Hi community,
Is there a way to edit plists without the use of Apple Developer's Property List Editor or any other software that doesn't come preinstalled on the Mac OS? Even better, is there a way to automate with the use of Applescript (or if not, Bash)? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
the System Events app (installed on all systems since 10.3, I think) has a property list suite that allows automated editing of property list files. it works like so (this sets a text item called 'x' in an array called 'array name' in a plist file at '/path/to/file.plist' to the value "..."):
tell application "System Events"
set plistFile to property list file "/path/to/file.plist"
tell plistFile
tell property list item "array name"
set value of property list item "x" to "..."
end tell
end tell
end tell
you can get more information at MacOSXAutomation
the System Events app (installed on all systems since 10.3, I think) has a property list suite that allows automated editing of property list files. it works like so (this sets a text item called 'x' in an array called 'array name' in a plist file at '/path/to/file.plist' to the value "..."):
tell application "System Events"
set plistFile to property list file "/path/to/file.plist"
tell plistFile
tell property list item "array name"
set value of property list item "x" to "..."
end tell
end tell
end tell
you can get more information at MacOSXAutomation
The defaults Terminal command can be used to read and edit a plist. Some entries are structured in such a way that they can basically only be edited from a GUI application.
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Thank you so much guys!
Edit plist with Bash/Applescript
