.plist (Property List) File Mime Type

Posted on 04/08/2010 by Ben Collier

Most plist (property lists) files generated by iOS are just xml, so use the mime type:

application/xml

By default plist files created by Mac OS X use binary with the mime type:

application/x-plist

3 thoughts on “.plist (Property List) File Mime Type”

Zing on 15/06/2011 at 03:06 said:

Incorrect. Some .plist files are binary or non-XML text.
- Ben Collier on 18/06/2011 at 14:17 said:
  
  Thanks for the heads up, at the time of writing I was mainly dealing with iPhone plist files which are generally XML based. I’ve updated now with the mime type for binary plists, which I believe are the default for Mac OS generated plists.
Damodar on 04/07/2011 at 10:26 said:

Thanks Ben and Zing,

So its safer to use binary mime type : application/x-plist

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