How to edit binary InfoPlist.strings in Mountain Lion (for Finder to display folders before files)?

Solution 1:

The InfoPlist.strings file you mention is a binary formatted property list. You can convert and edit these files with developer tools such as plutil.

The following article walks through the steps required, Show folders last in Finder.

Solution 2:

Download TextWrangler from the Mac App Store. It automatically converts binary strings files and plist files for editing and is a generally good code editor.

Solution 3:

Open the Finder, on the menu bar go to 'View', then scroll to 'View Options'.

Arrange by 'Kind', and sort by 'Kind' as in the screenshot, and the folders will be at the top.

Solution 4:

If you have Xcode, it will open plist files, and display them in a nice editable tree-view.