Get the mimetype for a extension. (untested)

gistfile1.m

-(NSString*)mimeTypeForExtension:(NSString*)ext
{
    NSAssert( ext, @"Extension cannot be nil" );
    NSString* mimeType = nil;

    CFStringRef UTI = UTTypeCreatePreferredIdentifierForTag(kUTTagClassFilenameExtension,
        (CFStringRef)ext, NULL);
    if( !UTI ) return nil;

    CFStringRef registeredType = UTTypeCopyPreferredTagWithClass(UTI, kUTTagClassMIMEType);
    if( !registeredType ) // check for edge case
    {
        if( [ext isEqualToString:@"m4v"] )
                mimeType = @"video/x-m4v";
        else if( [ext isEqualToString:@"m4p"] )
                mimeType = @"audio/x-m4p";
        // handle anything else here that you know is not registered
    } else {
        mimeType = NSMakeCollectable(registeredType);
    }

    CFRelease(UTI);
    return mimeType;
}