Of all the “under the hood” components of Mac OS X, my personal favorite is preferences files. Why? For starters, they are important. They potentially affect every application you use, from the Finder ...

I'm a loyal mac user who is trying to program something for both macs and PCs. Does anyone know what files on Windows are analogous to the preferences files on the MacOS, I've been looking for weeks ...

Safari crashes on launch. Mail quits when you try to send a message. What to do? Most savvy Mac users will delete the application’s preferences file, which stores changes made to the program’s default ...

When you uninstall a Mac app, how can you make sure you've removed all of its files? With an app like AppCleaner. One of the many great things about the Mac OS is how easy it is to install and remove ...

In this installment of our continuing series on preferences (.plist) files, we finally delve into the details of how to interpret and edit .plist files. I’ll be primarily showing you how to do make ...