In Ted Landau's recently published column regarding .plist files (and specifically their tendency to become corrupt), it was noted that the cause of damage to these files is generally the result of a ...

Many problems with individual applications that occur after a major Mac OS X update can be solved by deleting corrupt .plist files. It appears that this is the case for several apps that are not ...

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 ...

Does anyone know what if any .plist file the settings for the screen saver are kept in? I think this might be the reason my SS is no longer working.<BR><BR>thanks.

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 ...

After developers discovered that their apps are not currently able to use 120Hz ProMotion refresh rates for all animations, there was confusion over whether it was a limitation imposed for battery ...

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 ...