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Persistent User Defaults


  • Subject: Persistent User Defaults
  • From: Richard Charles <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 09:42:53 -0600

On macOS an applications user defaults are stored in a preference plist file
located in ~/Library/Preferences.

If this file is deleted, user preferences for the application still persist
until the machine is rebooted. In other words if you want to start with a clean
set of user preferences not only must you delete the preference plist file but
you must also restart the machine.

Can anyone shed light on this behavior?

--Richard Charles

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