CC 2014 swatch library start up

Hello all
Mac user here.
I just updated to CC 2014 and cant figure out how to change the custom swatch library for start up.
i tried opening the Print.ai file from
applicatons>adobe illustrator CC 2014>presets>en_US>Swatches>Default Swatches>Print.ai
Then added a custom swatch and saved.
Closed Illustrator and also restarted computer
swatch not showing in swatch pallet in print profile document
Thanks
Mike

Thanks Monika.
I followed these directions from another user in a previous post titled " import settings into cc 2014 "
in the finder, he went to the Go menu and chose "Go to Folder..." In the window he typed "~/Library". That is a hidden folder, so you have to navigate to it this way.
Inside that Library folder, he went to Preferences > Adobe Illustrator 17 Settings > en_US and selected everything in that folder. I copied it, and then pasted it into the Adobe Illustrator 18 Settings > en_US folder. I hit to "Replace" the files, and checked the box next to "Apply to all."
Once that was done, he fired up Illustrator CC 2014, and everything worked. Not very glamorous, and definitely not as easy as Adobe keeps promising, but at least it works, and I only wasted half the morning with support, instead of all morning manually reentering my settings.

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