Preferences folder
Mac OS X stashes away its own preference files in numerous hidden locations, but the folder that contains your application preference settings is in the Users→[your Home folder]→Library→Preferences folder. Preference files of this type (known in geek circles as plist, or property list, files) are even easier to identify in Mac OS X, because they clearly bear the application's name.
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