If you browse through the user library in OS X Lion, you may see a number of .plist.lockfile files in your preferences folder. Here is what these and other plist subtypes are all about.

Property lists are essentially XML files with a .plist extension. Here's how to edit them using the command line in the macOS Terminal app.

It is sunday and my mind is turned off, why can't I get a network connection with this plist file? All I can get is a socket connection IE the mysql ...

So far, we have explored what .plist files are, how to interpret the content of .plist files, and how to edit these files (including working with "hidden" settings).

So if I understand correctly, the information I'm looking for (contacts and their phone numbers) should be in plist files, correct? Should I expect the data to be in one large plist file or many ...

A website to help iOS app makers get started To help move things along, Rodriguez published a website for security.plist where app makers can generate a basic file to include inside their apps.