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Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:38 am
by cosmosgu
Dear all,
I am trying to reset XnView MP's settings on a Mac but cannot find its setting files. Searching "XnView" in my whole disk and in my library folder does not yield anything. I tried removing the .app file and downloading a fresh copy from XnView MP's website, but apparently this did not return XnView MP to its fresh state because the startup wizard did not appear when I started the application.
Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac and how can I reset them?
Thank you for your help.
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:33 am
by xnview
in ~/.config/xnviewmp
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:19 pm
by eph
Hello, This folder does not seem to exist, and XnViewMP keeps crashing on opening..
How can I find the config location?
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 1:48 pm
by xnview
the .config folder is hidden so you can access it via a terminal
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:37 pm
by eph
I mean I see no xnviewmp folder in the .config folder..
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:18 am
by eph
So there is no ~/.config/xnviewmp on my mac.
Also tried clearing defaults this way, but no success :
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defaults delete com.xnview.* && rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.xnview.*
FYI - response:
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defaults[1028:20530]
Domain (com.xnview.*) not found.
Defaults have not been changed.
How else can I revert the settings to default please?
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 1:03 pm
by xnview
you have Settings>Integration - Path - Open location
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2022 7:53 pm
by beachnik
Pierre,
- I just stumbled upon the OP’s message and thought I’d add some clarification.
- Please feel free to delete this post if I’ve got the details wrong.
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On my macOS, the installation of XnView MP by default put the settings file – xnview.ini – in a hidden folder – ‘.xnviewmp’ – immediately inside the Home folder.
Don’t see ‘hidden’ folders and files? The keyboard command to show hidden is to press these keys simultaneously: shift-command-period
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 7:20 am
by eph
It turns out (with help from Pierre) that on Mac (at least mine) the settings are stored here:
Ini deleted, all works again, and upgraded to version 1.00.
Huge congrats by the way!!
Re: Where does XnView MP store its setting files on a Mac?
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:39 am
by ragazzo
xnview wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:33 am
in ~/.config/xnviewmp
And there they are! Thank you everyone!