Help!!!! property list editor

hi guys!!
in developer-applications-utility i don't have the property list editor.app! I find in all my mac (also in the installation dvd) but i don't discover it!
where i can download it? please help me! link me a site!
excuse for my bad english...

Yes, Xcode can be installed without a full re-install. Xcode is a separate package available on the original installation disk (look in the other installs folder) or it can be downloaded from here http://developer.apple.com/technology/xcode.html
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Where is the Lion version of Property List Editor?

I've downloaded XCode 4.1 and the Server Admin app in a vain attempt to find the property list editor. Does anyone know where it is?

This worked perfectly, thanks. I just had to adjust the permissions on the PListEdit.framework folder to match the other framework folders. I wouldn't have found it in the PrivateFrameworks folder without your help. Much appreciated.
In response to:
Well I figure that the plist editor is now integrated in XCode 4, but you could do the following: Get the
PlistEdit.framework (located in /Developer/Library/PrivateFrameworks/) and the "Property List Editor.app" from an earlier XCode-Installation and throw them into the corresponding folders of your XCode 4-Installation.

Adjusting system.log with Property List Editor

Hi,
I had my system.log set up to rotate every seven days by using the Property List Editor with my older 2.0GHz Mac Mini OS X.5.8. I have upgraded to a faster Mini OS X.6.4 and now the system.log renews every day. Can someone tell me which plist I need to edit to get my system.log to go back to renewing every seven days? I am getting tired of having to change the permissions every day to view the log, and I want a longer time span in each log.
Thanks,
Paul

4paul3 wrote:
Thank you Charlie that worked great. One thing I should point out is this has to be done from your Admin account in 10.6 and you have to type:
sudo edit /etc/newsyslog.conf
Actually, that sudo shouldn't be necessary: TextWrangler should ask you first if you want to unlock the file to make changes. When you want to save it should ask you to authenticate, and then it can save the file. But you're probably right about being in your admin account.
Now, please accept my apology for not getting to this sooner but I had a medical thing scheduled and I have not been qualified to do Terminal commands or type coherently for quite some time. I’ve only recently had a clear head so I’m getting to this now. Thank you again this is wonderful.
You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better.
I do have one question though. For future reference for anyone wanting to do this if I want the log to rotate every two weeks instead of every week and save the last seven logs what would be the entries that I would make in the TextWrangler document?
In that case, I think you'd make the "when" field just a number of hours. In this case, 336 (168 hours per week times 2 weeks):
# logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/system.log 640 7 * 168 J
I haven't tested the two week interval, though, since it's kind of a long time...
Or, if I wanted to have the log rotate after it reaches 2MB and save the last seven logs what would be the commands to use in the TextWrangler document?
Just change the "when" field to an asterisk, the "count" field 7, and "size" 2048:
# logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/system.log 640 7 2048 * J
Thank you again for your input it is greatly appreciated!!
You're welcome. Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense...
charlie

Help with how to setup property list correctly

I am developing an iPhone application and I need a database to store data.
Since it's small amount of data I'll go for Property List.
But I have zero experience with it. I was hoping you could help me set it up.
It's an app based on karate techniques required for each belt.
Firstly I need the top category to be the belt. and a subcategory for EACH belt to be Requirements, Stances, Blocks, Hand Techniques, Foot Techniques, Kata and Kumite.
How do I do that?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Rows</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Belt 1</string>
<key>Children</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Requirements</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Stances</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Blocks</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Hand Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Foot Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Kata</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Kumite</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Belt 2</string>
<key>Children</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Requirements</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Stances</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Blocks</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Hand Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Foot Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Kata</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Kumite</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Use Xcode to copy/paste more belts. Rename belts as needed.
This is only the plist structure for drilling down and does not include details for each category beyond the items shown.
You can't be doing any of this if you have zero experience - you'll have questions for every tiny step and unless someone builds your app for you, you'll go ahead very, very slowly.
It is up to anyone with zero experience to spend time going thru the most basic hello world tutorials, as an example, and learn enough to be able to gain some traction on their own...this is not trivial stuff that you can just install a few tools and make what you want the next day, sorry.
See this post for beginner resources:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2218661
- come back when you've exhausted those and need specific help untangling something or if you get confused as you progress on your own...not just in over your head at the very beginning.

