transfer settings

[verstaerker]

i'm planning to move to a new computer - how can i transfer my connection-setup to this new machine?

just install copperlan and copy ~/Library/Preferences/CopperLan.plist ?

[verstaerker]

anyone ?

[CopperPhil]

Hi,

There is no easy way to do that at the moment. Each computer has its own unique ID on the CopperLan network, and connections are based on this ID.

We are aware of this problem, a settings & config backup/restore option is on top of our to-do list.

BTW, on Mac, copying the plist file ***might*** be a temporary solution to replicate the computer ID and port settings to another Mac. I can't garantee the result and can't test it right now... If you try it, take care that the two MACs are not connected together, else one of them will get automatically a new ID (CopperLan does not allow two machines with the same ID on the same network). You'll have to restart the cpvnmd and cpuserd processes after copying the plist file.

[verstaerker]

maybe it works if i manually change the ID in the plist file

i will test-drive with a virtual machine

[CopperPhil]

If you change the ID, then the connections will be not restored to the new computer...

[verstaerker]

how great - i had a clean install of 10.11 on an external drive - so i could test it:

i copied the unmodified plist and settings file - installed copperlan 1.42 and voila ... everything connected on the new machine

where do you actually ave the snapshots? they weren't there

[CopperPhil]

Great

Snapshots are located in ~/Library/CopperLan Manager/QuickSaves