Backup and Restore Settings

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Backup and Restore Settings

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Press F5 to open Groovy Pad and then click on Icon Application Data to Import / Export your User Data.

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View preferences:

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filebot -script fn:preferences
Clear preferences:

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filebot -clear-prefs
Export preferences:

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filebot -script fn:preferences --output /path/to/folder
Import preferences:

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filebot -script fn:preferences *.prefs.xml


:idea: Your current preferences are stored in a platform-dependent manner (e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Prefs on Windows; data/settings.properties if portable, ~/Library/Preferences on macOS; ~/.java/.userPrefs on Debian Linux; etc) and a backup of your settings is exported as preferences.backup.xml into the application data folder every 30 days.
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