diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e24087a..489abad3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -855,6 +855,18 @@ crash the app.
   allowing a direct access to them with other methods in this library
   (_e.g._ [readFile()]), even if the file is outside the app sandbox.
 
+  **NOTE:** On **iOS** & **macOS** it resolve to special values with the format
+  &laquo;`bookmark://<BASE64_ENCODED_STRING>`&raquo;, rather than normal URIs.
+  It is necessary for the support of security scopes
+  (see [Bookmarks and Security Scopes](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurl#1663783)) in library methods. The &laquo;`<BASE64_ENCODED_STRING>`&raquo;
+  in this case is a Base64-encoded binary representation of the URL bookmark,
+  along with its security scope data. Other methods of the library are expected
+  to automatically handle such special URIs as needed.
+
+  **BEWARE:** It has not been thoroughly verified yet that all library methods
+  support these &laquo;Bookmark URLs&raquo; correctly. The expected error in
+  such case is a failure to access the URLs as non-existing.
+
 ### read()
 [read()]: #read
 ```ts
diff --git a/example/ios/Podfile.lock b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
index ec67427d..d745db4a 100644
--- a/example/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/example/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PODS:
   - boost (1.83.0)
   - CocoaAsyncSocket (7.6.5)
   - DoubleConversion (1.1.6)
-  - dr-pogodin-react-native-fs (2.22.1):
+  - dr-pogodin-react-native-fs (2.22.2):
     - glog
     - hermes-engine
     - RCT-Folly (= 2022.05.16.00)
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   boost: d3f49c53809116a5d38da093a8aa78bf551aed09
   CocoaAsyncSocket: 065fd1e645c7abab64f7a6a2007a48038fdc6a99
   DoubleConversion: fea03f2699887d960129cc54bba7e52542b6f953
-  dr-pogodin-react-native-fs: 60d98fc542ed310f57d9b497628f6e72fa2d5e2a
+  dr-pogodin-react-native-fs: 6aaacfa553d2a4be14cf32e4053725b7057155ee
   dr-pogodin-react-native-static-server: a0ab88663817dfc8791b3e88295d0d9b6d212c5f
   FBLazyVector: fbc4957d9aa695250b55d879c1d86f79d7e69ab4
   Flipper: c7a0093234c4bdd456e363f2f19b2e4b27652d44
@@ -1468,4 +1468,4 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 2673e1121fca9666d2df5c7ba3b5b287e79ba95f
 
-COCOAPODS: 1.14.3
+COCOAPODS: 1.15.0
diff --git a/example/src/TestBaseMethods.tsx b/example/src/TestBaseMethods.tsx
index bd204549..d72a7daa 100644
--- a/example/src/TestBaseMethods.tsx
+++ b/example/src/TestBaseMethods.tsx
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ const tests: { [name: string]: StatusOrEvaluator } = {
         } else {
           if (
             !isMatch(e, {
-              code: 'ENSCOCOAERRORDOMAIN260',
+              code: 'NSCocoaErrorDomain:260',
               message:
                 'The file “non-existing-file.txt” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file.',
             })
diff --git a/ios/RNFSException.h b/ios/RNFSException.h
index 3a2c564a..30a493a4 100644
--- a/ios/RNFSException.h
+++ b/ios/RNFSException.h
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 - (RNFSException*) log;
 - (void) reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject;
 - (void) reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject details:(NSString*)details;
-+ (RNFSException*) from: (NSException*)exception;
+
++ (RNFSException*) fromError:(NSError*)error;
++ (RNFSException*) fromException:(NSException*)exception;
+
 + (RNFSException*) name: (NSString*)name;
 + (RNFSException*) name: (NSString*)name details: (NSString*)details;
 
diff --git a/ios/RNFSException.mm b/ios/RNFSException.mm
index d4a7bab5..62967dad 100644
--- a/ios/RNFSException.mm
+++ b/ios/RNFSException.mm
@@ -40,13 +40,22 @@ - (void) reject: (RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject details: (NSString*) details
   reject(self.name, reason, [self error]);
 }
 
-+ (RNFSException*) from: (NSException*)exception
++ (RNFSException*) fromError:(NSError *)error
+{
+  NSString *name = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@:%ld",
+                    error.domain, error.code];
+  return [[RNFSException alloc]
+          initWithName:name
+          reason:error.localizedDescription
+          userInfo:error.userInfo];
+}
+
++ (RNFSException*) fromException:(NSException *)exception
 {
   return [[RNFSException alloc]
           initWithName: exception.name
           reason: exception.reason
-          userInfo: exception.userInfo
-  ];
+          userInfo: exception.userInfo];
 }
 
 + (RNFSException*) name: (NSString*)name
diff --git a/ios/ReactNativeFs.mm b/ios/ReactNativeFs.mm
index 7deff62f..e0226e05 100644
--- a/ios/ReactNativeFs.mm
+++ b/ios/ReactNativeFs.mm
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
 typedef void (^CompletionHandler)(void);
 
 @implementation ReactNativeFs
+
+// The prefix of "Bookmark URLs".
