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[Solved] MacOS X - Convert plist files from/to binary or XML

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Topic starter March 10, 2016 11:16 PM

pList files on a Mac can be stored in several format, commonly it looks like XML but it can also be a binary file.
To convert these formats back and forth:

Binary to XML

plutil -convert xml1 example.plist

XML to binary

plutil -convert binary1 Example.plist

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