//Method writes a string to a text file -( void ) writeToTextFile:(NSString*)fileText{ //get the documents directory: NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains ( NSDocumentDirectory , NSUserDomainMask , YES ); NSString *documentsDirectory = [paths objectAtIndex : 0 ]; //make a file name to write the data to using the documents directory: NSString *fileName = [ NSString stringWithFormat : @"%@/textfile.txt" , documentsDirectory]; //save content to the documents directory [fileText writeToFile :fileName atomically : NO encoding : NSStringEncodingConversionAllowLossy error : nil ]; }