Sequoia 15.5 broke the Terminal app

otheus wrote:

1. Terminal App does not work as it used to, and many of my custom profiles disappeared.

Shell -> new Window : doesn't open a profile in a new window, but rather in a new _tab_ of the most recently selected window. If I wanted a new tab, I would have selected: Shell -> new Tab

2. New Window opens a tab in the existing window, and forcefully resizes the entire window to the row/column values for that profile. Opening a New Tab does not resize the window. So someone really f'd up here.

3. Missing profiles. Not all, but many of my profiles that I created in the last year are missing. These profiles don't show up in a backup, so perhaps these profiles were not saved in a previous version?

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.5

and how about comparing the keyboard shortcut Command N...?

make changes to your settings...and compare your results(?)

The current stable release of Sequoia including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 15.6

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

I see no change in Terminal in any release of Sequoia through 15.6. Even if I (unusual for me) have an existing tab open in Terminal, choosing Shell > New Window > New Window with Profile -- IR Black still opens a new Terminal window using the stated profile characteristics. You should revisit your Terminal Settings because the solution will be in there.

Terminal profiles are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Terminal.plist, not as separate entities, and this plist does get backed up by Time Machine. Just confirmed it. If you exported any Terminal profiles as *.terminal then their preservation would be where you put them, and I would expect if on the same drive, that Time Machine would hoover them too. So nothing should be lost…

Terminal User Guide for Mac - Apple Support