History of Move Thunderbird data to a new computer

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Unreviewed   AliceWyman (edit to Aug 9, 2023 pending revision) updated link to renamed article, minor edits
Unreviewed   mlj1 simplify wording slightly of proposed revision
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.
Current MT larry118 Proposing an easier alternative method of transferring Thunderbird content from one computer to another
Unreviewed   mark332 The old procedure does no longer work. There seems to be a new per-install-fingerprinting involved.
Approved MT Marcelo Ghelman better explanation
Approved M Steve1234 Added in 2 places: 'Locate the "Profile Folder" entry.' There is a new Update Folder entry before that.
Approved M Wayne Mery clarify the copy process (which unfortunately has no structure/outline
Approved M Chris Ilias use filepath tags for Thunderbird folder
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
Approved M Chris Ilias fix mac instructions on step 12, and "your" to "On destination computer"
Approved M Chris Ilias replace "go up three levels" on mac with specific instructions
Approved M Michele Rodaro Linux: {for linux}{button Open Directory}{/for}
Approved M Chris Ilias remove "all you have to do is"
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias removed keywords, italicize Thunderbird folder name, tell profile manager users to look for prefs.js
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias simplify article https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer/discuss/7611
Approved M Chris Ilias s/Copying all your Thunderbird email data/Copying all your Thunderbird data
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias showfor and markup review
Unreviewed   Chris Ilias cleanup of kenptr's rewrite
Approved M kenptr 'Show In Finder' button on a Mac
Unreviewed   kenptr Make style and format consistent; remove Gmail section
Unreviewed   kenptr Work in progress, complete but awaiting comments
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
Unreviewed   kenptr Work in progress - Making the writing style and format consistent with other articles, etc.
Approved M Chris Ilias add screencast
Unreviewed   kenptr Work in progress - Making the writing style and format consistent with other articles, etc.
Unreviewed   kenptr Work in progress - Making the writing style and format consistent with other articles, etc.
Approved   TyDraniu Fix the internal link
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
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
Approved M kenptr Ready for review: This revision is intended to be easier to follow for non-technical readers
Unreviewed   kenptr Update at the bottom - work in progress
Unreviewed   kenptr Still more concise version - work in progress
Unreviewed   kenptr A more concise rough draft - work in progress
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
Approved   Chris Ilias update profiles article link
Approved   Michael Buluma removed extra space
Approved M Tonnes Image markup, linkify "Restore to a different location"
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
Approved M Lan HTML tags replaced with wiki markup
Approved M Michele Rodaro new {for win} to show instructions for Windows only
Approved   Roland Tanglao remove short url template because it's no longer needed
Approved M Roland Tanglao https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/moving-thunderbird-data-to-a-new-computer/discuss/5453
Approved M Tonnes use TB profiles link
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added share template
Approved MT Thunderbird Migration Imported from SUMOMO 2014-02-14 09:44:44

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