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According to the docs, https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html#orion-macos-technical-information
this is the way to change the background image to a custom one on mac, however when I try to change the settings I cannot find the file the docs reference

code/web/reddit-merge τ ll ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x@ 32 pn320 staff 1.0K 8 Jan 14:33 Defaults/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 NativeMessagingHosts/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 PKCS11 Modules/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 Shared/
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 pn320 staff 160B 8 Jan 01:19 WebApps/
-rw-r--r-- 1 pn320 staff 164B 8 Jan 01:23 profiles
drwxr-xr-x 3 pn320 staff 96B 25 Dec 04:35 snapshots/

I have changed the default profile name from Default to pn320 on the browser (not sure if this is the reason). I tried changing it back but there's no difference still.
This is the directory listing of the Defaults folder,
code/web/reddit-merge τ ll ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/
total 53616
drwx------@ 4 pn320 staff 128B 25 Dec 03:37 ContentRules/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 Databases/
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 pn320 staff 96B 25 Dec 03:37 Extension State/
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 pn320 staff 96B 25 Dec 03:37 Extensions/
drwxr-xr-x 29 pn320 staff 928B 8 Jan 14:53 Favicon Cache/
drwxr-xr-x@ 4 pn320 staff 128B 25 Dec 03:37 Local Storage/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 Managed/
drwxr-xr-x@ 8 pn320 staff 256B 8 Jan 01:19 ReadingListArchives/
drwxr-xr-x 3 pn320 staff 96B 8 Jan 14:45 SVG Cache/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 Sync/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 Thumbnail Cache/
drwxr-xr-x 28 pn320 staff 896B 8 Jan 14:42 Touch Icon Cache/
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 pn320 staff 64B 25 Dec 03:37 WebSQL/
drwxr-xr-x@ 5 pn320 staff 160B 25 Dec 03:37 bk_126.4.1/
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 3.5M 8 Jan 14:53 browser_session_state.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 88K 8 Jan 14:55 browser_state.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 pn320 staff 1.3K 8 Jan 12:05 downloads.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 937B 8 Jan 14:34 favourites.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 6.8M 8 Jan 14:46 history
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 32K 8 Jan 01:19 history-shm
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 10M 8 Jan 14:55 history-wal
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 42B 8 Jan 14:55 named_windows.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 3.2K 8 Jan 01:19 reading_list.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 672K 8 Jan 14:44 website_icons
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 32K 8 Jan 01:19 website_icons-shm
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 3.1M 8 Jan 14:54 website_icons-wal
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 967B 8 Jan 12:05 website_settings.plist
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 96K 25 Dec 03:37 websql_databases
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 32K 8 Jan 01:19 websql_databases-shm
-rw-r--r--@ 1 pn320 staff 0B 25 Dec 03:37 websql_databases-wal

Expected to be able to view the file the docs referenced and change the image string to a local file path.

Version 0.99.126.4.1-beta (WebKit 618.1.2)

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  • dino replied to this.

    pn320 @Vlad You can change Start Page background image for Default profile by using below command

    defaults write com.kagi.kagimacOS backgroundImageOnStartPage <file_url>

    for RC users defaults write com.kagi.kagimacOS.RC backgroundImageOnStartPage <file_url>

    ex:
    defaults write com.kagi.kagimacOS backgroundImageOnStartPage file:///Users/<username>/Downloads/any_image.jpeg

    And then relaunch Orion

    Note: Looks like we are missing Default profile preference path in docs

    • Arca replied to this.

        dino Thanks for this suggestion - is this command confirmed working? Not sure if I'm just doing something wrong, but I've entered the following into my command line:
        defaults write com.kag.kagimacOS backgroundImageOnStartPage file:///Users/james/Pictures/62068712ee1c9.jpg

        and then relaunched orion and the background seems unchanged, just a plain grey.

        • dino replied to this.

            Arca oops, there's some typo error. Please use edited command (typed kag instead of kagi)

            So your command would be

            defaults write com.kagi.kagimacOS backgroundImageOnStartPage file:///Users/james/Pictures/62068712ee1c9.jpg

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