# Switch to XDG spec on macOS

**URL:** <https://discourse.pijul.org/t/switch-to-xdg-spec-on-macos/1093>\
**Category:** Question\
**Created:** [August 14, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/switch-to-xdg-spec-on-macos/1093 "2023-08-14T17:21:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poliorcetics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Poliorcetics](https://discourse.pijul.org/u/Poliorcetics)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.pijul.org/t/switch-to-xdg-spec-on-macos/1093/1 "2023-08-14T17:21:07Z")

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Currently Pijul uses the Apple spec for data dirs to write its config, but as a cli/dev tool, that just make it extra annoying to work with:

- there is a space in the the path, making it annoying to type in a shell
- it’s not easy to maintain the config in a VCS with all my other configs
- I can’t easily access it next to my other configs under `XDG_CONFIG_HOME`

I know the fault lies with the `dirs2` crate, which refuses to take this use case in consideration for macOS because « Apple said so, Apple is right », but could `pijul` change before 1.0.0 is released or at least support both on macOS ?