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    dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_queue_create("somequeue", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
    dispatch_apply(1000000, queue, ^(size_t i) {
        [self saveSomethingToDisk];
    });

- (void)saveSomethingToDisk
{
    NSString* cachesPath = [NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSCachesDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) lastObject];
    NSString* someFile = [cachesPath stringByAppendingPathComponent:@"somefile"];
    NSData* data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:[[NSBundle mainBundle]  pathForResource:@"apple_rainbow_logo" ofType:@"jpg"]];
    
    BOOL ok = NO;
    
    @try
    {
        ok = [NSKeyedArchiver archiveRootObject:data toFile:someFile];
    }
    @catch (NSException *exception)
    {
        NSLog(@"Got an exception");
    }
    @finally
    {
        NSLog(@"written %@", ok?@"OK":@"FAILED");
    }
    

}