I have been trying to re-map my preferences to folders associated with our office standards. After I save the re-mapping and exit/return to SketchUp, it defaults back to the original mapping. I have checked the permissions on the shared and private files. but nothing seems to work.
I don’t know what would make the locations reset. The file where they are saved is PrivatePrefrences.json. You can get to where that is by choosing Go, Go to Folder…, in Finder. Paste in this path:
~/Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/PrivatePreferences.json
That will select the file to edit. You can edit it in TextEdit, or any other text editor.
There is a section named “File Locations”:. Carefully edit the entries in that list, while SketchUp is closed, and Save the file. Open SketchUp and see if the values show up correctly in Settings, Files.
This was very strange. I first thought it was just my desktop unit, but this behavior also happened on my laptop. The file locations would stick, but the rest would default back to my documents folder. I looked over permissions for the file, eventually deleted it, and pursued the adjustments per your recommendation. That has worked, thanks,