Many Mac OS X hints involve quick trips into System Preferences. The app, built into the operating system, gathers together all sorts of systemwide options—which is why it can get a bit cluttered. An ...

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Most preferences in OS X are stored directly in the user's Preferences folder; however, within this folder is a directory called ByHost that contains other commonly used preferences. Topher Kessler ...

Preference modelling in decision support systems centres on capturing, representing and leveraging user or stakeholder priorities to guide complex choices. Approaches range from numerical utility ...

If you browse through the user library in OS X Lion, you may see a number of .plist.lockfile files in your preferences folder. Here is what these and other plist subtypes are all about. Topher Kessler ...