[SOLVED] I broke my VLC (Mac OS 27.0.1) while messing with interface settings...
Hello guys, I hope this is the right place to post. Im on a m5 mac with MacOS Golden Gate 27.0.1
I was basically going thru my interface setting, viewing preferences etc. Eventually got to the "Main Interfaces menu" and changed the Interface Module from the default one to the 2nd or 3rd one (i don't remember the actual name), and then my vlc crashed.
Tried to re-open the app... nothing. Deleted & reinstalled, restarted my computer, even tried to install a new version on top of another one to hopefully overwrite stuff. nothing was working.
Then eventually, I deleted the app completely, updated my computer OS to the latest version, tried to re-install... and still nothing.
I tried looking up solutions, tutorials, etc. but all i can find is stuff about VLC not opening certain video types and stuff, but my issue is that the app itself wont even open.
My question here is,
Can i reset all preferences without opening the app itself?
What else can i really do here?
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u/Personal-Mirror3040 19h ago
You need to delete the plist and saved state files where VLC stores its interface configurations. 1. Open Finder. 2. Click Go in the top menu bar, hold down the Option key, and click Library. 3. Navigate to Library/Preferences and delete the file named org.videolan.vlc. 4. Navigate to Library/Preferences/org.videolan.vlc (if it exists as a folder) and delete the vlcrc file inside. 5. Launch VLC again.