We are happy to inform our players that beginning with patch 3.0.2, all character macros and key bindings will be stored on the server side by default. This should make logging into the same account from multiple computers much more convenient as the same key bindings and macros will be applied regardless of where you log in from.

Right now if you want to disable the setting synchronization, you can do this on each computer where you want only local settings:
/console synchronizeSettings 0

In 3.0.3 you will be able to manage macros vs key bindings separately:
/console synchronizeConfig 0
-- turns off synchronization of UI settings
/console synchronizeBindings 0
-- turns off synchronization of key bindings
/console synchronizeMacros 0
-- turns off synchronization of macros

Whenever settings are downloaded from the server, the old settings are saved in <file>.old, so you can quickly log out, move them back into place and they'll be uploaded to the server (unless synchronizeSettings is 0).

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Q u o t e:


This is great news! What happens if I disable synchronization and then re-enable it after making changes? Will the changes be uploaded and overwrite what is already on the server, or will it download what is on the server and overwrite local changes?

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Your local changes will be uploaded.

There is a pretty serious bug in 3.0.2:

Character specific macros and key bindings are not being retrieved for more than one character when logging in from a different machine.
1. Login to WoW: WotLK with any character.
2. Open the Macros frame and create a character-specific macro.
3. Open the Key Bindings frame and check the Character Specific Key Bindings checkbox.
4. Customize several key bindings and press Okay.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for two additional characters.
6. Quit the game, and delete the WTF folder in the WoW directory.
7. Login to WoW: WotLK again with each of the 3 characters.
8. ---> Only the first character you log back into retrieves its saved settings. The other two lose them.

This is fixed in 3.0.3, and hopefully this will resolve the losing settings that people are experiencing. Please try this out in the next test realm build and let me know if there are any further issues.

Thanks!