I tried modifying a preference pane plist (with defaults write), but the change doesn’t take effect. Is there a way to make that happen?
Reload modified system plist
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Best Answer
Assuming a newer version of OS X (10.9+ ?).
You have to kill two processes: the process that manages the preference you are modifying (e.g. killall Finder if it is com.apple.finder that you are modifying) and "cfprefsd".
"cfprefsd" is a newer preference caching service of OS X.
In Terminal.app:
killall cfprefsd && killall Finder.You could also restart your computer.