I nipath '$HOME/Library/Application Support/mame $HOME/.mame. By default, mame.ini contains the following multiple ini paths:.Ui.ini - your configuration file for the MEWUI interface Plugin.ini - your configuration file for activating and deactivating MAME Plugins Mame.ini - your overall configuration file for MAME mame64 -cc generates the three default config files in your mame directory: Now in the Terminal and in the right directory, the command.Start Terminal and cd into your directory of MAME (recommendation: name your main directory mame, see above).This should save you from a lot of headache by multiple. ini files in the Terminal and manually configure ini pathsĪfter a lot of testing, my recommendation is to create your first. This definitely helps you further on to stay consistent and carry on your work from version to version. Recommendation: I currently keep my running MAME version in the folder 'mame' and keep only older versions in a version-related directory.