Re: Mail preferences in Mt Lion
Re: Mail preferences in Mt Lion
- Subject: Re: Mail preferences in Mt Lion
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:35:02 -0600
On Jan 18, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Ron Hunsinger wrote:
> Are you saying that you modify Mail's preference file directly?
Yes. (But no longer)
> Are you doing that while Mail is running?
No.
> It has NEVER been reliable to modify an application's preference file while the app is running. Any application, not just Mail.
I know. Mail would sometime write a file to an unknown location.
> Typically, an application sucks in its preference file at startup, and may from time to time re-write it if any preference's value changes.
I know. Sometimes it doesn't work. And sometimes, it's the only way to do something, such as installing a menu folder into the Dock. (Which works very well.)
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