New way to reset AutoCAD for Mac settings (2014 version with SP1)
Have you ever had a situation when you can not start AutoCAD because of some corruption in AutoCAD settings? In such cases AutoCAD crashes at startup and doesn’t allow to Reset Application Options from “Application Preferences” dialog.
After applying Service Pack (SP1) to AutoCAD 2014 for Mac you have new option for launching it: if you want to reset AutoCAD options to default settings, you need to launch AutoCAD from Dock by holding Shift key on keyboard and clicking on AutoCAD icon (you need to hold Shift for at least a few moments after you click on icon). This helps in the case when you cannot start AutoCAD normally.
During resetting settings AutoCAD also creates archive with your previous settings inside ~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk folder. The file have the name in a form: “Settings Backup XX-XX-XXXX xx.xx.xx.tgz“, where XX-XX-XXXX is the date and xx.xx.xx is the time when archive was created. You can use the contents of this archive in case if you need to find some of your previous customization files.
This entry was posted on March 16, 2014 at 3:20 pm and is filed under Uncategorized with tags Application Options, Application Preferences, AutoCAD 2014. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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April 22, 2014 at 8:22 am
My LT 2014 for mac today decided not to open. I have reloaded the software but it fails after two seconds to initialise. If this can be corrected by the Service Pack, how do I save it when I cannot open the program initially ?
April 22, 2014 at 9:20 am
Hi Rob,
You can download SP1 for AC LT 2014 for Mac here: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-lt-for-mac/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autocad-lt-2014-for-mac-service-pack-1.html
If you mean you can not save Service Pack to your Mac.
Maxim