# Sharing custom actions on macOS
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159
**Category:** Mac
**Tags:** feature
**Created:** [May 9, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159 "2021-05-09T19:27:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@user672](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/user672)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/1 "2021-05-09T19:27:23Z")
Hi
Where are the custom actions located on Mac, cannot locate he folder
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/2 "2021-05-09T19:35:28Z")
Hi and welcome!
There is no dedicated folder, Mp3tag uses macOS defaults system for storing the actions. More on that already discussed here:
> [@Export/Import Mac\<-\>Mac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-import-mac-mac/52237/2):
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> Hi and welcome! First of all, thanks for your support! It's much appreciated slight_smile 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 rem…
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### Author:  [@user672](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/user672)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/3 "2021-05-09T20:24:58Z")
Thanks you for your prompt response. Would be great to see an easier way of sharing Custom Actions in future updates. Thanks again and keep up the great work
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/4 "2021-05-10T07:27:24Z")
Thanks for your feedback! For my understanding: is it about sharing of actions with other users or do you have a different use case in mind?
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### Author:  [@user672](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/user672)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/5 "2021-05-10T12:16:30Z")
That's precisely the reason would be nice to share scripts for example I created Cyrillic to Latin converter , it's not somewhat time consuming so would be easier for people to download the scripts rather than having to create from scratch
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/6 "2025-12-21T09:43:31Z")
I've just released [Mp3tag for Mac v1.10](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-1-10-released/70391), which adds support for exporting and importing action groups as JSON files.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2026, 9:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-custom-actions-on-macos/53159/7 "2026-01-20T09:44:27Z")
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