All prefs lost on installation, how to get back?

[jtheletter]

I thought this was supposed to back up all my prefs, but instead it reset them all to defaults. How do I get them back? Where did I go wrong?

From the README, all I did was run brew install mackup and mackup backup, exactly as indicated in the first and only two instructions.

[jussapaavo]

Yes, mackup does not work correctly in Macos Sonoma, since it doesn't support symlinked files for preferences as it previously. For more information, see #1924 and especially this comment.

[jtheletter]

This app should be removed from GitHub, or at least its destruction of all app and OS preferences should be clearly indicated as a warning to future users atop the readme.

[chrisbloom7]

Yes, mackup does not work correctly in Macos Sonoma, since it doesn't support symlinked files for preferences as it previously. For more information, see #1924 and especially this comment.

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Um, maybe that should be communicated via the app itself!?!?! I just lost all my configs after doing a backup - I even ran with the dry-run option first to make sure it was going to add what I expected. Rebooted this morning, all preferences are gone and iCloud does not keep backups.

Yeah, this is an egregious abuse of user trust.

[jtheletter]

Here is a pull request to add a warning to users.

#2043

[chrisbloom7]

FYI: This workaround worked for me to restore the missing preferences even though iCloud was not showing all the preferences I was expecting to see backed up. 😌

[simphide]

Stupid question, but macOS Sonoma is explicitly mentioned to be broken - does the tool work for macOS Sequoia?