From 12 to 15: transfer Preferences and Key Commands?

[zephonic]

I fed ChatGPT the operation manuals for both 12 and 15, but so far it is unable to help me with this:

I have years of ‘Preferences’ and ‘Key Commands’ that I like to have a certain way, but I can’t figure out how to export them from 12 nor how to import them in 15?

ChatGPT believes it is a matter of exporting and importing a Profile in Profile Manager, but that didn’t do it.

This used to be really straightforward in the Cubase 5 and 6 days, no idea why that changed?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[fese]

Profiles should work for most stuff. Have you activated the profile after importing it?

Maybe have a look here:

How to Save Profiles, Key Commands, Preferences, Inputs/Outputs, CR Presets, Plugin Collections

It takes a lot of time and energy to set up all these presets in the title and it is very cumbersome to rebuild them once they are lost. So it might be a good idea to secure them. Not only for security reasons but also if you want to update another system or copy them to a brandnew system. The file system can be confusing and sometimes presets are saved in more than one location. Moreover, there are some pitfalls that one should be aware of. At first, this might sound like a complicated and nerv…

[alexis]

This thread may be of interest also:

Backup & Restore Scripts for Cubase on Windows

There have been numerous requests for an easy way to backup all Cubase related presets and settings and to restore them if needed. Profiles are a powerful tool to save a variety of settings but also come with limitations. Due to Steinberg’s complex folder structure, Cubase settings and presets can be found in a variety of locations. Therefore, it is a rather cumbersome task to do more comprehensive backups and restores manually. These Powershell scripts take care of it with a single click. [Sc…

[Reco29]

@zephonic

ChatGPT believes it is a matter of exporting and importing a Profile in Profile Manager, but that didn’t do it.

What was missing? Please read the instructions from the link @fese kindly posted, first. There are a few pitfalls the manual doesn’t adress. Other than that, Profiles are really powerful. One of my goto tools for many years now.

The Backup & Restore Script @alexis posted above is fantastic, too! However, it is designed for backing up and restoring data within a given version (e.g. Control Room file location has changed in C 15). In other words, no guarantee it works. However, that shouldn’t keep you from using the script in the future - it’s an amzing tool! I use it at least twice a week (modified version that mirrors my setup) !

I’d start with Profiles and see if anything is missing. Preferences and key commands are covered by Profiles and then some. So, you should be good

[zephonic]

Thanks all for your replies. So turns out the key was this:

1. The focus is set on a default profile which is highlighted in white and not on your current profile. You need to set the focus on your current profile which is ticked (important)

3. Duplicate and save this profile with a distinct name, preferably with a date.

I did not duplicate the ‘default’ profile, simply created a new profile thinking it would automatically save all current settings.

Duplicating the ‘default’ (which was the only profile I ever had until two days ago) and importing that into 15 did the trick.

Thanks again

P.S.: Guess I should have stated this clearly in the first post, but I’m on MacOS.