Where Does Vanilla Store Settings?
Vanilla keeps menu bar settings in a Preferences plist on Mac under its palmer domain. Keys stay unverified.
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Vanilla is single-plist software with a personal-bundle domain. Settings live under Preferences with hidden lists and hotkeys inside. Key names stay unquoted for lack of sources.
Sibling hiders use different bundles with no shared files. Defaults commands move settings cleanly between machines. Copy the plist while quit and leave the rest alone.
Where Vanilla stores this, by platform
~/Library/Preferences/net.matthewpalmer.Vanilla.plist
Verified single plist under the personal bundle domain with key names unquoted. Sibling apps keep separate bundles. Move through defaults commands or direct copies.
Frequently asked questions
How do I back up Vanilla settings?
Copy ~/Library/Preferences/net.matthewpalmer.Vanilla.plist with Vanilla quit, or move it through defaults export and import. Hidden-icon lists and hotkeys live inside with key names unquoted. No support folder backs it.
Vanilla, Ice or Hidden Bar domain?
It answers to the palmer domain while Ice and Hidden Bar use their own bundles. All three hide menu icons with separate plists that never intermingle. Quote each domain for its own app.
What keys does Vanilla use?
It stays undocumented at key level across sources. Bundle identity verifies while inner names do not. Copy the plist whole rather than editing blind.
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