[MartinRondeau]

Does anyone know if it's possible to export Mac OS' System Preferences, all of them?

For example, I buy a new Macbook Pro and tweak the System Prefences to my liking (from the display settings to mouse, trackpad, to energy saver to date & time, etc.). Then I'd like to export that file System_Prefences.Example so that if I decided to buy a second Macbook for whatever reason, I won't have to go to every system preference and redo the same tweaks, I could simply import that file.

Alternatively, perhaps a file or report that I could use as a guide such as:

PERSONAL
 APPEARANCE
  xxxx setting

SYSTEM
 DATE & TIME
  xxxx setting

Right now I note every change myself in a text file or take screenshots of every setting. It would be nice if there was some kind of utility that would make it easier.

[bastion]

MartinRondeau, on 27 July 2012 - 07:46 AM, said:

Does anyone know if it's possible to export Mac OS' System Preferences, all of them?

For example, I buy a new Macbook Pro and tweak the System Prefences to my liking (from the display settings to mouse, trackpad, to energy saver to date & time, etc.). Then I'd like to export that file System_Prefences.Example so that if I decided to buy a second Macbook for whatever reason, I won't have to go to every system preference and redo the same tweaks, I could simply import that file.

There's no built-in functionality to do this. Writing it would be possible but not a free-time/weekend project.

You could *probably* get by just copying the plist files for the pref panes you care about from ~/Library/Preferences. It's just a matter of deciding which ones those are and identifying them. It's *possible* that depend on the specific information being stored they might not travel well. But I think that would be a rare scenario.

This post has been edited by bastion: 27 July 2012 - 08:32 AM