If you're curious to see how preferences are stored in OS X, you can use the command "defaults." To see which programs the system knows about, type
To view the prefs for a certain application, just type
A good reading of "man defaults" is also suggested before you change anything!
defaults domainsin a terminal session. This will list (in a not very elegant way) every application for which the system has stored preferences.
To view the prefs for a certain application, just type
defaults read [appname]where [appname] is a name as specified in the output of the first command. For example,
defaults read com.apple.finderwill show your Finder preferences. You can also (as the tips on changing the dock elsewhere on macosxhints demonstrate) change preference values with
defaults write...However, this is not recommended unless you really know what you're doing! Most apps, of course, give you full access to their settings from within the program, which is the preferred way to go about changing them!
A good reading of "man defaults" is also suggested before you change anything!
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