---
name: "Image::ExifTool::PLIST"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-image-exiftool"
version: "13.55-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Image::ExifTool::PLIST"
---

# Image::ExifTool::PLIST(3pm)

Read Apple PLIST information

## NAME

Image::ExifTool::PLIST - Read Apple PLIST information

## SYNOPSIS

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

## DESCRIPTION

This module contains the routines used by Image::ExifTool to extract information from Apple Property List files.

## NOTES

This module decodes both the binary and XML-based PLIST format.

## AUTHOR

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## REFERENCES

- \<http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\>

  - \<http://opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-550/CFBinaryPList.c\>

  ## SEE ALSO

"PLIST Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/Image::ExifTool/3pm.md)