(Mostly) disabling the Cyberduck nag on macOS
A guide has been provided for reducing the donation nag prompts in Cyberduck on macOS. Users can modify settings through shell commands to suppress the reminders significantly. However, completely disabling the nag requires more complex modifications to the application itself.
- ▪Cyberduck prompts users to purchase a donation key every time the program is closed.
- ▪Users can reduce the frequency of these prompts by using specific shell commands.
- ▪Completely removing the nag requires modifying the application's code or recompiling it.
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(Mostly) disabling the Cyberduck nag on macOS Written by nyanpasu64 on May 21, 2026 Cyberduck on macOS normally nags you every time you close the program to purchase a "donation" key. Removing it entirely requires modifying and recompiling the application yourself (or possibly patching the compiled Java code), but you can reduce the blocking popups to almost nothing with the following shell commands: defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck donate.reminder.suppress.enable YES defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck donate.reminder.interval 30 # in days, increase if desired🔗 Explanation The donate.reminder.* settings are stored in the file ~/Library/Preferences/ch.sudo.cyberduck.plist.
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