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minus-squareNilz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 hours agoAs per the FAQ they seem to share the exact same profile so you can seamlessly switch between them (provided both are the same dot release)
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoI just gave it a try and it does not pick up my existing Thunderbird data automatically, or prompt to import it.
minus-squaremcmxci@mimiclem.melinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoThe instructions change if you’re using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import
minus-square7eter@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-213 hours agofor TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from ~/.thunderbird/ to ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/ did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-216 hours agoI’m on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.
As per the FAQ they seem to share the exact same profile so you can seamlessly switch between them (provided both are the same dot release)
I just gave it a try and it does not pick up my existing Thunderbird data automatically, or prompt to import it.
Same here :(
Booooo
The instructions change if you’re using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import
for TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from
~/.thunderbird/to~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.I’m on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.