How to export iTerm2 Profiles

Question

I needed to reformat my computer and now I\'m having trouble copying the settings/profiles over.

I copied the files in ~/Library/Application\\ Support/iTerm/

Answer 1

It isn't the most obvious workflow. You first have to click "Load preferences from a custom folder or URL". Select the folder you want them saved in; I keep an appsync folder in Dropbox for these sorts of things. Once you have selected the folder, you can click "Save settings to Folder". On a new machine / fresh install of your OS, you can now load these settings from the folder. At first I was sure that loading preferences would wipe out my previous settings, but it didn't.