Lightroom settings and templates

The Lightroom preference file

The Lightroom preference file keeps a record of all your custom program settings. On Windows, the Lightroom 4 Preferences.agprefs file is located in the Username\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preferences folder (Figure A.18). On a Mac, the preference file is named com.adobe.Lightroom.plist and is located in the Username/Library/Preferences folder (Figure A.19). If the Lightroom program is behaving strangely and you have reason to believe that the preferences might be corrupted, delete this file so that Lightroom generates a new preference file the next time you launch the program.

Figure A.18. The Adobe Lightroom preference file location (PC).

Figure A.19. The Adobe Lightroom ...

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