Convert Property List Files on Mac
Property List (Apple Property List) is a config file format using the .plist extension. Consul converts Property List files to 7 other formats, and 8 formats to Property List. Rename a file's extension in Finder and Consul handles the conversion automatically.
What is Property List?
A property list (plist) is Apple's format for storing structured configuration and settings data, used throughout macOS and iOS. Plists come in two flavors: a human-readable XML variant and a compact binary variant. Developers encounter them constantly as app preferences, Info.plist manifests, and provisioning data.
Property List files are stored uncompressed. Nothing is lost to encoding, though they can take more disk space than compressed formats.
Property List was developed by Apple.
Opening Property List files on a Mac
Quick Look previews Property List files. Select one in Finder and press Space.
Plists open in Xcode's property-list editor when Xcode is installed; the XML variant is otherwise plain text. plutil can validate a plist and convert between the XML and binary variants from Terminal.
Consul supports 15 conversions for Property List
Consul is the easiest way to convert Property List files on your Mac, or to turn other files into Property List. Rename file.plist to change its extension, and Consul converts it automatically.