Setting a Custom Location for the Shortcuts Configuration File on macOS

It is recommended to locate the shortcuts.conf in on of the following locations:

  • Single user: vi ~/"Library/Preferences/ToonBoomAnimation/shortcuts.conf".

  • All users: vi "/Users/Shared/ToonBoomAnimation/shortcuts.conf".

    TIP All users will requires administrator privileges.

It is possible to specify for shortcuts.conf in the USADB_CONFIG_FILE environment variable.

An administrator can place the shortcuts.conf file in a specific location that can be edited by any user, and set the environment variable to point to this file for all users.

  1. First, create a shortcuts.conf configuration file in the preferred location—see Configuring the Shortcuts File on macOS.
  2. Then, do one of the following:

    • If you want to set the location of shortcuts.conf for your user only, enter the following command in a terminal:

      $ vi ~/.bash_profile

    • If you want to set the location of shortcuts.conf for all users, enter the following command in a terminal:

      $ sudo vi /etc/profile

    You are now editing a script that either runs when your user logs in, or when your machine boots.

  3. At the end of the script, add the following lines, replacing <path to shortcuts.conf> with the absolute (full) path to the shortcuts.conf file you created:

    export USADB_CONFIG_FILE="<path to shortcuts.conf>" launchctl setenv USADB_CONFIG_FILE "<path to shortcuts.conf>"
  4. Save and quit.
  5. Reboot.