Etrecheck results and damaged Property List Data

In the past couple of weeks I have discovered several problems with my (mid-2010) iMac (System: OS X 10.9.4). First of all, Safari does not automatically open when I boot my computer. Although the computer appears to work alright otherwise, I then suddenly began having problems with it failing to scan documents from my HP L7780. Having a large project requiring the scanning of hundreds of documents, I’m at a standstill until I solve this problem.
Setup:
1. 120GB Internal SSD with OS X (10.9.4) used as main disk with frequently used applications and documents.
2. 1TB Internal Hard Disk with seldom used applications and documents.
3. 1TB External Hard Disk with two partitions:
A) Backup for 120GB Internal SSD,
B) Backup for 1TB internal Hard Disk. (The 1TB internal Hard Disk has only 124GB. Obviously, a much better setup would be to have just one 250GB internal SSD and one external backup for that drive.)
The problem appears to be with the software on the SSD and not the software on the internal hard drive.
Procedures taken:
1. Backed up SSD and reinstalled a fresh copy of OS X 10.9.4 via the Recovery partition using ⌘-R.
2. Attempted to Repair Disk Permissions on SSD again from the Recovery partition. Printout is extremely long.
3. Ran all the tests on TechTool Pro from the external backup. No problems found.
4. Ran all the tests on DiskWarrior from the DiskWarrior disk on both the internal Hard Disk and the internal SSD.
When I scanned the internal Hard Disk with DiskWarrior for files and folders for damage and potential compatibility, no problems were found.
Concerning the internal SSD, using DiskWarrior I had to rebuild the directory several times to (supposedly) completely repair the disk. When I scanned the internal SSD for files and folders for damage and potential compatibility I FOUND A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS. I’m listing only two (of dozens) below:
******************** BEGINNING OF DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
DiskWarrior scanned the disk named "SSD" checking all files and folders for damage and potential compatibility
problems.!
Disk: "SSD"!
The Property List data was checked in 4,846 files.!
The Resource Data was checked in 4,623 files.!
The maximum Folder Depth on this disk is 20. This does not exceed the maximum recommended depth.!
Location: "Desktop"!
File: "._browserExtentionVersion.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/"!
File: "._Extensions.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/Safari/"!
******************** END OF ABBREVIATED DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
I realize that some of these files are invisible, however I do have InVisible 1.2.1. In checking out some invisible folders I find that they have a white minus sign on a red circle on the bottom right corner of the folder icon which means that (apparently) I do not have Sharing & Permissions for this folder.
QUESTION: So, how can I delete a damaged plist in this situation?
In addition, I ran an EtreCheck. Below is a copy of the report:
******************** BEGINNING OF ETRECHECK REPORT ********************
EtreCheck version: 1.9.13 (49)
Report generated August 13, 2014 at 11:39:27 AM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:13:33
Disk Information: ?
WDC WD10EARX-00PASB0 disk1 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Hard Disk (disk1s2) /Volumes/Hard Disk: 999.86 GB (875.11 GB free)
Samsung SSD 840 Series disk0 : (120.03 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
SSD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 119.04 GB (54.41 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
DYMO DYMO LabelWriter 450
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[running] com.dymo.pnpd.plist Support
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[failed] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
Mail
Safari
xScan
xScan
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
DYMO NPAPI Addin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DYMO Safari Addin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
iTube Studio (Disabled)
AdBlock-2 (Disabled)
Awesome Screenshot-2 (Disabled)
MapTricks
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
TechTool Protection Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      2% WindowServer
      2% xScan
      1% fontd
      0% coreservicesd
      0% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
197 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
115 MB TextEdit
66 MB xScan
66 MB mds_stores
66 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Information: ?
13.34 GB Free RAM
1.27 GB Active RAM
225 MB Inactive RAM
1.17 GB Wired RAM
305 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
******************** END OF ETRECHECK REPORT ********************
When attempting to repair permissions in Disk First Aid, there are hundreds (thousands?) of entries stating that they have been repaired. However, when immediately repeating the test, I get the same report.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

