# Export/Import Mac\<-\>Mac
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237 "2021-03-04T17:44:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@hgagne](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hgagne)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/1 "2021-03-04T17:44:08Z")
Hi Florian,
Just purchased MP3TAG via the AppStore; saw your reply regarding Export/Import Mac \<-\> Windows.
Just wondering if you have plans to implement Export/Import Mac \<-\> Mac ... would make easier to “backup” settings and actions should one need to reinstall the Mac version.
Cheers
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/2 "2021-03-04T19:31:13Z")
Hi and welcome!
First of all, thanks for your support! It's much appreciated 🙂
Exporting the settings and importing on another Mac (or the same) is possible via the `defaults` command in Terminal.app. To export the settings you'd use
`defaults export app.mp3tag.Mp3tag ~/Desktop/Mp3tagSettings.plist`
and to import you'd use
`defaults import app.mp3tag.Mp3tag ~/Desktop/Mp3tagSettings.plist`
`defaults delete app.mp3tag.Mp3tag SecurityScopedBookmarks`
The last command is necessary to remove data that is specific to the Mac you've exported from.
Please note, that Mp3tag's settings are also part of every Time Machine backup you're doing and are restored if you restore from a backup.
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### Author:  [@hgagne](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hgagne)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/3 "2021-03-04T19:35:17Z")
Hi Florian,
Appreciate the quick reply!
I'll give that a "go"; I assume I can edit the export .PLIST with Mac TextEdit? If not, what PLIST editor should I use?
Thanks!
PS: So far so good, been able to match up the UI to Windows UI. 👍
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/4 "2021-03-04T19:43:42Z")
> [@hgagne](#):
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> I assume I can edit the export .PLIST with Mac TextEdit? If not, what PLIST editor should I use?
It's not intended to be edited externally so don't want to give any recommendation. TextEdit doesn't support plists, it's a file format with binary components to it.
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### Author:  [@hgagne](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hgagne)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/5 "2021-03-04T19:46:55Z")
Makes sense ...
It would be nice to have a "friendly" way to export/import custom Actions (etc.); for example, I recreated the Windows version of the "Case conversion", "CD-R', and "Standard"; would have uploaded them to the forum in case they would be of help to others since I've already done the work.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/6 "2021-03-04T19:50:00Z")
Yes, absolutely. This is already on my list for a later version. I also like the idea of being able to export and share action groups and categories.
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### Author:  [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/7 "2021-03-05T02:05:45Z")
Is this plist UTF-16 compatible?
If the settings are in PLIST, then we should be able to convert mta from Windows to mac.
It is best to create this export utility inside mp3tag windows in mac format, we can import in mac.
I have a huge list of actions in windows which is makes a big hurdle to move over to mac.
How soon are we planning to build this bridge?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/8 "2021-04-04T02:06:25Z")
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