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plutil

plutil is a command-line utility used for managing property list (.plist) files. These files are commonly used by macOS to store a app settings and other configuration info. The utility allows users to check the validity of plist files `plutil -lint`, convert plist files between XML and binary formats (plutil -convert), and add, modify or remove plist key value pairs.

Author: Brendan Chamberlain (@infosecB) Created: 2023-05-07

Paths

/usr/bin/plutil

Example Use Cases

Set app to run with dock icon hidden #

plutil can be used to set the "LSUIElement" attribute to true which will force the targeted app to run without the UI and dock icon.

plutil -insert LSUIElement -string "1" /Applications/TargetApp.app/Contents/Info.plist

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