Orion

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### Set Start Page Wallpaper

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Updates the start page background image using the defaults system.

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

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### Install Orion on Linux via Flatpak

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/getting-started/installing-orion.html

Use this command to install the downloaded Orion Flatpak file on your Linux distribution.

```bash
flatpak install /path/to/App.flatpak
```

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### Open Orion via URL Schemes

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Use these URI schemes to trigger specific actions in Orion on iOS/iPadOS.

```text
orion://open-url?url=url to open an URL
orion://search?q=query to perform search
```

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### Backup Bookmarks

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Command to copy the favorites plist to the user home directory.

```bash
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/favourites.plist ~/
```

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### Locate Orion macOS Configuration Files

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Paths to various Orion configuration and data files on macOS.

```bash
~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/named_windows.plist (Seems to contain only the tabs of the named window with lowest ID integer)
~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/.local_named_windows.plist (Contains tabs from all named windows)
```

```bash
~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/.LocalTabsCache.plist
```

```bash
~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/favourites.plist
```

```bash
~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/history
```

```bash
~/Library/Preferences/com.kagi.kagimacOS.plist
```

```bash
~/Library/Application Support/Orion/profiles (plist format)
```

```bash
~/Library/Application Support/Orion/snapshots/snapshots.plist
```

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### Migrate Orion Settings to Orion RC

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Command to copy the Orion application support directory to the RC version.

```bash
cp -r ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion\ RC
```

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### Navigate Orion macOS Directories

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Commands to access specific Orion application directories.

```bash
cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/Extensions
```

```bash
cd ~/Library/WebKit/com.kagi.kagimacOS
```

```bash
cd ~/Library/Caches/com.kagi.kagimacOS
```

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### Manage Orion Preferences via CLI

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Commands to delete specific user preferences.

```bash
defaults delete com.kagi.kagimacOS NewTabOpensTo
defaults delete com.kagi.kagimacOS NewWindowOpensTo
defaults delete com.kagi.kagimacOS HomePageURL
```

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### Query Orion History Database

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

SQL queries to interact with the Orion history SQLite database.

```bash
sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/history 'SELECT url FROM history_items INNER JOIN visits ON visits.history_item_id = history_items.id GROUP BY url ORDER BY count(visits.visit_time) DESC LIMIT 10'
```

```bash
sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/history 'SELECT DISTINCT url FROM history_items' | fzf --ansi --multi | sed 's#.*\(https*://\)#\1#' | xargs open
```

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### Enable Orion Debug Menu

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/faq/faq.html

Use these terminal commands to enable the hidden Debug menu in Orion or Orion RC.

```bash
defaults write com.kagi.kagimacOS DebugMenu 1
```

```bash
defaults write com.kagi.kagimacOS.RC DebugMenu 1
```

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### Parse Reading List URLs

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Converts the reading list plist to JSON and extracts URLs using jq.

```bash
plutil -convert json -o - ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion/Defaults/reading_list.plist | jq -r '.[].url.relative'
```

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### Reset Orion Data

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Commands to reset preferences and remove application data.

```bash
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Orion
defaults delete com.kagi.kagimacOS
```

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### Remove Orion Cookies

Source: https://help.kagi.com/orion/misc/technical.html

Command to delete the binary cookies file.

```bash
rm -rf ~/Library/HTTPStorages/com.kagi.kagimacOS.binarycookies
```
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