{"id":1721,"date":"2005-09-20T23:56:26","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T23:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sunpig.com\/mt-entry-1721.html"},"modified":"2006-09-23T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2006-09-23T19:30:11","slug":"mac-switching-update-tue-20-sep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunpig.com\/martin\/2005\/09\/20\/mac-switching-update-tue-20-sep\/","title":{"rendered":"Mac Switching update, Tue 20 Sep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that’s my Thunderbird<\/a> email now moved from the PC to the Mac. Just as with iTunes<\/a>, this turned out to be quite simple:<\/p>\n

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  1. Installed Thunderbird on the Mac<\/li>\n
  2. Located my profile directory on the Mac: \/Users\/martin\/Library\/Thunderbird\/Profiles\/XXXXX.default\/, where “XXXXX” stands for whatever random combination of letters and numbers it has chosen for me.<\/li>\n
  3. Made a backup copy of everything in this directory.<\/li>\n
  4. Located my profile directory on the PC: C:\\Documents And Settings\\Martin\\Application Data\\Thunderbird\\Profiles\\YYYYY.default\\, where “YYYYY” is a different random combination of letters and numbers.<\/li>\n
  5. Copied all files and directories from the PC’s profile directory into the Mac’s profile directory.<\/li>\n
  6. Started up Thunderbird on the Mac…and everything works, multiple accounts, saved passwords and all.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I had considered using the Mac’s own Mail.app for email, but I think I’ll leave that for later.<\/p>\n

    On the text editor front, I’ve installed SubEthaEdit<\/a>, and I plan to give TextWrangler<\/a> a try, too.<\/p>\n

    Web browser-wise, I’m still flipping between Firefox and Safari, but with Opera<\/a> now being free, I’ll probably throw it into the mix as well, and see what sticks.<\/p>\n

    Next major task is to get Apache and MySQL up and running, and install a local copy of Movable Type. It’s all looking rather good, right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Well, that’s my Thunderbird email now moved from the PC to the Mac. Just as with iTunes, this turned out to be quite simple: Installed Thunderbird on the Mac Located my profile directory on the Mac: \/Users\/martin\/Library\/Thunderbird\/Profiles\/XXXXX.default\/, where “XXXXX” stands for whatever random combination of letters and numbers it has chosen for me. Made a … <\/p>\n

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