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How-To: Replace preference files in OS X 10.9 and newer
Last Updated 7 years ago
Thanks to aggressive caching, replacing preference files in OS X 10.9 and newer is more complicated than it used to be. The easiest thing to do is open Terminal and paste this command:
killall cfprefsd
If you'd like more details on what changed, and other possible solutions, see this post on our blog.