Upon updating to the latest WIP, 8.0.23220.12306, 2023-08-08, all of my settings are gone. Display modes, Aliases, shortcuts, etc. are no longer there. I ExportPreferences prior to updates just in case something like this happens but in the new version, I can’t even ImportPreferences using a .plis…

Hi Jeff - [image] jeff_hammond: Is this expected behavior? This WIP version is a reset or something and all settings will need to be redone? No, that hasn’t happened here. [image] jeff_hammond: some other people who didn’t do that might be screwed with this update though so be prepared …

[image] Wim Dekeyser: I guess we’ll see if this is more than an isolated case… I lost my settings too, and no backup. Unless they could be dug out of TimeMachine… Where does the setting file stored? [I’m guessing it would probably be In Application Support/Mcneel…?] [Edit] Is this the f…

[image] Wim Dekeyser: I guess we’ll see if this is more than an isolated case… no, same thing happened to my coworker.. they’re not backed up. (but they have nowhere near the amount of customization I have so not a huge deal for them I guess)

Hi Akash - [image] Akash: Is this the file that needs to be replaced? From Jeff’s comment, it sounds like renaming that to *.ini and importing that would work. We are in the process of getting rid of plists and storing all settings in *.xml files as we do on Windows. I’m not sure that simpl…

We didn’t do a good job communicating about this. We’re hoping to obsolete the ~/Library/Preferences/com.mcneel.rhinoceros.8.plist in favor of storing everything in ~/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/... xml settings files. I don’t think we tested the migration path properly.

[image] jeff_hammond: hmm… so I changed the name of my preference backup from AUG9.plist to AUG9.ini and imported it and the stuff seems to import correctly. Thank for finding a way @jeff_hammond I’ve found an old [older than yesterdays] .plist in TimeMachine, I copied and renamed it… But …

There’s a command called ExportPreferences and a command called ImportPreferences. When you ExportPreferences, the file type it generates is a .plist That’s the one I used to get all my settings back after changing it to a .ini I really don’t think the .plist you’ve located is going to work but i…

Yes it doesn’t accept it… [tried renaming as preference but it doesn’t help] I’ll see if i can overwriting the .xml. [Edit]. So there’s no setting.xml before yesterday so it seems there’s no way to get back the lost settings. It Would have been little effort to have given us an advance warning. …

Hi Akash - [image] Akash: So there’s no setting.xml before yesterday so it seems there’s no way to get back the lost settings. Theoretically (my settings weren’t reset so I can really test all parts of this), you should still be able to use an earlier WIP to export the options as a plist fil…

[image] jeff_hammond: I really don’t think the .plist you’ve located is going to work but it’s worth trying. @Akash Indeed, I think Jeff is right… You likely have the .plist after the new RhinoWIP obliterated the contents. However, if you have TimeMachine set up, perhaps you can rewind tim…

All preferences wiped out -- 8.0.23220.12306, 2023-08-08

Serengeti (Rhino WIP)

brian (Brian Gillespie) August 15, 2023, 10:46pm 22

RH-76260 is fixed in the latest WIP

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All preferences wiped out -- 8.0.23220.12306, 2023-08-08

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