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Internal data

Internal resources are in a binary file, for example icons

Alias	IO Access	User Access
QRC	Read	-

Platform	Path
Windows	:/ (or qrc:// as url)
MacOS	:/ (or qrc:// as url)
Linux	:/ (or qrc:// as url)

App install path

The default path for installing the program

Alias	IO Access	User Access
INSTALL	Read	Private

Platform	Path
Windows
MacOS	default for released versions is /Applications/, but can be anywhere
Linux	for AppImage is like /tmp/.mount_MuseXXXXXX, creating on app run

App data path

Default resources of the program, for example default locale, soundfonts, templates and etc.

Alias	IO Access	User Access
APPDATA	Read	Private

Platform	Path
Windows
MacOS	$INSTALL/mscore/Contents/Resources
Linux	$INSTALL/share/MuseScore[Version]

App config path

Path to the program settings file

Alias	IO Access	User Access
APPCONFIG	ReadWrite	Private

Platform	Path
Windows
MacOS	$HOME/Library/Preferences/
Linux	$HOME/.config/MuseScore/

User app data

User resources of the program, for example installed locales, plugins, credentials and etc.

Alias	IO Access	User Access
USERAPPDATA	ReadWrite	Private

Platform	Path
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\MuseScore\MuseScore[Version]
MacOS	$HOME/Library/Application Support/MuseScore/MuseScore[Version]
Linux	$HOME/.local/share/MuseScore/MuseScore[Version]/

User data

User resources, for example user scores, templates and etc.

Alias	IO Access	User Access
USERDATA	ReadWrite	Public

Platform	Path
Windows
MacOS	$HOME/Documents/MuseScore/
Linux	$HOME/Documents/MuseScore/

Settings

The configuration file, which stores the program settings

Type	Path	Change path	IO Access	MI Sync
default	-	-	-	-
user	$APPCONFIG/MuseScore[Version].ini	no	RW	yes
user (macOS)	$APPCONFIG/org.musescore.MuseScore[Version].plist	no	RW	yes

Locales

Localization files

Type	Path	Change path	IO Access	MI Sync
default	$APPDATA/locale/	no	R	no
user	$USERAPPDATA/locale/	no	RW	yes

The locale files cannot be changed, but new ones can be downloaded and replace the current. And also the state file is stored there, it can change while the program is running.

Shortcuts

Shortcuts settings file and midi mapping

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	$QRC/shortcuts.xml	no	R	no
user	$USERAPPDATA/shortcuts.xml	?	RW	yes

Midi mapping

Midi mapping settings file

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	-	-	-	-
user	$USERAPPDATA/midi_mapping.xml	?	RW	yes

Workspaces

Workspaces settings file

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	$APPDATA/workspaces/	no	R	no
user	$USERAPPDATA/workspaces/	no	RW	yes

Extensions

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	-	-	-	-
user	$USERAPPDATA/extensions/	?	RW	yes

The files cannot be changed, but new ones can be downloaded and replace the current.

Plugins

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	-	-	-	-
user	$USERAPPDATA/plugins/	?	RW	yes

The files cannot be changed, but new ones can be downloaded and replace the current.

Instruments

Instruments settings file

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	$APPDATA/instruments/instruments.xml	no	R	no
default	$APPDATA/instruments/orders.xml	no	R	no
user	?	?	?	?

Styles

Styles settings files

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	$APPDATA/styles/*	no	R	no
user	?	?	?	?

SoundFonts

SoundFonts files

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	$APPDATA/sound/	no	R	no
user	?	yes	R	no

Templates

Templates files

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
default	$APPDATA/templates/*	no	R	no
user	?	?	?	?

Cloud token

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
user	$USERAPPDATA/cred.dat	no	RW	yes

Logs and dumps

Logs and dumps files

Type	Path	Change path	Open Mode	MI Sync
user	$USERAPPDATA/logs/	no	W	no
user	$USERAPPDATA/logs/dumps/	no	W	no