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Bring Mail Plug-In Preferences into Portable Mail?
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I've been using Portable Mail now for a while and really like it.
I'm curious if there is a way to pull in preference plists associated with Mail plug-ins into Portable Mail?
I've recently started using MailTags and MailActOn which work great with Portable Mail.
The catch is, the preference files for each are stored outside of the Mail folder.
Is there any way to bring these into Portable Mail so they're in sync on each Mac I use Portable Mail with?
I'm curious if there is a way to pull in preference plists associated with Mail plug-ins into Portable Mail?
I've recently started using MailTags and MailActOn which work great with Portable Mail.
The catch is, the preference files for each are stored outside of the Mail folder.
Is there any way to bring these into Portable Mail so they're in sync on each Mac I use Portable Mail with?
You need to symlink you plugin preferences plist file with one in your portable drive.
You can do it using Automator, AppleScript or shell script. Have you the path of this preferences plis file?
You can do it using Automator, AppleScript or shell script. Have you the path of this preferences plis file?
Re: Bring Mail Plug-In Preferences into Portable Mail?
Posted by
Michael Reiner
at
February 19. 2009
@Gand
I tried creating a symlink to the preference file as you suggest, but it appears that every time I launch Portable Mail, the plugin creates a new .plist file and overwrites the symlink to the portable drive. Any way around this?
Thanks
I tried creating a symlink to the preference file as you suggest, but it appears that every time I launch Portable Mail, the plugin creates a new .plist file and overwrites the symlink to the portable drive. Any way around this?
Thanks
Did you create symlink using terminal with a command like:
Otherwise you need a script that copy (not symlink) your plist file from your portable drive to hard disk before Portable Mail open, and restore it when Portable Mail close. You can edit Portable Mail script (is not crypted) that you find inside Portable Mail app bundle: /Portable\ Mail.app/Contents/Resources/script
ln -s /path/to/your/plist.file /path/to/your/plist.file/on/your/portable/drive
Otherwise you need a script that copy (not symlink) your plist file from your portable drive to hard disk before Portable Mail open, and restore it when Portable Mail close. You can edit Portable Mail script (is not crypted) that you find inside Portable Mail app bundle: /Portable\ Mail.app/Contents/Resources/script
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