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Old November 3rd, 2001, 11:09 PM
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Re: Easier way to edit preferences

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Originally posted by Zoid
There is no need to use the command line to edit your own preferences file, nor do you have to be root.

Any files in /Users/<your account>/Library are owned by you and you can freely edit them without becoming root.

Also, if you have the developer tools installed (which I recommend even if you are not a developer), you can use the PropertyListEditor to edit preferences with a graphical client.

Good luck!
hi Zoid

was wondering......is it OK to install the developer tools after using OSX.1 for a while? i thought maybe it had to be done on in initial install?

any thoughts on this would be appreciated...

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