Com.apple.safari.plist missing in preferences folder

Hey everybody,
my safari has become unusably slow. I checked for solutions and found out I should delete the com.apple.safari.plist. So I browsed my preferences folder in the library for the file and could not find it. I checked my whole Library for any Safari related file and there was none.
Has anyone an explanation for this? I already reinstalled the OS which didn't change a thing.
I hope anybody can help me please
I am using a mid 2012 rmbp with 8gb ram, which has become a little laggy in general since the yosemite in update

Unfortunately, deleting the com.apple.safari.plist didn't solve my original problem. Safari is still so superslow sometimes. And then its fast again. But Chrome is always faster and immediately responding. I've run a test with Etresoft:
Problem description:
generally laggy system. especially the finder
EtreCheck version: 2.1.2 (105)
Report generated 15. Dezember 2014 17:24:18 MEZ
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Not upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en0: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
Intel HD Graphics 4000 -
Color LCD spdisplays_2880x1800Retina
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 16:57:59
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE SSD SM256E disk0 : (251 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 249.79 GB (67.15 GB free)
Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked
Core Storage: disk0s2 250.14 GB Online
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.numark.4trak.usb (3.0.2 - SDK 10.7) [Support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: /Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist [Support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Support]
[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist [Support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Support]
[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper Programm (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)
NIHardwareAgent ProgrammHidden (/Library/Application Support/Native Instruments/Hardware/NIHardwareAgent.app)
Dropbox Programm (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
AdBlock
Audio Plug-ins: ℹ️
Numark4TrakAudioHAL: Version: Unknown - SDK 10.7 [Support]
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Support]
Tuxera NTFS [Support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 249.79 GB Disk used: 182.64 GB
Destinations:
Backup [Local]
Total size: 251.20 GB
Total number of backups: 3
Oldest backup: 2014-12-07 16:51:16 +0000
Last backup: 2014-12-14 19:12:26 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 251.20 GB < (Disk used 182.64 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      8% WindowServer
      1% hidd
      1% SoulseekQt
      1% Dock
      0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
318 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
266 MB Safari
258 MB Preview
137 MB Finder
129 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
1.33 GB Free RAM
4.62 GB Active RAM
1.18 GB Inactive RAM
1.23 GB Wired RAM
4.93 GB Page-ins
2 MB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Dec 15, 2014, 12:26:53 AM Self test - passed

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