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iPhone Forensics
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iPhone Forensics

by Jonathan Zdziarski
September 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
140 pages
3h 31m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Property Lists

Property lists are XML manifests used to describe various configurations, states, and other stored information. Property lists can be formatted in either ASCII or binary format. When formatted for ASCII, a file can be easily read using any standard text editor.

Binary Property Lists

When formatted for binary, a property list file must be opened by an application capable of reading or converting the format to ASCII.

Mac OS X

Mac OS X includes a tool named Property List Editor. This can be launched by simply double-clicking on a file ending with a .plist extension.

Windows

Two tools can help you view binary property lists:

Important Property List Files

The following property lists are stored on the iPhone and may contain useful information:

/mobile/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist

Contains website cookies saved from the Safari web browser. These can be a good indication of what websites the user has been actively ...

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