# Importing from windows

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-from-windows/51686
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [January 22, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-from-windows/51686 "2021-01-22T13:59:47Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-from-windows/51686/2 "2021-01-22T14:03:02Z")

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It’s not possible, see also here

> [@Settings backup and restore](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/settings-backup-and-restore/51350/2):
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> Thanks also for the suggestions. Import of settings from the Windows version is one of the things I’m hesitant to do — it would require re-implementing the settings formats from Windows and I’d have to deal with missing action types and other differences in the Mac version. Regarding backup of settings: Mp3tag for Mac uses the User Defaults system of macOS. If you're familiar with the command line, you can use the defaults tool, e.g., defaults export app.mp3tag.Mp3tag ~/Desktop/Mp3tag.plist

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