colimotl wrote:
1. 120GB Internal SSD with OS X (10.9.4) used as main disk with frequently used applications and documents.
2. 1TB Internal Hard Disk with seldom used applications and documents.
I don't think it is related to your problem, but just so you know, you should only run applications from the Applications folder. There are some low-level interactions between the system and software that may be broken if applications are installed elsewhere. I know this is true for help. It could be true about other things as well. If you need to, you can use the Applications folder in your home directory instead.
File: "._browserExtentionVersion.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/"!
File: "._Extensions.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/Safari/"!
******************** END OF ABBREVIATED DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
I realize that some of these files are invisible, however I do have InVisible 1.2.1. In checking out some invisible folders I find that they have a white minus sign on a red circle on the bottom right corner of the folder icon which means that (apparently) I do not have Sharing & Permissions for this folder.
QUESTION: So, how can I delete a damaged plist in this situation?
Those files are not damaged. Nor are the plist files. They are AppleDouble files meant for cross platform use on a non-Apple server or inside a zip file. They should never exist in this form on a Mac.
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
Mail
Safari
xScan
xScan
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Why do you have two xScans here? Try removing everything from Mail down and see if things work better.
When attempting to repair permissions in Disk First Aid, there are hundreds (thousands?) of entries stating that they have been repaired. However, when immediately repeating the test, I get the same report.
Don't worry about those: Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore

Property list

After using DiskWarrior to check files and folders, DW says that the Property List is damaged and cannnot be repaired. This is in ~Library/cookies/apple.appstore.plist. Something about the character "c" at line 1.
Should I delete/trash the "apple.appstore.plist" preference file?
Thanks for helping
Ron

Ron....
Unless you are having problems accessing or using the App Store, leave the .plist file where it is. Otherwise, it's safe to delete that file as your Mac will generate a new .plist file for you the next time you launch the App Store.

Creating a Dynamic Property LIst

Hi everyone,
How to make a dynamic Property list in lingo
Actually the problem is I am fetching a list of Columns from
the databse which may vary so I want to make a dynamic PropertyList
in which I can Set the property and the values based on the number
of colums in a Database
For Example: In the DB, I have a Table which contains
follwing columns
FName, LName,CompName, Age, Address1, Address2, Email,
website
Now I will select specific colums based on some condition. So
I will be storing the result which would come in a property list.
So this List needs to be Dynamic i.e it should be getting created
based on the colums returned from the query.
Suppose for a specific condition i get Fname, Lname, Email as
a result so my List should look some thing like This
objRecord = objResult.rows[1] --Row Returned from the
Database
listQueryResult = [#FirstName : objRecord[1], #LastName :
objRecord[2], #Email : objRecord[3] ]
The Above List shoud be based on nos of colums returned from
the Query
Is there any way by which i can create such a Dynamic
Property List.
I hope the Question is Clear
Hope to get the answer at the earliest
-Thanks and Regards
-Atul Saxena

You can create a new empty property list like this:
listQueryResult = [:]
To add a property/value pair, you can use:
listQueryResult[
<propertyName>
] =
<value>
or:
listQueryResult.setaProp(
<propertyName>
<value>
The above two commands will add the property if it doesn't
exist, or update a value if the property name is already present in
the list.
You may not be aware that you can use strings as property
names instead of symbols if you like, which you might find easier.
Couple of examples following your example:
listQueryResult = [:]
objRecord = objResult.rows[1] --Row Returned from the
Database
listQueryResult["FName"] = objRecord[1]
listQueryResult["LName"] = objRecord[2]
(etc)
Or, if you also have a list of the fieldnames returned from
the db:
listQueryResult = [:]
fieldNames = objResult.fieldNames --Field names for records
returned from Database
objRecord = objResult.rows[1] --Row Returned from the
Database
repeat with n=1 to fieldNames.count
thisFieldName = fieldNames[n]
thisFieldValue = objRecord[n]
listQueryResult[thisFieldName] = thisFieldValue
end repeat
hope this helps!
- Ben

Opened an Apple binary property list file with Texteditor

Hello,
i made the mistake opening an Apple binary property list file with Texteditor made a change and save it, now the file is corrupted. I should have used bbedit or textwrangler in stead but thats to late now.
Is there a way to convert the file back to the previous state?
when i open a similar file in textWrangler i get a xml file, when i open the other one textwrangler / bbedit gives the error "An unexpected I/O error occurred (MacOS Error code: -36)"
i have undone the changes i made in Texteditor and saved it again, no result. I have no backup.
Please help
Thanks
Marco

Recovering an edited file which has been saved is in general (so long as no backup is generated) as difficult as recovering a deleted file (if not more so).
Depending on which plist file you are referring to, it is often possible to just remove the corrupted file and the program which requires it will rebuild it upon its next launch (albeit likely without preferences saved).
You could try that or let us know which plist you corrupted for more help.
Best REgards,

