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Need to move and combine an old profile on a new computer that we've been using Thunderbird on for a few days.

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BradGoldberg
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We've been using Thunderbird for years on an old PC running Windows XP. We just upgraded to a new iMac running El Capitan. We've been having trouble moving the old profile. I had no idea it would be so technical. But since we've been using the new computer for a few days we don't won't to overwrite the new identity.

How can we move and combine the old profile with the new one?

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We've been using Thunderbird for years on an old PC running Windows XP. We just upgraded to a new iMac running El Capitan. We've been having trouble moving the old profile. I had no idea it would be so technical. But since we've been using the new computer for a few days we don't won't to overwrite the new identity. How can we move and combine the old profile with the new one? Thanks

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Matt
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/

Use that add-on to import individual folders of mail. One at a time.

BradGoldberg
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Thanks, Matt. I'll try that. What about contact info?

Matt
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this add-ons https://freeshell.de//~kaosmos/morecols-en.html and import your old MAB files from the root of the profile folder.