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Finding plist file for any app or system preferences file in OSX
# In OSX, following command locates preferences settings field which was modified in the last 10 minutes
# Useful when we don't know the exact path to the plist file of corresponding application.
sudo find / -name "*.plist" -mmin -10 -exec grep -l "JustModifiedSystemPreferencesSettingsField" {} \;
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