Introduction
Conceptual and reference information for dynamically configuring your software.
Organization of This Document
This document contains the following articles:
Information Property List Files provides an introduction to information property list files and how they are used by the system.
The Preferences System discusses the role and scope of user preferences and describes the use of the defaults tool for accessing preferences.
Environment Variables discusses the role of environment variables in configuring applications. This section also covers some of the ways you can establish environment variables for a given user session or process.
Additional Configuration Tips lists the required and recommended configuration options for applications. This article also describes additional ways to configure both bundled and non-bundled applications.
See Also
For information about the keys and values you can include in an information property list file, see Information Property List Key Reference .
For additional information about the preferences system, see Preferences and Settings Programming Guide or Preferences Programming Topics for Core Foundation .
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