Sharing application data between users on Mac?

[Mwindow]

Hello,

So I've bought Angry Birds for Mac and want to know if there's any way that 2 user accounts can stay in sync with each other. Basically when the other half logs on to her account she is having to start Angry Birds from scratch. Is there any way around this?

cheers,
Matt

 

[IsaacJDean]

Possibly find the .plist and copy it over to the other user library. You would have to do this each time you advance in the game though, if it even works.

 

[sn00p]

Assuming it stores the game data in a plist file, you could create a folder that is read & writeable from both user accounts, copy the plist to that folder, delete the plist from both accounts and then create a symlink in the original location on both accounts to the shared plist file.

That will probably do what you want.

 

[Christopher]

Yup, that works. I've done the same for Minecraft.

 

[Mwindow]

Massive thanks for that guys.

Keep your eyes peeled for tomorrows thread, 'How do I create a folder that is read & writeable from both user accounts, copy the plist to that folder, delete the plist from both accounts and then create a symlink in the original location on both accounts to the shared plist file?'

cheers,
Matt

 

[Mwindow]

So I've found 2 'plist's. The first is info.plist (2kb), the second is infoplist.strings (92 bytes). I am right in assuming it's the first?

 

[sn00p]

So I've found 2 'plist's. The first is info.plist (2kb), the second is infoplist.strings (92 bytes). I am right in assuming it's the first?

Those are in the application bundle, you need the settings in the user library folder, it'll probably be called something like com.rovio.angrybirds.plist or something!