+// See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsurl#1663783
+// to learn about bookmark objects in iOS / macOS. To such object between
+// native and JS layers, we convert it into binary (NSData) representation,
+// then encode it into Base64 string, prefix it with this BOOKMARK prefix,
+// and pass the resulting "Bookmark URLs" string around.
+static NSString *BOOKMARK = @"bookmark://";
+
 static NSMutableDictionary *completionHandlers;
 NSMutableDictionary<NSValue*,NSArray*> *pendingPickFilePromises;
 
@@ -58,9 +67,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
     }
   }
 
-  if (error) {
-    return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-  }
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
   resolve(tagetContents);
 }
@@ -69,11 +76,14 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(__unused RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:filepath error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
-    BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:filepath];
+    BOOL fileExists = [url checkResourceIsReachableAndReturnError:&error];
     resolve([NSNumber numberWithBool:fileExists]);
   }
   @finally {
@@ -85,16 +95,17 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:filepath error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
     NSError *error = nil;
     NSDictionary *attributes = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfItemAtPath:filepath error:&error];
 
-    if (error) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     attributes = @{
                    @"ctime": [self dateToTimeIntervalNumber:(NSDate *)[attributes objectForKey:NSFileCreationDate]],
@@ -140,7 +151,10 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:filepath error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
@@ -174,7 +188,8 @@ - (instancetype) init
       [info setValue:exception.callStackSymbols forKey:@"ExceptionCallStackSymbols"];
       [info setValue:exception.userInfo forKey:@"ExceptionUserInfo"];
       NSError *err = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"RNFS" code:0 userInfo:info];
-      return [self reject:reject withError:err];
+
+      return [[RNFSException fromError:err] reject:reject];
     }
   }
   @finally {
@@ -223,7 +238,10 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:filepath error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
@@ -237,9 +255,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
     NSError *error = nil;
     BOOL success = [manager removeItemAtPath:filepath error:&error];
 
-    if (!success) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     resolve(nil);
   }
@@ -264,9 +280,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
   NSError *error = nil;
     BOOL success = [manager createDirectoryAtPath:filepath withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:attributes error:&error];
 
-  if (!success) {
-    return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-  }
+  if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
   NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
 
@@ -274,9 +288,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
     NSNumber *value = [NSNumber numberWithBool:*options.NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey()];
     success = [url setResourceValue: value forKey: NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey error: &error];
 
-    if (!success) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
   }
 
   resolve(nil);
@@ -286,7 +298,10 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:filepath error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
@@ -300,9 +315,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
 
     NSDictionary *attributes = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfItemAtPath:filepath error:&error];
 
-    if (error) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     if ([attributes objectForKey:NSFileType] == NSFileTypeDirectory) {
       return reject(@"EISDIR", @"EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read", nil);
@@ -324,11 +337,14 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:path error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try{
-    BOOL fileExists = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:path];
+    BOOL fileExists = [url checkResourceIsReachableAndReturnError:&error];
 
     if (!fileExists) {
         return reject(@"ENOENT", [NSString stringWithFormat:@"ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '%@'", path], nil);
@@ -336,20 +352,18 @@ - (instancetype) init
 
     NSError *error = nil;
 
-    NSDictionary *attributes = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfItemAtPath:path error:&error];
-
-    if (error) {
-        return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    NSFileAttributeType type;
+    BOOL success = [url getResourceValue:&type forKey:NSFileType error:&error];
+    if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
-    if ([attributes objectForKey:NSFileType] == NSFileTypeDirectory) {
+    if (type == NSFileTypeDirectory) {
         return reject(@"EISDIR", @"EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read", nil);
     }
 
     // Open the file handler.
