" as CFString, "~/Library/SyncedPreferences/com.apple.finder" as CFString)

// 3. --> returns nil

let appPref = CFPreferencesCopyValue("FinderTags" as CFString, "com.apple.finder" as CFString, kCFPreferencesAnyUser, kCFPreferencesAnyHost)

// 4. --> returns nil

let appPref = CFPreferencesCopyValue("FinderTags" as CFString, "~/Library/SyncedPreferences/com.apple.finder" as CFString, kCFPreferencesAnyUser, kCFPreferencesAnyHost)

// 5. --> returns ["", "Red", "Orange", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Gray"]

let appPref = CFPreferencesCopyAppValue("FavoriteTagNames" as CFString, "com.apple.finder" as CFString)


Cheers,

Dennis