Re: Mulberry unable to find preferences on reinstalled Mac

-- Martin Dietze <[email protected]> is rumored to have mumbled on 18. 
Dezember 2014 19:27:23 +0100 regarding [Mulberry-discuss] Mulberry unable 
to find preferences on	reinstalled Mac:

>
> I just reinstalled my Macbook and recovered my home dir from a backup.
> When I now start Mulberry it asks me for my configuration, though
> there still is my mulberry configuration in Library/Preferences.
>
> What can I do to not have to enter everything again by hand?

From the archives:

> Thanks for the quick reply. Am chagrined that I did not notice the "open"
> button!!
>
> A nuance: when I click 'Open' the file dialog does not show either the
> com.* or the Mulberry Prefs file as selectable under "All Readable
> Documents" or "Mulberry preferences file". But it worked after I selected
> "All Documents.
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> --On March 10, 2008 12:16:08 PM +0100 Sebastian Hagedorn
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> --On 10. März 2008 00:14:53 -1000 "Daniel D. Suthers"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Platform: OS X (from 10.4.11. to 10.5.2)
>>> Mulberry version: 4.0.8 (freshly installed on both platforms)
>>>
>>> In the past I have successfully moved my Mulberry preferences to
>>> a new installation. I believe I have done so by copying these
>>> two files:
>>>
>>> ~/Library/Preferences/com.cyrusoft.mulberry.plist
>>> ~/Library/Preferences/Mulberry Prefs
>>>
>>> This time, when I start 4.0.8 on the new machine it comes up
>>> with no preferences. Am I missing a file? Do preferences not
>>> port across OS versions? Any help appreciated, as I can't find
>>> this in the documentation.
>>
>> I'm not sure why it's not working the way you're trying it, but I
>> have a suggestion for a workaround. Use the "Open" button in the
>> Preferences dialog to open your old preferences. Then click "Save
>> Default". That should do it.

Hope this helps.
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