-    NSFileHandle *file = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:path];
+    NSFileHandle *file = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingFromURL:url error:&error];
     if (file == nil) {
-        return reject(@"EISDIR", @"EISDIR: Could not open file for reading", nil);
+        return reject(@"EISDIR", @"EISDIR: Could not open file for reading", error);
     }
 
     // Seek to the position if there is one.
@@ -376,7 +390,10 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:filepath];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:filepath error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
@@ -390,9 +407,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
 
     NSDictionary *attributes = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] attributesOfItemAtPath:filepath error:&error];
 
-    if (error) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     if ([attributes objectForKey:NSFileType] == NSFileTypeDirectory) {
       return reject(@"EISDIR", @"EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, read", nil);
@@ -448,14 +463,16 @@ - (instancetype) init
   }
 }
 
-
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(moveFile:(NSString *)from
                   into:(NSString *)into
                   options:(JS::NativeReactNativeFs::FileOptionsT &)options
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:from];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:from error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
@@ -464,18 +481,14 @@ - (instancetype) init
     NSError *error = nil;
     BOOL success = [manager moveItemAtPath:from toPath:into error:&error];
 
-    if (!success) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     if (options.NSFileProtectionKey()) {
       NSMutableDictionary *attributes = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
       [attributes setValue:options.NSFileProtectionKey() forKey:@"NSFileProtectionKey"];
       BOOL updateSuccess = [manager setAttributes:attributes ofItemAtPath:into error:&error];
 
-      if (!updateSuccess) {
-        return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-      }
+      if (!updateSuccess) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
     }
 
     resolve(nil);
@@ -492,27 +505,26 @@ - (instancetype) init
                   resolve:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve
                   reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
 {
-  NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:from];
+  NSError *error = nil;
+  NSURL *url = [ReactNativeFs pathToUrl:from error:&error];
+  if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
+
   BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
 
   @try {
     NSFileManager *manager = [NSFileManager defaultManager];
 
-    NSError *error = nil;
-    BOOL success = [manager copyItemAtPath:from toPath:into error:&error];
+    BOOL success = [manager copyItemAtURL:url
+                                    toURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:into]
+                                    error:&error];
 
-    if (!success) {
-      return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+    if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     if (options.NSFileProtectionKey()) {
       NSMutableDictionary *attributes = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
       [attributes setValue:options.NSFileProtectionKey() forKey:@"NSFileProtectionKey"];
-      BOOL updateSuccess = [manager setAttributes:attributes ofItemAtPath:into error:&error];
-
-      if (!updateSuccess) {
-        return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-      }
+      success = [manager setAttributes:attributes ofItemAtPath:into error:&error];
+      if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
     }
 
     resolve(nil);
@@ -579,7 +591,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
       return;
     }
     callbackFired = YES;
-    return [self reject:reject withError:error];
+    return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
   };
 
   if (hasBeginCallback) {
@@ -704,7 +716,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
 
   params.errorCallback = ^(NSError* error) {
     [self.uploaders removeObjectForKey:[jobId stringValue]];
-    return [self reject:reject withError:error];
+    return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
   };
 
   if (hasBeginCallback) {
@@ -766,7 +778,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
                                          code:NSFileNoSuchFileError
                                      userInfo:nil];
 
-    [self reject:reject withError:error];
+    return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
   }
 }
 
@@ -803,7 +815,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
       @"freeSpace": [NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:totalFreeSpace]
     });
   } else {
-    [self reject:reject withError:error];
+    [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
   }
 }
 
@@ -851,8 +863,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
