{"id":10547,"date":"2025-08-12T15:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/?p=10547"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:23:56","slug":"plist-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/plist-file\/","title":{"rendered":"File Plist: Guida e Utilizzo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A plist file (property list file) is a structured configuration file used by macOS and iOS applications to store settings, preferences, and other data in a key-value format. Plist files can be found in both XML and binary formats, and are used widely in both system-level and user-specific configuration scenarios <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='1'>[1]<\/sup> <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='2'>[2]<\/sup> <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='5'>[5]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Plist files are commonly located in directories like ~\/Library\/Preferences\/ for user-specific settings and \/Library\/Preferences\/ for system-wide preferences <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='1'>[1]<\/sup>. Editing can be performed with Apple&#8217;s Xcode or via command-line utilities such as plutil and PlistBuddy. Plist files may also appear in user folders like iCloud Drive, sometimes named with a timestamp or other identifiers (example: 2025-01-20-13-22-358780.plist), especially when generated by automatic system or app processes <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='4'>[4]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Key details for 2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The file format and its use have not substantively changed in 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Plist files remain core to macOS\/iOS app settings and system configuration <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='5'>[5]<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Tools and methods for converting, viewing, and editing plist files (e.g., plutil, Xcode, PlistBuddy) are unchanged and current as of 2025 <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='1'>[1]<\/sup> <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='3'>[3]<\/sup> <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='8'>[8]<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Security researchers continue to monitor them as potential targets for modification or abuse by adversaries <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='6'>[6]<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you encountered a specific plist file named for the year 2025 (such as &quot;2025-01-20-13-22-358780.plist&quot;), it is likely to be a system- or app-generated file, using a date-stamped naming convention <sup class='quote-ref' data-quote='4'>[4]<\/sup>. As with all plist files, inspect its content and origin to determine its purpose, and edit only with the appropriate tools.<\/p>\n<script>const sources = [[1,\"https:\/\/apptimized.com\/en\/news\/configuring-applications-on-macos-by-using-plist-files\/\",\"Configuring Applications on macOS by using plist files\",\"Understanding how to handle plist (property list) files is essential for effective application packaging. We explain how it works.\"],[2,\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/31828376\/what-is-plist-file-in-detail\",\"What is Plist file in detail?\",\"I am learning iOS. I have a confusion about the Plist file, about the creator, applicable platform, format and so on. 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Add a URL Type or custom field under Info tab to expose it \u2014 where is info.plist\"],[9,\"https:\/\/betterprogramming.pub\/info-plist-is-missing-in-xcode-13-heres-how-to-get-it-back-1a7abf3e2514\",\"Info.plist Is Missing in Xcode 13 \u2014 Here's How To Get It Back\",\"It\u2019s supposed to be a \u201cfeature\u201d\"]];<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A plist file (property list file) is a structured configuration file used by macOS and iOS applications to store settings, preferences, and other data in a key-value format. Plist files can be found in both XML and binary formats, and are used widely in both system-level and user-specific configuration scenarios [1] [2] [5]. Plist files &#8230; <a title=\"File Plist: Guida e Utilizzo\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/plist-file\/\" aria-label=\"Per saperne di pi\u00f9 su File Plist: Guida e Utilizzo\">Leggi tutto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4217,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[849],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tecnologia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16147,"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10547\/revisions\/16147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuttodigitale.net\/mobiletech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}