To convert a binary .plist file to XML format for editing, type this in the Terminal: 

<code bash>
plutil -convert xml1 some_file.plist
</code>

To convert an XML .plist file to binary for use:

<code bash>
plutil -convert binary1 some_other_file.plist
</code>

Write a USB drive image via dd command on mac
  * Some commands are different than linux, and are harder to find answers to
  * I was originally trying to overwrite a Fedora 22 image to a USB that had Fedora 18

<code bash>
diskutil list
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk2
sudo dd if=/Users/nyeates/Downloads/Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-3.iso of=/dev/disk2 bs=1m
</code>