         NSMutableDictionary* details = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
         [details setValue:errorText forKey:NSLocalizedDescriptionKey];
         NSError *error = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"RNFS" code:500 userInfo:details];
-        [self reject: reject withError:error];
-        return;
+      return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
     }
 
     PHAsset *asset = [results firstObject];
@@ -897,8 +908,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
             NSMutableDictionary* details = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
             [details setValue:info[PHImageErrorKey] forKey:NSLocalizedDescriptionKey];
             NSError *error = [NSError errorWithDomain:@"RNFS" code:501 userInfo:details];
-            [self reject: reject withError:error];
-
+          [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
         }
     }];
 # else
@@ -968,7 +978,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
 
   if (error) {
     NSLog(@"RNFS: %@", error);
-    return [self reject:reject withError:error];
+    return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
   }
 
   return resolve(destination);
@@ -1005,9 +1015,7 @@ - (instancetype) init
     NSError *error = nil;
     BOOL success = [manager setAttributes:attr ofItemAtPath:filepath error:&error];
 
-    if (!success) {
-        return [self reject:reject withError:error];
-    }
+  if (!success) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:reject];
 
     resolve(nil);
 }
@@ -1017,12 +1025,6 @@ - (NSNumber *)dateToTimeIntervalNumber:(NSDate *)date
   return @([date timeIntervalSince1970]);
 }
 
-- (void)reject:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject withError:(NSError *)error
-{
-  NSString *codeWithDomain = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"E%@%zd", error.domain.uppercaseString, error.code];
-  reject(codeWithDomain, error.localizedDescription, error);
-}
-
 - (NSString *)getPathForDirectory:(NSSearchPathDirectory)directory
 {
   NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(directory, NSUserDomainMask, YES);
@@ -1111,7 +1113,28 @@ - (void)documentPicker:(UIDocumentPickerViewController *)picker
     RCTPromiseResolveBlock resolve = promise[0];
     NSMutableArray *res = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:urls.count];
     for (int i = 0; i < urls.count; ++i) {
-      [res addObject:urls[i].absoluteString];
+      NSURL *url = urls[i];
+
+      BOOL allowed = [url startAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
+
+      NSURLBookmarkCreationOptions options = 0;
+
+#     if TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
+      options = NSURLBookmarkCreationWithSecurityScope;
+#     endif // TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
+
+      NSError *error = nil;
+      NSData *data = [url bookmarkDataWithOptions:options
+                   includingResourceValuesForKeys:nil
+                                    relativeToURL:nil
+                                            error:&error];
+
+      if (allowed) [url stopAccessingSecurityScopedResource];
+      if (error) return [[RNFSException fromError:error] reject:promise[1]];
+
+      NSString *bookmark = [data base64EncodedStringWithOptions:0];
+      bookmark = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@", BOOKMARK, bookmark];
+      [res addObject:bookmark];
     }
     resolve(res);
   }
@@ -1189,11 +1212,44 @@ - (void)documentPickerWasCancelled:(UIDocumentPickerViewController *)picker
       [root presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:nil];
     }
     @catch (NSException *e) {
-      [[RNFSException from:e] reject:reject];
+      [[RNFSException fromException:e] reject:reject];
     }
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Given a path string converts it into NSURL object.
+ */
++ (NSURL*) pathToUrl:(NSString*)path error:(NSError**)error
+{
+  NSURL *res = nil;
+
+  if ([path hasPrefix:BOOKMARK]) {
+    // If path is a "Bookmark URL".
+    // See BOOKMARK description for details.
+    path = [path substringFromIndex:BOOKMARK.length];
+    NSData *data = [[NSData alloc] initWithBase64EncodedString:path options:0];
+
+    NSURLBookmarkResolutionOptions options = 0;
+
+#   if TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
+    options = NSURLBookmarkResolutionWithSecurityScope;
+#   endif // TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
+
+    BOOL isStale = NO;
+    res = [NSURL URLByResolvingBookmarkData:data
+                                    options:options
+                              relativeToURL:nil
+                        bookmarkDataIsStale:&isStale
+                                      error:error];
+  } else {
+    // If path is just a regular path.
+    res = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
+  }
+
+  return res;
+}
+
 +(void)setCompletionHandlerForIdentifier: (NSString *)identifier completionHandler: (CompletionHandler)completionHandler
 {
     if (!completionHandlers) completionHandlers = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];