# Introducing the new Apple Strings parser

**URL:** <https://community.transifex.com/t/introducing-the-new-apple-strings-parser/3211>\
**Category:** What's new?\
**Tags:** parser, apple\
**Created:** [December 6, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.transifex.com/t/introducing-the-new-apple-strings-parser/3211 "2022-12-06T18:11:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.transifex.com/t/introducing-the-new-apple-strings-parser/3211/1 "2022-12-06T18:11:45Z")

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Are you localizing Apple strings? Then you may want to switch to UTF-8 encoding, which we now support. According to Apple, Xcode automatically transcodes strings files from UTF-8 to UTF-16. More about that [here](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/LoadingResources/Strings/Strings.html).

And more about Transifex and Apple Strings parser in the documentation.

**[LEARN MORE](https://help.transifex.com/en/articles/6219740-apple-strings)**