Transfer V8 macOS settings to V8 Windows users

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I have 25 V8 Windows users to whom I want to transfer my V8 macOS settings (toolbar “containers”, panel “containers”, Display Modes, and overall UI layout. How do I do this?

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OptionsExport OptionsImport i assume, that may only work between macs though i did not test it between platforms but give it a try.

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That’s not working.

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for Rhino 8, see this guide:

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but, is it a bug or why this complicated work around now?

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OptionsExport/Import dumps out a specific plist/.ini on win/mac which doesn’t work cross platform. Rhino saves (almost) all of its settings in the settings folder the guide above mentions and is the preferred method of transferring. And in 9 this will be a nice easy solution.

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Thanks, but that ain’t working for transfer from V8 macOS to V8 Windows. Could you list in bullet points what’s to be done to get it right?

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What doesn’t work @Lagom, are you missing aliases, shortcuts, window layouts? When you followed the steps all your Rhino instances were closed?

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I went to Library > Application Support > McNeel > Rhinoceros > 8.0 and attached the macOS settings folder to an email. However, the Windows users have no %APPDATA%\McNeel\Rhinoceros\8.0\ folder to paste the settings folder into. Maybe the corporate central device-management, quite common these days, is at play? Often, programs are run via AppsAnywhere.

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The users open Rhino 8 on windows and that folder still doesn’t exist at all?

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I check again tomorrow what they see or not.