phpstorm 2017 - Can I install over the top of my existing version
I have version 2016.3.3 and have just received an e-mail telling me about version 2017.
However, it appears (if I am correct) that you can only install that version from new?
If this is correct, I want to know for certain that I will not lose any settings or configurations that I have if I do this as I can't afford the time, at the moment, to trace through setting everything up all over again.
Can anybody help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
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P.S. I am using the Mac version
Hi there,
You can run multiple IDE versions in parallel -- IDE-wide settings and stuff are stored in separate folders (see this link for details: Directories used by the IDE to store settings, caches, plugins and logs )
After you install new version, on first launch it will ask what to do with the settings: brand new or (by default) import from previous version -- just choose the most appropriate for you option.
P.S. Project-specific settings (stored in .idea subfolder in the project root) will obviously be used by both versions. So ... in case you plan to try and then ignore 2017.1 or stay longer on 2016.3 -- just backup such folder. At the same time I have found no issues with project settings when jumping between 2016.3 and 2017.1 IDE versions (I'm on Windows 10 and 2 projects were: test project and some real but small project) -- as long as you do not open the same project in both IDE at the same time it should be all good.