Where are custom settings/presets on Mac (BSur)

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ralphremi
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Where are custom settings/presets on Mac (BSur)

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Description of problem or question:
Had hard drive problems, cannot boot from disk but can access rescued data. Would like to get back all my custom presets!

Steps to reproduce the problem (If Applicable):
Crash HD. Rescue all data, hook up disk to retrieve data

HandBrake version (e.g., 1.0.0): 142

Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, macOS 10.13 High Sierra, Windows 10 Creators Update):
MacOS Big Sur 11.6.2

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None available on that drive / not really relevant either though?
Thanks
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Ritsuka
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Re: Where are custom settings/presets on Mac (BSur)

Post by Ritsuka »

/Users/yourusername/Library/Containers/fr.handbrake.HandBrake/Data/Library/Application Support/HandBrake/UserPresets.json
ralphremi
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Re: Where are custom settings/presets on Mac (BSur)

Post by ralphremi »

Awesome. Thank you Ritsuka - that did the trick!
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Re: Where are custom settings/presets on Mac (BSur)

Post by MickM »

Looked everywhere on my Mac for this and came to the forums with the same question. Thanks for posting the solution, but that sure is a cryptic, non-standard Mac place to store it. Ideally, it would be in ~/Library/Application Support or in ~/Library/Preferences
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Re: Where are custom settings/presets on Mac (BSur)

Post by MickM »

Thought I'd also add that when navigating the Finder to locate the presets (for Big Sur anyway) you need to follow:

/Users/yourusername/Library/Containers/HandBrake/Data/Library/Application Support/HandBrake/UserPresets.json

The only reason I mention that is because in the Finder I don't actually see:

/Users/yourusername/Library/Containers/fr.handbrake.HandBrake

and curiously if you navigate via the path I mentioned at the top of this post, then the final path shown in the Finder titlebar is indeed that noted in Ritsuka's post. Weird.
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