I've had to replace a dead Macbook Pro. While I did do a time machine backup, I'd rather not restore a new machine from that backup. A third party app though, had data that I can't replace. Would anyone know in what location data from a third party app would be stored, so I can access just that data from the backup?
Thanks for your help.
JP
Application data for apps that you bought via the Mac App Store goes in your ~/Library/Containers directory (this is basically ~/Library/Application Support for sandboxed applications).
It depends on the app. They keep things in various places. Here are a few places I'd check:
Preferences (~/Library/Preferences)
In the package contents for the application (/Applications, then do right- or command-click on the app, and select "show package contents")
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/Audio (for audio apps)
I'd also look in /Library for duplicates of anything you find in ~/Library
Perhaps the documentation for the app, or whoever makes the app, or a user forum for the app, could give you some info.
Another trick is to try an app like app zapper, which is for deleting an app and all associated files. You could use that to identify the files.
And do a spotlight search.
What is the app?
Thanks Arthur;
I looked in all of these places and was unable to find anything. The idea of an app uninstaller is a good one though. I use Appdelete from Reggie ?, and it does list locations.
I did the simple thing and just recovered from a time machine backup: something I didn't want to do, in case there was something there that had an influence on the death of the first machine. It's all fine now though.
Thanks for your input.
Jim
Check in your user Library/Application Support folder for a folder with the apps name or developer's name.
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