defaults read
will output all domain contents and defaults domains
will output all domain names.
However, I found that when I manually specify some domainsdefaults read com.valvesoftware.steam.helper
, I get an error that domain does not exist but the file is there. E.g:
~/Library/Preferences/com.valvesoftware.steam.helper
~/LibraryL/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.ImageSizingPresets
~/LibraryL/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.ViewState
~/LibraryL/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preview.bookmarks
~/LibraryL/Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.PreviewLegacySignaturesConversion
Two files in same folder but only one of them get an error.
~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Excel.plist
~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Excel/Data/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.Excel.securebookmarks.plist
And why is there an plist that stores all my information even my keyboard model.
co.twopeople.mate.plist
contains even more information than Apple Global Domain
Best Answer
It returns an unintuitive message for when a domain is blank. For example, a fresh install of Firefox may create
/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox.plist
, however when trying to read this file:If you convert the
.plist
to xml you can see it exists but it's blank...... shows
So this message is simply misleading for blank
.plist
files. Note, a similar misleading message may occur if you do not have proper access to read and/or delete a file or setting.It's impossible to know, but you may consider reaching out the developers of that app, it's not something present on any of my machines, so it was likely installed by a 3rd party program that you used in the past.