Import Short Cuts into MAC

jeff hammond

or from another Mac
Thanks

the shortcuts .plist is in your user library..

(if you're on lion, the user library isn't readily available.. do this:
-click finder in the dock
-click the "Go" menu at the top of the screen
-push the option key
-notice when you hold the option key down, a menu item named Library appears.. this is your user library.. Click on it

-- if you're not on lion then just go user/ library

(the rest of this applies to all osx versions)

go Application Support/ Google SketchUp #/ SketchUp

in the SketchUp folder, you'll see a file namedShortcuts.plist

you can move that file to another mac in the same location and the shortcuts will be available on the new setup

RCD

Ready to switch from SU Pro Windows and pay the fee to go SU Pro for MAc. I have about 50 custom keyboard shortcuts on Win version. Seems impossible to import them from Win to Mac or am I missing something?
Thanks, Ron

cmac14

I'm trying to import my Preferences.dat file from windows into my mac. Anyone know how?

Baruch T

Hey

I've recently upgraded my iMac to Mavricks, and I can't find my shortcuts.plist in the above mentioned folder. In fact I cant find it anywhere. Any ideas. Thanks!

driven

@baruch t said:

.... Any ideas. Thanks!

try setting a new shortcut, using 'Preferences'...

then have a look in your "User/Library" path to see if SU has made it...

some of the folders aren't made until requested or altered...

john

Baruch T

@driven said:

some of the folders aren't made until requested or altered...

john

Thank you John

Ive recently purchased a PC and was wondering if there is any way to transfer my shortcuts from a mac to a PC?

Thanks
Baruch

driven

@baruch t said:

...any way to transfer my shortcuts from a mac to a PC?

not that I'm aware of, they are stored in very different formats...
john

slbaumgartner

A couple of years ago I wrote the attached Ruby to import shortcuts to Mac from Windows. Read the comments at the top of the file for instructions on how to run it and how to recover if it borks. As the comments state, this is experimental code. It worked for me, but I can not guarantee that it will not cause any issues in your specific case.

Steve

importprefs.rb

driven

!steve
you could add the

.gsub(/[Pp]lugins/, "Extensions") if v15

in there as well...

just a thought
john

slbaumgartner

@driven said:

!steve
you could add the

.gsub(/[Pp]lugins/, "Extensions") if v15

in there as well...

just a thought
john

Good point. I hadn't run this on 2015 as yet...

driven

and what about going the other direction...

i.e good to bad, oops mac to windows...

slbaumgartner

@driven said:

and what about going the other direction...

i.e good to bad, oops mac to windows...

I'll leave that exercise to one of the fallen...