# Export Action Group
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325 "2024-01-05T11:52:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@lcpinhal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lcpinhal)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/1 "2024-01-05T11:52:09Z")
Is there a way to export action groups?
I tried this, [Action Group export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-group-export/46543), but it does not display 'save configuration'
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/2 "2024-01-05T12:28:56Z")
If you save your Mp3tag configuration with File -\> Save configuration, the Action Groups are part of the "Mp3tagSettings.zip"-Archive.
Just have a look inside the \*.zip file and you will find all of them in the subfolder `\data\actions`
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### Author:  [@lcpinhal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lcpinhal)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/3 "2024-01-05T12:40:36Z")
not really finding File \> Save Configuration on Mac
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/4 "2024-01-05T13:23:01Z")
Can you explain why you need this? It would help me in giving further directions.
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### Author:  [@Arbiter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Arbiter)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/5 "2024-01-08T06:33:54Z")
Sounds like you are thinking of the Windows app. On macOS the process to backup all preferences (including action groups and such) is to open Terminal (`/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app`), then use this command to export the preferences to the Desktop (you can change the output file name and location to whatever you prefer):
`defaults export app.mp3tag.Mp3tag ~/Desktop/Mp3tag.plist`
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### Author:  [@lcpinhal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lcpinhal)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/6 "2024-01-15T03:01:17Z")
Perfect. That worked. How do I import it back though?
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### Author:  [@lcpinhal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lcpinhal)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/7 "2024-01-15T03:02:10Z")
I'm planning to restore my Mac. But I don't want to lose my preferences
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### Author:  [@Arbiter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Arbiter)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/8 "2024-01-15T03:39:01Z")
Two things:
1. If you've made a Time Machine backup or a whole disk backup through some other software, then the plist of your MP3Tag preferences will be backed up as part of that. Here's how that works in case you don't know: [Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250)
2. `defaults export app.mp3tag.Mp3tag ~/Desktop/Mp3tag.plist` makes a backup of your preferences and (assuming you didn't move the backup file from your desktop) `defaults import app.mp3tag.Mp3tag ~/Desktop/Mp3tag.plist` will restore the preferences from the backup plist. In other words, just changed `export` to backup preferences from the app, to `import` to restore preferences into the app.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/9 "2024-01-15T09:04:45Z")
There is also an entry in the Documentation on this: [Exporting and importing preferences settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/preferences-and-configuration/56296#exporting-and-importing-preferences-settings-12).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-group/63325/10 "2024-03-10T19:55:54Z")
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