Mac OSX Alias User Preferences

[Anonymous]

Hello

I'd like to export my user preferences from Alias Surface 2017 on windows to my OSX system.

The file, that is being generated when exporting the preferences can't be read on OSX.

There is a folder in the appdata named 'UserPrefs'. Where should I copy it on OSX?

[systembolaget]

The preference file is unfortunately (there's no good reason, really) incompatible. You have to set it up manually on both operating systems.

[bob55]

Because of the difference between Mac and Windows use of Carriage return and line feeds, the files can't be parsed on the Mac as is.

It's important that you understand that you can't have a common prefs location shared between Windows and a Mac.  Whenever Windows writes the prefs out, the Mac will no longer read them.

Below are instructions on how to fix the files on the Mac.  

First copy your prefs on the Mac (Just in case) and copy your UserPrefs2018 directory to your Mac.

Don’t use a preference set file.

On OSX open a terminal window (Applications/Utility)

And in there execute the following…

cd ~/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/Alias/UserPrefs2018

for file in $(find . -name "*.scm" -print); do  col -b < $file >tmp ;mv tmp $file; done;

for file in $(find . -name "AliasPluginsList" -print); do  col -b < $file >tmp ;mv tmp $file; done;

for file in $(find . -name "AutoStudio_user_options" -print); do  col -b < $file >tmp ;mv tmp $file; done;

At this point your prefs should be ok to use on a Mac.