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Chapter 8: Preferences and Optionscommand, measurement, and track palette panels when you save preferencesfrom the File menu (see below) or when quitting Canary.DefaultpreferencesWhen Canary is launched, it opens the default preference file, named“Canary.Prefs”, which is located in the Preferences folder inside the SystemFolder. If this file does not exist (e.g., the first time that you run Canary 1.2),Canary creates it and saves a set of “factory default” preferences in it.You can restore Canary’s default preferences to their factory settings bychoosing Revert to Defaults from the File menu. Alternatively, you can throwaway the Canary.Prefs file while Canary is not running.Currentpreference fileYou can see what preference file is currently in use by selecting AboutCanary... from the apple menu.Saving changesto the currentpreference fileAt any time you can save all preference information to the current preferencefile by selecting Save Preferences from the File menu.When you quit the program, Canary asks if you want to save changes to thecurrent preference file, unless you disable this query in the General Optionsdialog (see the section “General options” later in this chapter).You can save the current settings to the default preference file (Canary.Prefs)at any time (even if you are using some other preference file) by choosingDefault from the submenu that appears when you choose Save PreferencesAs... in the File menu.Creating a newpreference fileLoading apreference fileTo create a new preference file, choose Save As... from the submenu thatappears when you choose Save Preferences As... in the File menu.(Preference files can be saved anywhere on your disk; the only preference filethat must be in the Preferences folder is Canary.Prefs.) Canary saves all ofthe current settings into the new file, and makes the new file the currentpreference file.To load a preference file, choose Open... from the Load Preferences...submenu on the File menu. All control settings and panel positions are resetimmediately to the default values specified by the preference file you select.Selecting Default from the Load Preferences... submenu loads the preferencessaved in the default preference file (Canary.Pref).You can automatically load a preference file other than Canary.Prefs whenlaunching Canary by double-clicking on the preference file’s icon in a Finderwindow.124 Canary 1.2 User’s Manual