Misplaced thumbnails - duplicate tinyCacheIndex in property list

I'm one of the users who's been frustrated lately with the wrong thumbnail showing up at times (with Aperture 2.1 at present, but I saw this frequently with 2.0). I've tracked down what I think is the immediate source of the issue, though I haven't had the time to verify this in detail yet.
I have two images which share the same thumbnail. If I rebuild the thumbnail for one of them, it will show up on both.
Looking at the "Version-1.apversion" property list file in the Aperture library for these two images, they both have the same value for the tinyCacheIndex property:
<key>tinyCacheIndex</key>
<integer>155</integer>
I'm assuming that this is an index into the AP.Tinies file, and that sharing the index is a Bad Thing.
My guess, though I haven't verified it yet, is that this can happen when moving a photo between projects. (Or perhaps it could happen, in 1.x or 2.0, if the problem has now been fixed.)
Rebuilding the library (command-option at startup) does not seem to detect/fix this problem.
I haven't yet been brave (foolish?) enough to manually change the index value.
Perhaps this will help out one of the engineers at Apple address this issue.

Praveen,
There are two issues here.
“Loading property information list by namespace failed or property not found in the list. Verify that the schema is deployed properly” issue is normally due to the deployment issues. This more often occurs when you have same schema with multiple
version and this issue is due to the sequence/order in which these two schemas are deployed. If you run the following SQL query in your BizTalk management db replacing it with your target namespace of the schema deployed
SELECT *
FROM bt_XMLShare
WHERE target_namespace like N'http://YourTaggetNameSpace'
You shall see two version of the same schema listed and both of them should have Activate flag set to 1. If any of the schemas is set to 0, then you will have the above mentioned issues. This is due to the way the different versions of the schemas are deployed.
You can undeply both the version, deploy them together or deploy the older version first and the later version later.
And for another issue of custom property not updating the MessageType property, debug the pipeline component code. This issue has no direct impact to the above issue. If you you’re your Message Type to be updated and if it’s not getting changed, then debug
the code and check why its not been updated.
If this answers your question please mark it accordingly. If this post is helpful, please vote as helpful by clicking the upward arrow mark next to my reply.

ArticleStartDateOWSDATE missing in Managed Property list

Hi,
I'm using an out-of-the-box managed property "ArticleStartDateOWSDATE" in my Content Search webpart. My problem is I didn't know how this property been added in my Managed Property list under Search Service Application. When I look on the machines
of my colleagues, they don't have that property. Do you know how this property been added in my ManagedProperty list? Thanks.
Regards,
Napster

You must have created any 'Publishing Site' or activated Publishing feature which adds these field.
If you go to your site and check the 'Site Columns' and filter on 'Publishing Columns', you will find the 'Article Date' which get added when you activate publishing feature on the site. And its a Site Columns so crawl creates Managed property for
it automatically.
Your colleague, must not have activated that feature so don't have these fields.
get2pallav
Please click "Propose As Answer" if this post solves your problem or "Vote As Helpful" if this post has been useful to you.

What is - error = 109: Invalid property list

I have a Launchagent that is not launching and I have found an error on the console but I cannot find out what the error is telling me so I would be grateful for any help.
29/11/2014 07:36:17.492 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.xpc.launchd.user.502.100007.Aqua) Could not parse plist: path = /Users/MacName/Library/LaunchAgents/OmniFocusDailyMaintenance.plist, error = 109: Invalid property list
Thank you for any help

Means that the OmniFocusDailyMaintenance.plist is invalid. Contact the developer.
27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10.1), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

DISKWARRIOR 4 PROPERTY LIST & RESOURCE HEADER DAMAGED AND CANNOT BE REPAIRE

Machine running funny, doing its own thing, curser
jumping all over page when barely touched touchpad,
running slower, programs close when using it,
safari always closes automatically.
Anyway, 1st I ran Diskwarrior and got two messages,
message: File " FontValidator.plist ", Detected
that " Property List " date is damaged and cannot be
repaired.
XML parser error: Encountered unexpected EOF
Old-style plist parser error.
Location: Macintosh
HD/private/etc/macinit_perused.dl
2nd message: File Printoption.rsrc
Dectected that the resource header is damaged
and cannot be repaired Location: Macintosh
HD/Library/Printers/Epson/C86Series.plugin/Contents/PDEs/PrintOption.plugin/Cont ents/Resources/French.Iproj/
Steps I did in Diskwarrior, Directory - Rebuild
1 link file had a creation date that was
repaired. The root creation date was repaired.
Incorrect values in the volume information were
repaired.
ran hardware test. Hard drives's built in S.M.A.R.T
diagnostics indicated the drive is functioning
normally.
Can you help, can I fix any of this, I did not
delete any of these files since I have ran
diskwarrior, in the past I may have deleted files
that have caused this instability. Could it?
Can it be fixed?

