[3R1C]

I need to find out where a user keeps their iTunes library. This info is in their com.apple.itunes.plist. This info is stored as an fspec, which i think is some type of data format made by alias manager. I need to convert this into a string.

how does one convert an fspec to a file path?

[smeger]

Take a look in Core Foundations' URL handling routines. There's a converter in there (can't remember the name of the function).

[Angus_D]

FSSpecs are created and handled via the File Manager, as are FSRefs. See the Carbon reference manual for more information (and there are some functions for creating CFURLs from FSRefs and vice versa in CoreFoundation, which you might find useful).