menu key settings won't stick

[samuelmuindi]

I had to log out of my Apple ID account (due to a Messages screw up).

Not only did that not fix my problem but a side effect seems to be that my customized "Menu Keys" settings got erased. And when I try to reset them they won't stick.

I'm guessing this is an iCloud issue because I've got synchronized settings turned.

Is it perhaps time to turn them off?

Thanks in advance,

Tim

[Bob Stern]

The ⌘0 shortcut key I defined in NWP years ago (for a paragraph style) stopped working when I updated MacOS to Sequoia. I don’t understand why, because I cannot find that shortcut being used by MacOS. Other ⌘-digit shortcuts I defined in NWP still work: ⌘7, ⌘8, ⌘9.

I do not use iCloud sync or any other settings sync.

[Þorvarður]

my customized "Menu Keys" settings got erased. And when I try to reset them they won't stick.

The customized keyboard shortcuts setting is stored in the file “keyboard shortcuts.plist”. This file may have been replaced with a new, empty one.

I would use Find Any File to search for "keyboard shortcuts.plist" and see if you now have two such files, one of which would then be your old one. If that is the case, replace the new with the old one. This happened in 2019 when I switched from NWP v.2 to NWP v.3

If new shortcuts won't stick, it can indicate that the “keyboard shortcuts.plist” file has been moved to another folder, as was the case by me. During the installation the new “keyboard shortcuts.plist” was moved to ~/Library/Application Support/Nisus Writer Pro

The old location was
~/Library/Containers/com.nisus.NisusWriter/Data/Library/Application Support/Nisus Writer Pro/Settings

Have you checked whether “keyboard shortcuts.plist” is locked or whether you have the right permissions?

Consider running the macro "Manage Macro File Access". It gives you access to files outside the sandbox. In 2019 I wasn't able to save files with a macro to the desktop, as I had always done, until I run that macro.
Here is also an old post from Martin about how to sync or restore Nisus Writer settings. Perhaps it helps.
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[samuelmuindi]

My thanks for this very useful information. I should have thought to tinker with the plists.

Tim

[Bob Stern]

The customized keyboard shortcuts setting is stored in the file “keyboard shortcuts.plist”. ...

Thanks, Þorvarður! You solved my problem, too!
I opened that plist, searched for <string>0</string>, and discovered that ⌘0 was assigned to a non-existent menu item. After I deleted that entry in the plist, I was able to reassign ⌘0 to my chosen style.