History of Moving Thunderbird Data to a New Computer Category: How to Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Aug 9, 2023, 7:34:25 AM Unreviewed mlj1 simplify wording slightly of proposed revision Aug 9, 2023, 7:25:19 AM Unreviewed mlj1 Manual methodology is needed in Windows (and Linux or MacOS or Unix) in certain situations. Transfer also can fail if Thunderbird versions are misaligned. Manual transfer of profile for Unix based systems is trivial if you understand Unix file systems. May 17, 2022, 10:31:16 AM Current MT larry118 Proposing an easier alternative method of transferring Thunderbird content from one computer to another Nov 11, 2021, 1:55:44 AM Unreviewed mark332 The old procedure does no longer work. There seems to be a new per-install-fingerprinting involved. Mar 22, 2021, 5:27:33 AM Approved MT Marcelo Ghelman better explanation Dec 31, 2020, 11:55:13 AM Approved M Steve1234 Added in 2 places: 'Locate the "Profile Folder" entry.' There is a new Update Folder entry before that. Sep 8, 2020, 1:16:08 AM Approved M Wayne Mery clarify the copy process (which unfortunately has no structure/outline Jan 14, 2019, 7:27:47 AM Approved M Chris Ilias use filepath tags for Thunderbird folder Jan 14, 2019, 2:58:05 AM Unreviewed Chris Ilias Linux profile is two levels up and hidden - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer/discuss/7816 Dec 7, 2018, 4:37:59 AM Approved M Chris Ilias fix mac instructions on step 12, and "your" to "On destination computer" Oct 29, 2018, 3:46:48 AM Approved M Chris Ilias replace "go up three levels" on mac with specific instructions Aug 26, 2018, 12:35:30 AM Approved M Michele Rodaro Linux: {for linux}{button Open Directory}{/for} Aug 19, 2018, 4:52:43 AM Approved M Chris Ilias remove "all you have to do is" Aug 18, 2018, 12:48:48 AM Unreviewed Chris Ilias removed keywords, italicize Thunderbird folder name, tell profile manager users to look for prefs.js Aug 14, 2018, 10:53:14 AM Unreviewed Chris Ilias simplify article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer/discuss/7611 Jul 16, 2018, 2:06:18 AM Approved M Chris Ilias s/Copying all your Thunderbird email data/Copying all your Thunderbird data Jul 15, 2018, 2:42:55 PM Unreviewed Chris Ilias showfor and markup review Jul 15, 2018, 1:15:42 PM Unreviewed Chris Ilias cleanup of kenptr's rewrite May 23, 2018, 5:29:11 AM Approved M kenptr 'Show In Finder' button on a Mac May 21, 2018, 10:32:50 AM Unreviewed kenptr Make style and format consistent; remove Gmail section Apr 26, 2018, 12:07:50 PM Unreviewed kenptr Work in progress, complete but awaiting comments Apr 13, 2018, 12:29:07 PM Unreviewed kenptr Work in progress - Making style and format consistent - more for non-tech users - starts with Chris's easy screencast, followed by text that covers most situations Apr 4, 2018, 9:46:06 AM Unreviewed kenptr Work in progress - Making the writing style and format consistent with other articles, etc. Apr 3, 2018, 11:06:32 AM Approved M Chris Ilias add screencast Mar 31, 2018, 11:53:53 AM Unreviewed kenptr Work in progress - Making the writing style and format consistent with other articles, etc. Mar 31, 2018, 5:44:32 AM Unreviewed kenptr Work in progress - Making the writing style and format consistent with other articles, etc. Feb 24, 2018, 2:03:22 AM Approved TyDraniu Fix the internal link Aug 26, 2017, 11:45:47 AM Approved M kenptr Ready for review: This revision clarifies limitations of Gmail section - Mentions that main technique can optionally transfer data to a new location that might not be a new computer Aug 23, 2017, 10:10:32 AM Unreviewed kenptr Work in progress - Clarifying limitations of Gmail section - Mentioning that main technique can optionally transfer data to a new location that might not be a new computer Jul 28, 2017, 4:07:30 AM Approved M kenptr Ready for review: This revision is intended to be easier to follow for non-technical readers Jan 11, 2017, 7:57:25 AM Unreviewed kenptr Update at the bottom - work in progress Jan 11, 2017, 7:03:02 AM Unreviewed kenptr Still more concise version - work in progress Dec 7, 2016, 9:02:08 AM Unreviewed kenptr A more concise rough draft - work in progress Nov 22, 2016, 6:45:22 AM Unreviewed kenptr This change is a "work in progress"; Trying to make the transfer section easier to follow for some less technical readers; See commentary in discussion thread Sep 19, 2016, 4:29:22 AM Approved Chris Ilias update profiles article link Mar 5, 2016, 3:50:00 AM Approved Michael Buluma removed extra space Oct 31, 2015, 4:45:46 AM Approved M Tonnes Image markup, linkify "Restore to a different location" Jul 8, 2015, 1:11:24 AM Reviewed M Tonnes Markup: Instead of introducing "abusive syntax" and improper image spacing for list items / images, Id rather maintain old-fashioned markup for TB articles until bug 1105227 is fixed Jan 21, 2015, 8:48:06 PM Approved M Lan HTML tags replaced with wiki markup Aug 25, 2014, 8:15:28 AM Approved M Michele Rodaro new {for win} to show instructions for Windows only Aug 25, 2014, 7:27:53 AM Approved Roland Tanglao remove short url template because it's no longer needed Aug 25, 2014, 7:23:58 AM Approved M Roland Tanglao https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer/discuss/5453 Feb 22, 2014, 5:53:16 AM Approved M Tonnes use TB profiles link Feb 21, 2014, 11:04:22 PM Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added share template Feb 13, 2014, 4:00:00 PM Approved MT Thunderbird Migration Imported from SUMOMO 2014-02-14 09:44:44 Compare Selected Revisions You are about to mark this revision as Ready for Localization. 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