# Migrate from Windows to MacOS
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/migrate-from-windows-to-macos/67755
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [March 8, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/migrate-from-windows-to-macos/67755 "2025-03-08T01:37:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@sydlexius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sydlexius)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/migrate-from-windows-to-macos/67755/1 "2025-03-08T01:37:13Z")
Having been a long time user on the Windows side of the fence, I've had to make use of the backup/restore functionality on more than one occasion. I recently began using mp3tag on a Mac, going so far as to register/pay for the product. Is there a simple/straightforward process to migrate settings, actions, tag sources, etc. from Windows to Mac?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/migrate-from-windows-to-macos/67755/2 "2025-03-08T01:48:05Z")
You can find these details in this thread.
> [@Easiest way to transfer all actions, settings, column configurations, etc. to a new PC?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easiest-way-to-transfer-all-actions-settings-column-configurations-etc-to-a-new-pc/60004):
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> Hi guys, I'm looking for some sort of documentation or process for the easiest way to take all of my MP3Tag settings, including application preferences, custom actions, column settings/view options, etc. and move them for importing into a completely new version or instance of MP3Tag on a new PC. The last time I tried to do this, I must have missed a few files, and I failed to import all of my actions and settings correctly. If there's also a way to do this for the Mac version/s too, that would …
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/migrate-from-windows-to-macos/67755/3 "2025-03-08T06:29:10Z")
There is an entry for that in the FAQ
> [@Frequently Asked Questions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/frequently-asked-questions/51958/1):
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> Importing `.mta` action groups is available since Mp3tag for Mac v1.4.4. Other settings can't be imported at the moment and it's unlikely to be implemented.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/migrate-from-windows-to-macos/67755/4 "2025-04-07T06:29:55Z")
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