Backup and Restore Your Terminal Preferences and Save Your Code’s Ready-for-business Look

Last Modified:	October 19, 2010
Software Affected:	Terminal 2.0.2
OS:	Mac OS X 10.5
Description:	This article shows you where to find your Terminal settings and how to backup and restore these items.

Backup:

1. Quit Terminal
2. Locate the ‘Preferences’ folder found here:
   ~/Library
3. Within the ‘Preferences’ folder, locate the com.apple.Terminal.plist file
4. Copy this file to your backup media
5. You have now successfully backed up Terminal

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Restore:

1. Quit Terminal
2. Recover the com.apple.Terminal.plist file that you backed up
3. Copy it into here:
   ~/Library/Preferences
4. Enter the username and password for an administrator on your computer and click continue
5. Launch Terminal located here:
   /Applications/Terminal/
6. You have successfully restored Terminal

Do this with BackJack