@dkocher commented

Are you running the version from the Mac App Store?

@dkocher commented

Replying to [comment:1 dkocher]:

Are you running the version from the Mac App Store?

When running sandboxed which is the case for the version available from the Mac App Store, the user defaults are saved in ~/Library/Containers/ch.sudo.cyberduck/Data/Library/Preferences/ch.sudo.cyberduck.plist.

1a88ac8 commented

No, it is download from cyberduck.io

@dkocher commented

You must always manipulate the plist with the defaults command. Editing the file manually will give you random results as the file is managed by the system.

1a88ac8 commented

Replying to [comment:5 dkocher]:

You must always manipulate the plist with the defaults command. Editing the file manually will give you random results as the file is managed by the system.

I didn't manipulate the plist with the defaults command, I just simply replace the old plist with new one in Finder, and Cyberduck read the old preferences from other location instead from the supposed location "~/Library/Preferences/"

I encounter this since I transfer the old iMac Cyberduck preferences to new iMac, I fresh launched the Cyberduck on new iMac before copy the old iMac plist into new iMac Preferences folder first, than I can't load back the old iMac Cyberduck preferences...I delete Cyberduck and plist and "~/Library/Application Support/Cyberduck", but new iMac settings still keep exist when I moved a new copy of Cyberduck into Application and launch it...

@dkocher commented

Replying to [comment:7 mmminimano]:

Replying to [comment:5 dkocher]:

You must always manipulate the plist with the defaults command. Editing the file manually will give you random results as the file is managed by the system.

I didn't manipulate the plist with the defaults command, I just simply replace the old plist with new one in Finder, and Cyberduck read the old preferences from other location instead from the supposed location "~/Library/Preferences/"

I encounter this since I transfer the old iMac Cyberduck preferences to new iMac, I fresh launched the Cyberduck on new iMac before copy the old iMac plist into new iMac Preferences folder first, than I can't load back the old iMac Cyberduck preferences...I delete Cyberduck and plist and "~/Library/Application Support/Cyberduck", but new iMac settings still keep exist when I moved a new copy of Cyberduck into Application and launch it...

Thanks for additional comment. We do not manipulate the preference ourselves but only through the system frameworks provided. Therefore there is not much I can do here expect to advice to quit Cyberduck before replacing the preferences.

1a88ac8 commented

Replying to [comment:9 dkocher]:

Replying to [comment:7 mmminimano]:

Replying to [comment:5 dkocher]:

You must always manipulate the plist with the defaults command. Editing the file manually will give you random results as the file is managed by the system.

I didn't manipulate the plist with the defaults command, I just simply replace the old plist with new one in Finder, and Cyberduck read the old preferences from other location instead from the supposed location "~/Library/Preferences/"

I encounter this since I transfer the old iMac Cyberduck preferences to new iMac, I fresh launched the Cyberduck on new iMac before copy the old iMac plist into new iMac Preferences folder first, than I can't load back the old iMac Cyberduck preferences...I delete Cyberduck and plist and "~/Library/Application Support/Cyberduck", but new iMac settings still keep exist when I moved a new copy of Cyberduck into Application and launch it...

Thanks for additional comment. We do not manipulate the preference ourselves but only through the system frameworks provided. Therefore there is not much I can do here expect to advice to quit Cyberduck before replacing the preferences.

I just don't understand why Cyberduck don't read the preferences plist from Preferences folder from app start...(It did when it first time launch, I think maybe there no settings cached in systems...)