Updates causing loss of data
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We have multiple developers using IDEA and other tools. Our Macs are managed by Jamf and several JetBrains products have been added to Self-Service for installation. Some of our developers had previously installed the apps in their user folders, and we're seeing issues where the auto-updates have been installing in the /Applications folder even if they never used the Self-Service profile. We've disabled auto-updating but there have been reports of saved queries and recent projects being lost after these installs. Has there been a change in recent versions in where these are stored that might have been modified by the newer versions being installed separately?
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The settings location remains the same, and the IDE migrates the settings from the previous version automatically on the first start.
See the Configuration directory: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/directories-used-by-the-ide-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs.html#config-directory.
Check
idea.logafter the first start of the new version to see where it gets the settings: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/207241085.