Even today, Apple’s binary plist file format is something of a mystery.
Christos Karaiskos provides one of the best explanation of it that I have found.
https://medium.com/@karaiskc/understanding-apples-binary-property-list-format-281e6da00dbd
Honestly, I very rarely use this format now for my own projects. Yes, occasionally Apple’s API requires it, but if you are creating your own plist, stick to the more verbose XML version. It is human-readable and easier to edit. Nowadays, memory is cheap. There is really no reason to use the binary format.
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