How to edit binary InfoPlist.strings in Mountain Lion (for Finder to display folders before files)? The article Force your Mac to sort folders on top of files (windows style), lets the Finder change its sorting order to first show folders and next all files.

This trick doesn't seem to work with Mountain Lion, InfoPlist.strings seems to be a binary file.

Do you know how to edit InfoPlist.strings in Mountain Lion?
The InfoPlist.strings file you mention is a binary formatted property list. You can convert and edit these files with developer tools such as plutil.

The following article walks through the steps required, Show folders last in Finder.