Setting up LyX on a new computer

[Paul A. Rubin]

On 3/16/22 16:27, Hal Kierstead via lyx-users wrote:
> All -
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> I have many preference settings that I would like to transfer to a new MacBook Pro. What is the approved way to do this? Can I just copy the preference file and bind file in Application Support/LyX-2.3 from one computer to the other or what? Maybe I could copy the whole LyX-2.3 folder? Along the same lines, what is the best way to keep my LyX setup consistent across several computers. I use dropbox to sync files.
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> Thanks,
>
> Hal
I would not copy the entire folder. After you have installed LyX on the 
new machine and verified it is running, you can copy the preferences 
file and the user.bind file in the bind subfolder. Also, you should 
check the templates and layouts subfolders under Application 
Support/LyX-2.3 and copy any custom templates, layouts and/or modules 
you might have. As always, if something with the same name already 
exists on the new machine it would safest to change the name of the file 
on the new machine before copying over the files from the old machine, 
just in case you need to undo things.

I think putting the user directory on Dropbox and syncing to all 
machines should be fine, so long as all machines will be running the 
same LyX version ... but I've never tried it myself.

Paul