Hi Chris. You are wright, plist has been changed to binary files. Thank you. I will try that, but you know, I am not good at working in terminal.
If anybody should know a program, that can be used, I still would be interested. Can we use bbedit? Best regards Annie. On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > I think they started turning them into binary files around OSX 10.5 so only > the older ones will be XML. From the terminal you can use the "defaults" > command to read and write plist files of any flavor. Do a 'man defaults' for > details. For example: > > defaults read com.apple.Safari > > will list all the current settings in the file and > > defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeInternalDebugMenu -bool true > > turns on the Safari debugger menu. > > CB > > On 2/10/13 12:05 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> The PLIST files are usually XML files, so you would just need an XML >> editor or word processor that can handle XML. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John D. Panarese >> Director >> Mac for the Blind >> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >> Email, j...@macfortheblind.com >> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >> >> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION >> >> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >> >> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >> >> >> >> On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen >> <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Rachel. >>> >>> Thank you. I need to edit and that can not be done in textedit. >>> >>> Best regards Annie. >>> On Feb 10, 2013, at 5:33 PM, Rachel Feinberg <walksi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Annie, >>>> >>>> NOt sure if this'll give you entirely what you need, but vo+shift+M on the >>>> .plist file, and choose open with, right arrow to expand that sub-menu. >>>> Then choose "other…" and from the applications list, choose TextEdit. You >>>> should be able to read the information in there. >>>> HTH, >>>> Rachel >>>> On Feb 10, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Annie Skov Nielsen >>>> <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> I need to edit a .plist file on the mac. Is there any accessible software >>>>> for that. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried with textwrangler, but to me it does not look accessible. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
