> On Apr 24, 2018, at 11:42 AM, Richard Charles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On macOS an applications user defaults are stored in a preference plist file
> located in ~/Library/Preferences.
Thats not entirely accurate. They can be in various locations,
including but not limited to ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost, /Library/Preferences
& /Library/Preferences/ByHost
> If this file is deleted, user preferences for the application still persist
> until the machine is rebooted. In other words if you want to start with a
> clean set of user preferences not only must you delete the preference plist
> file but you must also restart the machine.
>
> Can anyone shed light on this behavior?
You should use the ‘defaults’ command in Terminal to do modifications
like this (see 'man defaults’ for more info). It will cause CFPreferences to
reload the prefs for the effected app automagically. If you want to blow away
all the prefs for an app use ‘defaults delete <app identifier string>’. If you
want to load a pre-configured .plist use 'defaults import <app identifier
string> <path to plist>’.
Hope that helps.
—Rob
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