Transfer BBEdit 9.6 preferences to a new computer

[Brad Bansner]

I bought a new MacBook Pro and want to transfer my BBEdit 9.6 preferences. I copied the file com.barebones.bbedit.plist from the Library/Preferences folder, however when I run BBEdit on the new computer, I don't see any of my preferences. Am I copying the wrong file?

Thank you!

[François Schiettecatte]

Brad

You probably also need to transfer the '~/Library/BBEdit' and '~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit' folders too.

Cheers

François

On Aug 26, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Brad Bansner <br...@bbdesign.com> wrote:

> I bought a new MacBook Pro and want to transfer my BBEdit 9.6 preferences. I copied the file com.barebones.bbedit.plist from the Library/Preferences folder, however when I run BBEdit on the new computer, I don't see any of my preferences. Am I copying the wrong file?
>
> Thank you!
>

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[Brad Bansner]

I do not see either of those folders on my computer (Mac OS 10.7.5). I did find Bare Bones files in the LaunchDaemons and PrivilegedHelperTools folders, which I copied over as well, but nothing seems to take. OK, going to Option-View I was able to find BBEdit in the Application Support folder for my user (not the main system library, the one for my user). I copied that over to both Application Support directories. I still just get the BBEdit default preferences, though.

[François Schiettecatte]

Brad

At this point, I am out of suggestions, I use BBEdit 10.5.5 on Mac OS 10.8.4 and my original suggestions worked for me. Maybe someone who is running 9.x can chime in, or you could contact BareBones support. You could also check the documentation, I know they have suggestions for sharing preferences across machines via DropBox for BBEdit 10, maybe they have something there for BBEdit 9 which would provide some hints.

Cheers

François

On Aug 26, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Brad Bansner <br...@bbdesign.com> wrote:

> I do not see either of those folders on my computer (Mac OS 10.7.5). I did find Bare Bones files in the LaunchDaemons and PrivilegedHelperTools folders, which I copied over as well, but nothing seems to take. OK, going to Option-View I was able to find BBEdit in the Application Support folder for my user (not the main system library, the one for my user). I copied that over to both Application Support directories. I still just get the BBEdit default preferences, though.
>

[Patrick Woolsey]

At 10:52 -0700 08/26/2013, Brad Bansner wrote:
>I do not see either of those folders on my computer (Mac OS 10.7.5). I did
>find Bare Bones files in the LaunchDaemons and PrivilegedHelperTools
>folders, which I copied over as well,

Please note you do not need to (nor should you) copy those files since
BBEdit will automatically create them as needed.

>OK, going to Option-View I was able to find BBEdit in the Application
>Support folder for my user (not the main system library, the one for

>my user). I still just get the BBEdit default preferences, though.

First, for anyone following along at home:

Though both OS X 10.7 and 10.8 hide your account's local Library
folder (i.e. /Users/USERNAME/Library/) by default, you can access
this folder in the Finder by pressing and holding down the Option
key, then choosing "Library" in the Go menu.

Next, BBEdit's application support folder:

/Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/

is the place to find all your existing BBEdit support items (clippings,
scripts, etc.), and you'll want to copy this folder over to the same
relative location on your new machine (but _not_ into the global Library
folder "/Library/").

Finally, your BBEdit preferences file is stored in the Preferences folder
within your user account's local Library folder:

/Users/USERNAME/Library/Preferences/com.barebones.bbedit.plist

So, to transfer your preferences from your old Mac to the new one, please:

1. Quit BBEdit on both machines.

2. On your old Mac, locate your BBEdit prefs file and copy it over to
your new Mac.

3. On your new Mac, move the copied BBEdit prefs file into place,
replacing any existing file of the same name.

Once you've done that, please launch BBEdit, which should now obey all your
previously-configured preferences, and you should be good to go.


Regards,

Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>

[Brad Bansner]

Thanks so much!