不要忘记这句话，否则它可能并不总是有效:

[standardUserDefaults synchronize];

就像这样:

NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

// saving an NSString
[prefs setObject:@"TextToSave" forKey:@"keyToLookupString"];

然后检索:

NSUserDefaults *prefs = [NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults];

// getting an NSString
NSString *myString = [prefs stringForKey:@"keyToLookupString"];

你应该看看苹果的NSUserDefaults类参考，也可以看看这个教程:iPhone编程教程-使用NSUserDefaults保存/检索数据

用于保存:

[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]setObject:@"YES" forKey:@"KTerminated"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]synchronize];

对于检索使用这个:

[[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]stringForKey:@"KTerminated"] isEqualToString:@"YES"];

NSString *valueToSave = @"someValue";
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setObject:valueToSave forKey:@"preferenceName"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];

然后再拿回来

NSString *savedValue = [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]
    stringForKey:@"preferenceName"];

Swift 3更新

func setObject(value:AnyObject ,key:String)
{
    let pref = UserDefaults.standard
    pref.set(value, forKey: key)
    pref.synchronize()
}

func getObject(key:String) -> AnyObject
{
    let pref = UserDefaults.standard
    return pref.object(forKey: key)! as AnyObject
}

[nsusudefaults默认:aString forKey:aKey]