macos-bookmarks

A simple macOS Bookmarks parser (and library) written in Rust!
macOS Bookmarks are kind of like a form of shortcuts on a macOS system

Use Case

There are several macOS applications and features that make sure of Bookmarks. Two interesting ones are:

• macOS LoginItems. LoginItems are a form of persistence on a macOS system
• Safari downloads. Downloaded files in Safari are tracked in a plist file called Downloads.plist this plist file actually contains Bookmark data

Bookmark Data

Bookmarks contain a variety of intersting data such as:

1. Path to target binary
2. Target creation time
3. Volume UUID
4. Volume creation
5. Localized Name

References

http://michaellynn.github.io/2015/10/24/apples-bookmarkdata-exposed/
https://mac-alias.readthedocs.io/en/latest/bookmark_fmt.html