Hi h,
First, it is possible that the HD has mechanical issues that SMART cannot detect, and which could in turn cause software/OS issues. If that's the case, it's time for a new HD, but first I would install a fresh OS (see below).
in the past I may have deleted files that have caused this instability. Could it?
Deleting any one of thousands of OS files can wreak all kinds of havoc, most of it unpredictable. Some have names that you would never consider to be part of the OS, like "unknown."
Can it be fixed?
Odds are, if DW can't do, no. But I would still at least try Repair Disk while booted from your install disc. It's free and will take only a few minutes (though I wouldn't put much hope in it, no reason not to try).
If no success, in your situation, I would back up my data files, erase/zero the HD, and install a new squeaky clean OS. Then I would have confidence that things should be back to normal, but I'd still run Repair Disk regularly for a few weeks to make sure nothing becomes corrupted again.

How do you create a searchable property list?

I am trying to create a searchable database of historic military figures. It will be a permanent list of people that will not change. I need to be able to search the list by first and/or last name and create a selectable list. Once a search list is created you can click on a name to display all the data on that person. Also there should be an option to browse the entire list. The original 1000 name list is provided in an excel document. I am having a brain freeze on this. Any examples would be helpful. Thank you!

The simplest option might be to use a genuine database instead of a property list. For example, there's a free xtra from Valentin Schmidt for this (SQLite xtra)
Otherwise, you might create a list of property lists, with named properties being keys to search on, something like:
lData = []
lPerson = ["firstname": "Stonewall", "lastname": "Jackson", "data": "Some data you wish to record against this person's name"]
lData.append(lPerson)
lPerson = ["firstname": "Robert", "lastname": "Lee", "data": "Some data you wish to record against this person's name"]
lData.append(lPerson)
-- etc…

Property List files damaged

Have been having sporadic problems lately running Leopard (sluggish performance, LONG startup times that can exceed 10 MINUTES !!, etc.). After running Disk Warrior vers. 4.1, it detected 5 Property List files that were damaged and could not be repaired. All of them were either in my user account or the HD Library's Preferences Folder.
Can I safely trash all of these damaged Property List files and reboot?
Also, when I use Leopard's Disk Utility and run Repair Permissions, I get a message that 4 SUID files have been modified and will not be repaired. ???
Any help or guidance regarding these problems would be appreciated. Thanks.

SierraVista wrote:
Have been having sporadic problems lately running Leopard (sluggish performance, LONG startup times that can exceed 10 MINUTES !!, etc.). After running Disk Warrior vers. 4.1, it detected 5 Property List files that were damaged and could not be repaired. All of them were either in my user account or the HD Library's Preferences Folder.
Can I safely trash all of these damaged Property List files and reboot?
yes.
Also, when I use Leopard's Disk Utility and run Repair Permissions, I get a message that 4 SUID files have been modified and will not be repaired. ???
most of those can be safely ignored. Check this [link|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US] to see if your messages are mentioned as harmless.
Any help or guidance regarding these problems would be appreciated. Thanks.

Property List Question

I have a (nested) Property List set up (with lists within it)
and I'm wanting to know if I can substitute one of the names a sub
list with a property behaviou variable. I'm wanting to return the
names from the list and put these into a text field - the list will
be huge so I don't want to write a separate behaviour for each time
I reference the list to find a name and would like to do it via a
bahaviour.
For example the main list using dot syntax could be
referenced like this
gControlList.sectionHeading.subSection1.getPropAt(1) -- to
find the first property of the subSection list
And what I'm wanting to do is update or swap this so that I
can check the 'subSection' property with a variable sent from a
behaviour (from a getPropertyDescription thing) For example:
set x = subSection2 (this would be set via the behaviour so I
can get the values/names from the Property List)
gControlList.sectionHeading.x.getPropAt(1)
So is it possible to get the 'x' into the list so its
actually referencing SubSection2? I'm wanting to return the names
from the list and put these into a text field - the list will be
huge so I don't want to write a separate bahaviour for each time I
reference the list to find a name and would like to do it via a
bahaviour
I can't find a way to do this - any help would be appreciated
- Thanks

You might find some inspiration in the List Handlers script
that you can find
here.

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