History.plist

Versions of the Apple Safari web browser before version 10.10^[2] (2014^[3]) keep the primary copy of its history in a file called History.plist. This is a Property List file, which used the XML-based property list format before version 10.2, when the use of the binary version was made optional; after version 10.4, this became the deafult^[4]. It stores dates as seconds since midnight, January 1, 2001, UTC. On desktop installations, it can be found at the path ~/Library/Safari/History.plist (using the Unix convention of using a tilde for a user's home directory). On backups of mobile installations, it can be found either at ed50eadf14505ef0b433e0c4a380526ad6656d3a, or at ed50eadf14505ef0b433e0c4a380526ad6656d3a from IOS 8 after.^[5]

Software

• SafariHistoryView

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia:Safari
2. ↑ https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6615000, post beginning with "Looks like I may have figured this out"
3. ↑ Wikipedia:OS X Yosemite
4. ↑ https://kb.digital-detective.net/display/BLADE1/Recovering+Apple+Safari+History+Binary+PList+(Property+List)+Files
5. ↑ https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/104112/where-is-the-safaris-history-plist-file-in-ios-7/152999