Sync your iTerm2 Settings and Configs between devices

iTerm2

My favorite terminal emulator is, and always has been, iTerm2. Setting custom key mappings, split view, tab view and copy mode are just a few nice features I use on a daily basis.

It would, however, be a very sad day if I were to lose my custom settings. Backup is, as always, your friend.

com.googlecode.iterm2.plist

As with other macOS applications, settings are saved within a .plist file. This is true for iTerm2 as well. The .plist file is nothing more than, as file puts it, a XML 1.0 document text, ASCII text. In other words, a text file with XML markup.

Being a text file, it can be easily managed and version controlled with Git.

Save / Load Preferences

Head over to Settings > General > Preferences

Check the setting Load preferences from a custom folder or URL, browse to a safe location (such as a git controlled directory) and set Save changes to Automatically.

Now your settings are safe ?