Can't edit profile name

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Operating system

macOS

Joplin version

3.3.12

Desktop version info

Joplin 3.3.12 (prod, darwin)

Device: darwin, Apple M4 Pro
Client ID: 94ccc06a213c48d7b81f80a7c73009e8
Sync Version: 3
Profile Version: 47
Keychain Supported: Yes
Alternative instance ID: -

Revision: 4d790b6

Backup: 1.4.3
Freehand Drawing: 3.0.1

What issue do you have?

Can't edit profile name. Any changes I make to the profiles.json file get overwritten.

(Note: Same issue was reported here but since closed - no replies: Rename/delete profiles)

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From where to you modifiy the profiles.json ?
From the Joplin menu:

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or directly from disk: ?
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According to your OS and other things be aware the first way sometimes is not possible:

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OK...

When you modifiy the profiles.json file you MUST completely restart JOPLIN
BEFORE doing anything else.
Sometimes the text editor also create issues if you don't close it before.

  1. Open your profiles.json
  2. Do changes into your profiles.json
  3. Save it.
  4. CLOSE the file (and the editor if needed).
  5. RESTART JOPLIN

If you just do a profile change in JOPLIN

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(thinking it's a kind of restart), the profiles.json will be overwritten.

The profiles.json is not easy to manipulate at the beginning. You have to try many times. The good news is that it's safe for data. It only concerns the way JOPLIN understand the directories profiles.

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Thank you for your help. My mistake was not closing Joplin before editing the Json file. Once I did, it no longer rewrote the file.

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