It is not "overthinking" to pose the question; I'm interested in learning
more, not just being a copy and paste visitor.
Apple's file structures remind me of Churchill on the Soviet Union: a
riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
I believe the source file "lives" here:
Neil. Thank you for the explanation, I thought it had to do with the
defaults command, I just did not have any facts.
Ha. Now I am exporting all my defaults files. too much fun.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 1:21 PM Neil Faiman wrote:
>
> On Jan 10, 2023, at 4:00 PM, Tim A wrote:
>
> No, I don't
On 1/10/23 at 11:06 AM, timaaron...@gmail.com (Tim A) wrote:
open the Terminal utility app on the _source Mac_ and enter
the following command (you can copy & paste it):
defaults export com.barebones.bbedit ~/Desktop/BBEditPreferences.plist
Where does Terminal find this BBEdit file to
> On Jan 10, 2023, at 4:00 PM, Tim A wrote:
>
> No, I don't see how the Terminal command defaults export com.barebones.bbedit
> identifies/knows the path to the file to export from the old computer, and
> then knows where to write via import from the desktop of the new computer the
> file
>
> Perhaps you've already realized what you missed, but in case you haven't,
> here is the entire instruction: - Peter
>
No, I don't see how the Terminal command *defaults* *export
com.barebones.bbedit* identifies/knows the path to the file to export from
the old computer, and then knows
Tim,
Perhaps you've already realized what you missed, but in case you haven't,
here is the entire instruction:
Please make sure BBEdit is not running on either machine, then
open the Terminal utility app on the _source Mac_ and enter the
following command (you can copy & paste it):
defaults
> open the Terminal utility app on the _source Mac_ and enter the
> following command (you can copy & paste it):
> defaults export com.barebones.bbedit ~/Desktop/BBEditPreferences.plist
>
> Where does Terminal find this BBEdit file to export? I've looked in
~/Library and the BBEdit
