A file with the plist file extension is a property file, a XML file using Apple’s plist DTD. Plist stands for Property List, and refers to the fact that *.plist files typically hold lists of properties.
*.plist files are a standard part of OS X Core Foundation, so you’ll find them used by many OSX native applications.
You can edit *.plist files using a text editor, or Apple’s PropertyListEditor, found on the Developer CD or on Apple’s web site.
Example of code in Apple's property list file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
<string>pages-trunk-20080703_5</string>
<string>pages-trunk-20080707_3</string>
<string>pages-trunk-20080904_1</string>
<string>5B54</string>
</array>
</plist>
Plist files contain preference specifics and properties relevant to a particular application or portion of Mac OS X system software. Depending on where the plist file is located and what function they serve, they can either be in XML format, binary format, and sometimes even json.
For users who need to modify a plist file or convert the file format to or from XML and binary, you can do so easily with the help of the Datastorm.
Just like what people need a help:
Is there any easy way (other than writing code) to convert a numbers (could be .csv) file into a .plist?
when I try to open the file in propertylist editor it compains that "string is empty - could not be converted"
Is this even a smart thing to do?
I'm thinking of including this as a resource file with a distribution - would this be too big and unwieldy? ie; is it time to move to sqlite or coredata?
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