title: CoreData 'This NSPersistentStoreCoordinator has no persistent stores. It cannot perform a save operation.'
body: <p>I have been following <a href="https://goddess-gate.com/dc2/index.php/post/452" rel="noreferrer">these</a> instructions to help integrate iCloud support with CoreData and I am getting some errors.</p>
  
  <p>I have this in my AppDelegate:</p>
  
  <pre><code>- (NSPersistentStoreCoordinator *)persistentStoreCoordinator {
  
      if (persistentStoreCoordinator != nil) {
          return persistentStoreCoordinator;
      }
  
      //NSURL *storeURL = [[self applicationDocumentsDirectory] URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"Little_Wedding_Book_Universal.sqlite"];
      NSString *storePath = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", [self applicationDocumentsDirectory]] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"appname.sqlite"];
      NSURL *storeURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:storePath];
  
      persistentStoreCoordinator = [[NSPersistentStoreCoordinator alloc] initWithManagedObjectModel:[self managedObjectModel]];
  
      NSPersistentStoreCoordinator* psc = persistentStoreCoordinator;
  
      if (IOS_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"5.0"))
      {
          dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0), ^{
              NSFileManager *fileManager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
  
              // Migrate datamodel
              NSDictionary *options = nil;
  
              // this needs to match the entitlements and provisioning profile
              NSURL *cloudURL = [fileManager URLForUbiquityContainerIdentifier:@"J9VXW4WCE8.com.company.appname"];
              NSString* coreDataCloudContent = [[cloudURL path] stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"data"];
              if ([coreDataCloudContent length] != 0) {
                  // iCloud is available
                  cloudURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:coreDataCloudContent];
  
                  options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                             [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption,
                             [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption,
                             @"appname.store", NSPersistentStoreUbiquitousContentNameKey,
                             cloudURL, NSPersistentStoreUbiquitousContentURLKey,
                             nil];
              }
              else
              {
                  // iCloud is not available
                  options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                             [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption,
                             [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption,
                             nil];
              }
  
              NSError *error = nil;
              [psc lock];
              if (![psc addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:options error:&amp;error])
              {
                  NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
                  abort();
              }
              [psc unlock];
  
              dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                  NSLog(@"asynchronously added persistent store!");
                  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"RefetchAllDatabaseData" object:self userInfo:nil];
              });
  
          });
  
      }
      else
      {
          NSDictionary *options = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
                                   [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption,
                                   [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES], NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption,
                                   nil];
  
          NSError *error = nil;
          if (![persistentStoreCoordinator addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:options error:&amp;error])
          {
              NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
              abort();
          }
      }
  
      return persistentStoreCoordinator;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In another view controller I create an instance of my <code>AppDelegate</code>, create an object and call <code>[appDelegate saveContext];</code> This is where the app crashes. This has always worked perfectly (up until now, adding iCloud support).</p>
  
  <pre><code>-(void)saveContext
  {
      NSError *error;
      if (managedObjectContext != nil) {
          if ([managedObjectContext hasChanges] &amp;&amp; ![managedObjectContext save:&amp;error]) {
              // Update to handle the error appropriately.
              NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
              exit(-1);  // Fail
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So it crashes at this method, and the console gives me this message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'This NSPersistentStoreCoordinator has no persistent stores.  It cannot perform a save operation.'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I don't know what to do, help!</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Console log below:</p>
  
  <p>Upon launching the app, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2012-08-22 17:39:47.906 appname[24351:707] asynchronously added persistent store!
  2012-08-22 17:39:47.955 appname[24351:707] asynchronously added persistent store!
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Followed up when the app crashes with:</p>
  
  <pre><code>2012-08-22 17:41:31.657 appname[24351:707] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException', reason: 'This NSPersistentStoreCoordinator has no persistent stores.  It cannot perform a save operation.'
  *** First throw call stack:
  (0x3749d88f 0x351a2259 0x36bf0fe7 0x36c59287 0xd648b 0x149e0b 0x373f73fd 0x3118ce07 0x3118cdc3 0x3118cda1 0x3118cb11 0x3118d449 0x3118b92b 0x3118b319 0x31171695 0x31170f3b 0x33bb322b 0x37471523 0x374714c5 0x37470313 0x373f34a5 0x373f336d 0x33bb2439 0x3119fcd5 0xd53dd 0xd5378)
  terminate called throwing an exception(lldb) 
  </code></pre>