Property lists
A property list, commonly referred to as a plist, is a structured data format used to store, organize, and access various data types of data on an iOS device as well as a Mac OS X device. Plists are binary-formatted files, and they can be viewed using a Property List Editor, which is capable of reading or converting the binary format to ASCII.
Plist files may or may not have a .plist file extension. To access the data stored in these files, you need a tool that can read them. Some of the good free tools include the following:
- Plist Editor for Windows, which can be downloaded from http://www.icopybot.com/plist-editor.htm
- The plutil command-line utility on Mac OS X
You can also view the plist files using XCode. Mac OS X includes the plutil ...
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