Here are a few procedures for manipulating your collection of settings/preferences for Rhino for Mac.

In Rhino 8 for Mac, you can reset your Settings/Preferences using the Reset command.

Some or all of Rhino's Settings can be restored to their default values.

The Save Settings for Support… button allows you to zip up all of your settings for archival purposes (useful for sending to McNeel developers for diagnosis).

Rhino 8 for Mac stores its Settings in the following folder:

/Users/[yourname]/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/[version]/settings

Each time you use Reset to reset your settings, Rhino saves a backup copy to the:

/Users/[yourname]/Library/Application Support/McNeel/Rhinoceros/[version]

folder so they can always be retrieved if your Reset in error.

The following information is out-of-date, but is provided for legacy versions of Rhino.

Rhino for Mac versions 5-7 provide three commands for managing your preferences:

1. ExportPreferences: Allows you to export your preferences .plist file for backup or sharing.
2. ImportPreferences: Allows you to selectively import preferences from a .plist file.
3. ResetPreferences: Deletes the changed preferences values at the time you run it. When you close Rhino, the application saves your preferences at that point, including window positions, sidebar preferences, and anything else you have used/changed since you ran ResetPreferences.

The above commands are highly recommended for management of preferences. However, if you are having trouble with your preferences, the following manual steps can be employed…

1. Quit Rhino completely.
2. In the Finder, hold down the Option key, and select Library in the Go menu.
3. Open the Preferences folder.
4. Find the com.mcneel.rhinoceros.plist file. Select Duplicate in the right-click context menu to make a copy. The copy will be named com.mcneel.rhinoceros copy.plist. (NOTE: In Rhino 7 or later, the preferences file includes a version number, such as: com.mcneel.rhinoceros.7.plist)

Follow this procedure to remove all of your changed Rhino preferences and reset all of them to the original values.

1. Quit Rhino.
2. Start the Terminal application found in your Applications > Utilities folder.
   A window with a command prompt appears.
3. Type defaults delete com.mcneel.rhinoceros and press Return.

NOTE: In Rhino 7 or later, the preferences file includes a version number, such as:

defaults delete com.mcneel.rhinoceros.7.plist

defaults delete com.mcneel.rhinoceros.8.plist

1. Wait until the Terminal prompt comes back. This can take 15-20 seconds.
2. Quit the Terminal application.

Follow this procedure to replace all of your current Rhino preferences with a previously saved copy.

1. Quit Rhino.
2. In the Finder, hold down the Option key, and select Library in the Go menu.
3. Open the Preferences folder.
4. Find the com.mcneel.rhinoceros.plist file. Drag it to the Trash. (NOTE: In Rhino 7 or later, the preferences file includes a version number, such as: com.mcneel.rhinoceros.7.plist)
5. Rename your previously saved preferences file to com.mcneel.rhinoceros.plist.
   1. Note: If you moved your saved plist file to a different folder, you need to drag it back into the preferences folder.
6. Start the Terminal application found in your Applications > Utilities folder.
   A window with a command prompt appears.
7. Type defaults read com.mcneel.rhinoceros and press Return. A lot of output will appear in the Terminal window.
8. Quit the Terminal application.