The Correct Way to Store Plugin Settings & Data

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This seems to have problems on Mac since SketchUp 2018 changed to use JSON by default:

Preferences Location
The majority of preferences are now stored in two json files. There are still some OS controlled preferences that remain in the registry (Win) or plist (Mac). The json files are saved in the following locations:

On Win:
PrivatePreferences.json is saved to C:\Users\AppData\Local\SketchUp\SketchUp 2018\SketchUp SharedPreferences.json is saved to C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2018\SketchUp

On Mac:
Both PrivatePreferences.json and SharedPreferences.json are saved to /Users//Library/Application Support/SketchUp 2018/SketchUp

Also, I see @DanRathbun recommending against write_default in favor of JSON here:

SU2018 with MacOS - .plist File Access

I’ve had a number of new and existing clients who are running SU2018 on MacOS who are reporting that they are unable to save global settings for the Medeek Truss Plugin. The problem is that no one is seeing any errors generated in the ruby console so I am currently at a loss on the exact problem and how to solve it. Has anyone seen a similar issue and have been able to resolve it? The code to write the global settings is very simple, an example below: # Writes Materialsoption Setting @Mater…