Device Overrides ¶

Device Overrides lets one setting stay different on one device while the rest
of your Neptune preferences continue to sync normally.

For example, you can keep the Immersive item-detail layout on an Apple TV
and use Minimal on an iPhone without separating every other preference.
Device Overrides is a free feature. Creating a new override requires
Settings Sync to be enabled, while existing overrides
remain manageable when sync is off.

Keep a Setting on This Device ¶

Use the shortcut on a supported setting row:

The setting receives a This device only badge.

Some controls cannot host a swipe or press-and-hold action, including sliders
and reorder editors. You can manage every eligible setting from:

Settings > User Preferences > Backup and Restore > Device Overrides

The Device Overrides screen groups settings by their normal Settings section.
On iPhone and iPad, you can also search by setting name.

What an Override Does ¶

Applying an override:

• Keeps the setting's current value on this device
• Stops future changes to that setting from being uploaded by this device
• Ignores ordinary changes to that setting downloaded from other devices
• Leaves every other setting synchronized
• Does not immediately change the server or any other device

This is forward-only behavior. If the Apple TV and iPhone already have the same
value, applying an override does not give the other devices an older value or
try to reconstruct what they used previously. Their current value stays as it
is.

Overrides belong to one server account, profile, and physical device. They do
not travel inside the cloud backup. Switching profiles or servers uses that
profile's own override list.

Sync a Setting Again ¶

To remove one override:

• Use Sync Again from the setting's swipe action on iPhone or iPad
• Use Sync With Other Devices from its Apple TV context menu
• Or remove it from the Kept on this device list in Device Overrides

When the override is removed, this device's current value is queued for sync.
It will be sent the next time Neptune can reach the server, even if the device
is offline when you remove it. That value can then update your other devices.
Neptune does not first replace it with another device's current value.

Choose Sync Everything Again to remove every override at once. Each
formerly local setting is queued using its current value on this device.

Managing Overrides While Sync Is Off ¶

The Device Overrides screen remains available when Sync across devices is
off.

• Existing overrides remain active.
• You can inspect or remove an existing override.
• Removing one queues its current value until sync is turned on again.
• You cannot create a new override until Settings Sync is enabled.

Deleting the cloud backup does not delete this device's overrides. Neptune also
does not immediately recreate the backup after deletion. A later local change
can create a new backup if Settings Sync is still enabled.

Administrator Changes ¶

With a current Neptune MDM plugin, a server administrator's
explicit change to a setting takes priority over an override for that same
setting:

• The administrator's value is applied.
• The matching Device Override is removed.
• Overrides for settings the administrator did not change remain in place.

This still works if the device was offline during the change. The forced value
is applied when Neptune reconnects, even if ordinary device-to-device sync is
off.

Older plugin versions still support the normal forward-only filtering, but
cannot provide the durable proof Neptune needs to clear an override after an
administrator change. Neptune shows a compatibility warning when the plugin
should be updated.

Which Settings Can Be Overridden? ¶

The browser includes synchronized profile settings from Appearance, Home,
Playback, Conductor, Search, Sounds, Images, Metadata, plugins, Live Activity,
and Seerr preferences where those controls are available on the device.

Device-local or temporary values do not appear. Examples include diagnostics
logging, the Sync across devices switch itself, and runtime-only
last-used values.

An iPhone-only setting can be kept on an iPhone even though it has no effect on
Apple TV. The preference remains part of the synchronized profile unless you
override it.

Settings Recovery After an Upgrade ¶

When an existing installation first upgrades to the newer settings-sync
system, Neptune compares its earlier local settings with the cloud backup. In
the uncommon case where it cannot safely determine which copy should win,
cloud settings become active and Settings Recovery appears under
Backup and Restore.

Choose Review Which Settings to Keep, then select:

• Keep Cloud Settings to keep the settings currently in use
• Keep This Device’s Earlier Settings to restore the retained local copy

Restoring the earlier copy makes it this device's current synchronized
configuration, so those values can update your other devices. This recovery
choice is separate from Device Overrides and normally appears only once.

Troubleshooting ¶