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What is a Plist?

What is a Plist?
What is in the Plist folder?
What do I lose if I move it to desktop or trash it?
How would I reconstruct it?
Or does it reconstruct itself?

imacG5, Mac OS X (10.3.x), Not today

Posted on Jan 16, 2009 3:03 PM

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Niel

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Posted on Jan 16, 2009 3:12 PM

What is a Plist?

Essentially, it's a preference file.

What is in the Plist folder?

Preferences for software used on that Mac OS X user account.

What do I lose if I move it to desktop or trash it?

That depends on the application or other item that uses it.

Or does it reconstruct itself?