How to Restore System Preferences From Time Machine

this user tip may be helpful: http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/15.html.

J GG

You can do that, but you have to figure out which preferences you want, and what file(s) they're in. And there are about a zillion of them!

Most user-level preferences you set via System Preferences are in one big file:

*<home folder>/Library/Preferences/com.apple/systempreferences.plist*

but a few are in separate files, such as:

*<home folder>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist*

System-level preferences, such as Time Machine's preferences, are in separate files in the top-level Library folder:

/Library/Preferences/com.apple.TimeMachine.plist

or one of several files in the sub-folder:

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguraton

Other preferences, such as all your Mail accounts, rules, etc., are in separate files at the user level, such as:

*<home folder>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist*

Great! And thanks for the star.

Hi...

great post pondini, thanks.... however I am specifically trying to restore some settings i changed in airport utility as my time machine/time capsule is working sporadically since I made the changes.... can you please let me know which file i should restore to revert back to my previous settings?

many thanks

G

Message was edited by: Gareth W

Try /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

If that doesn't help, try the +Time Capsule+ forum, where the networking gurus hang out, at: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1253

thanks for that... looks like things are back to how i like them! excellent! G