mackup ☆
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Description:
Keep your Mac's application settings in sync
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.10.1@0  |  Tracked Since: Nov 8, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Productivity
Tags: dotfiles sync backup productivity macos
Install: brew install mackup
About:
Mackup is a command-line tool that manages and syncs your application settings and dotfiles using cloud storage providers like Dropbox, iCloud, or Google Drive. It backs up configuration files for hundreds of popular apps, ensuring your personalized development environment is restored quickly on a new machine. This tool is invaluable for developers and power users who want to maintain a consistent setup across multiple Macs.
Key Features:
  • Supports over 100 popular applications and tools out of the box
  • Works with multiple backends including Dropbox, iCloud, and Git
  • Simple commands to backup, restore, and unload application configurations
  • Keeps dotfiles and preferences organized and versioned
Use Cases:
  • Setting up a new Mac and instantly restoring all app configurations
  • Syncing development environments (shell, editor, tools) across work and personal machines
  • Creating a backup of critical dotfiles in a cloud repository
Alternatives:
  • chezmoi – Manages dotfiles with a more powerful templating system and Git-centric workflow, but is less focused on GUI application settings.
  • yadm – A lightweight wrapper for Git that specializes in managing dotfiles, but lacks Mackup's extensive support for GUI application preferences.
Version History
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Nov 8, 2025 9:50pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 4ab7a889
Oct 30, 2025 11:12pm 0 VERSION_BUMP f223f192
Oct 19, 2025 2:05pm 0 VERSION_BUMP e74593c5
Oct 10, 2024 6:56pm 0 VERSION_BUMP b976f7e6
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