The new caching of preference settings in OS X Mavericks may frustrate some approaches to manual adjustment of program settings. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

Last month, in Parts I and II of this tutorial series, we began our exploration of the world of preference (.plist) files. I explained what .plist files are, what they do, and where on your drive you ...

Now that 10.14 has made it impractical to edit /System/Library/User Template to preconfigure new users I'm looking for alternatives. The easiest thing to do would seem to be to write a huge bash ...

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. XML is an open data format which gained popularity in the ...