Thank you! Do those files work for all recent versions of BBEdit? (13, 14, 15?)
On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 10:49 AM Patrick Woolsey <[email protected]> wrote: > To start, you can transfer your existing BBEdit preference settings from > one Mac to another as follows: > > Please make sure BBEdit is not running on either machine, then open the > Terminal app on the _source Mac_ and enter the following command (you can > copy & paste it): > > defaults export com.barebones.bbedit ~/Desktop/BBEditPreferences.plist > > Next, transfer the resulting file ("BBEditPreferences.plist") to the > Desktop on your _target Mac_, which you can do by any standard means (e.g. > via iCloud Drive, AirDrop, or an USB thumb drive). > > Then, launch the Terminal app on the target Mac and run the following > command to apply the transferred prefs (again, you can copy & paste it): > > defaults import com.barebones.bbedit ~/Desktop/BBEditPreferences.plist > > In addition, if you have any existing app support items, such as > clippings, scripts, and/or text factories, you can also transfer those > items from your original machine to the new one. > > For complete details on the location and purposes of these items, please > see Chapter 2 of the included PDF manual (available at any time by choosing > Help -> User Manual). > > > Regards, > > Patrick Woolsey > == > Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > > > > > On Nov 05, 2024, at 18:44, Charlie Meyerson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > During (what I hope will be) brief repair of an M1 MacBook Air, I’d like > to migrate BBEdit and all its preferences (including Text Factories) from > that machine, running BBedit 14.6.9 under Sequoia, to an older Intel Mac > running Big Sur. > > > > Is this something easily done? > > > > Thanks, as ever! > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please > email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on > Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/A59D6131-75CE-4AC9-B05E-E2255911349D%40barebones.com > . > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or believe that the application isn't working correctly, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Mastodon: <https://mastodon.social/@bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/CAH1WhK9SVKwcN6UHWS_7Jsk20vNNFjzem0MVFYjQL8peR_vDjQ%40mail.gmail.com.
