Oh dear, where to go?

[svenmany]

When you freshly reinstall Path Finder and customize your preferences the way you like them, is there any method for saving its preferences stack somewhere else as a known good backup? When I say "preferences stack", I'm thinking that there is the preferences plist in ~/Library/Preferences, but there might be an entry in ~/Library/Group Containers or ~/Library/Saved Application State, among other places...

You'd have to ask the Path Finder forums for guidance, I'd guess, for a complete answer.

I've not had good luck with the forums. I'd have to figure out which preference files are corrupted by some Path Finder bug and which files are reliably preserved to reinstate my preferences. Or, I can just stop customizing Path Finder so that I can have more time to eat pizza. Fighting Path Finder is a time sink.

 

[sgtaylor5]

I've not had good luck with the forums. I'd have to figure out which preference files are corrupted by some Path Finder bug and which files are reliably preserved to reinstate my preferences. Or, I can just stop customizing Path Finder so that I can have more time to eat pizza. Fighting Path Finder is a time sink.

 

[Tagbert]

Wow, just ran the Go64 to check my Apps and I think I'll stay with Mojave for the time being!!
I have a 2008 version of Microsoft Office for Mac from a CD which I use a lot and certainly can't afford to get a newer version!

If you were to switch to the Microsoft Office365 subscription plan, for about $10/month you would get all of the Office suite of apps and they would always be updated regularly. I think you can run that license on up to 5 machines/devices, too.

 

[weckart]

Wow, just ran the Go64 to check my Apps and I think I'll stay with Mojave for the time being!!
I have a 2008 version of Microsoft Office for Mac from a CD which I use a lot and certainly can't afford to get a newer version!

Depending upon what you functions you use from them, you might find using the Live webapp versions sufficient. They cost nothing to use - either on your Mac or on your phone but you might need to use/set up a hotmail/live.com account.

I use Excel on a Chromebook and it's absolutely fine for me.