[MlMt] Transferring mailmate config

[Vlad Ghitulescu]

On 7 Nov 2017, at 8:18, Robert M. Münch wrote:

> On 6 Nov 2017, at 21:46, Vlad Ghitulescu wrote:
>
>> I've copied this files:
>>
>> 	- ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/*.plist
>> 	- ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Resources/
>> 	- ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Bundles/
>> 	- ~/Library/Preferences/com.freron.MailMate.plist
>>
>> as Benny sugested me a while ago.
>>
>> Seeing that this question arise again: Benny, wouldn't be possible to 
>> have a menu-item / preference-button for exporting everything that 
>> make sense (like a backup-capsule :-) in order to start with MailMate 
>> on a new machine / os / etc.?
>
> How about just exporting these files on Dropbox/... and importing them 
> again on startup if they are available?

That's exactly what I did, yes.
A button / menu-item in MailMate itself would still have 3 advantages:

1. Nobody would had to remember which plist-files etc. exactly are 
relevant.
2. Nobody would have to "*dig*" deep in ~Library to find the files.
3. Benny could alter anytime the list of the relevant files whit out 
having to send a notice to all.

I use a couple of apps (TextExpander, Hazel, KeyboardMaestro) that have 
a similar approach: with a single click I can export text-snippets / 
rules / macros into a folder I can choose. BusyCal / BusyContacts also 
let you backup the events / contacts to a location you can choose.


> Keeping configs in sync on many machines is really a key-feature these 
> days.

Totally agree! Even when MailMate is not supposed to run simultaneously 
on two (or more) machines with a single set of plist-files & co., as far 
as I remember.
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