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Any idea which .plist would do this? Or is there an app that can export and import this data for me?
I just don' t feel like recreating them... yet again. Thanks.
Mac Pro, macOS 10.14
Thanks for that. I was able to find it with that app but with further research I also found this...
To show hidden files on your Mac -
It wasn't until this post that I realized that when you hold Option and select Go > Library from the menu that it unhides the Users Library folder but not the hidden files inside.
It looks I can just start with Command+Shift+Dot to unhide everything in the system.
And then be extremely careful of course.
May not be the safest approach for some. But for me it's just what I wanted.
Unfortunately that didn't work. Copied the file over and restarted and my keyboard shortcuts aren't there. Maybe the Mac Pro running Mojave can't or doesn't use the same kind of file as the Mac Book Pro Max running Monterey? Maybe I need to find the same file on a Mojave backup. No... just tried that.. that didn't work either. That info must be saved somewhere else.
Thanks. I've read on several posts that that's the file I'm suppose to move but I don't seem to have it. I'm showing my hidden Library folder and searching in the Preferences folder. I can't see it in the folder or in any search results. I'm stumped.
What would I do to achieve "Sys Prefs Quit"?
Because, prefs & other things that use .plist files rewrite the settings they loaded previously when they quit..
Read in old .plist, replace with new .plist, write over new .plist with old settings when closing.
Quit Sys Prefs, move file, do Get Info on file, make sure You have R&W rights, restart.
Maybe a Safe Start instead of Restart.
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Booted into safe mode and copied file from a volume confirmed to have the keyboard shortcuts... but agin... no joy.
This isn't mission critical. I can always just recreate the shortcuts by hand. But that feels like the dumb way.
Going to try a few things. Will report back. Thanks for everything so far.
In Mojave it seems to be this file...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
It's also hidden with a leading dot.
Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php
Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.
Find...
.GlobalPreferences.plist
Yep, good work, many ways to get there, FaF is great though.
Did you have Sys Prefs Quit when replacing?
Did you check permissions of the file after copying?
What would I do to achieve "Sys Prefs Quit"? Permissions are Read and Write for my name and No Access for everyone. This is the case for all systems I check that file on.
Can you be more specific as to what steps I would take to successfully copy that file over?
OK. :)
Easy way to move all my keyboard shortcuts from my Monterey system to my Mojave system?
