[MlMt] Moving to a new computer

[Annamarie]

Well that computer went back to the seller as it wasn't charging so I 
get to do it over again and right when I get whatever new computer I 
decide on. @Bill I don't see an "export" command?

@Benny so when I am installing MM on the new computer  - do I create a 
Mailmate folder in application support and put the `plist` files in that 
folder? Before installing MM? or is there a window between install and 
launch?

Thanks (and I hope my query helps others.)
Annamarie


Annamarie Pluhar
802-451-1941
802-579-5975 (iPhone - not good when I'm at my desk.)

On 2 Dec 2018, at 14:25, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 2 Dec 2018, at 6:13, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>
>> On 29 Nov 2018, at 16:03, Annamarie wrote:
>>
>>> Finally forced by Mojave to buy a new computer - I love my 2011 
>>> MacBook Air. !
>>>
>>> Anyways I want to make sure I do this right. MM is set up with all 
>>> my accounts but I want my signatures and smart folders.  I think 
>>> that if I copy the entire MM folder from the ~/library/Application 
>>> Support  I’ll end up duplicating emails?
>>
>> No, but I still think the following is better:
>>
>>> Can I simply copy the various .plists? I see
>>> Blacklist.plist
>>> Identities.plist
>>> Mailboxes.plist
>>> Signatures.plist
>>> Sources.plist
>>> Submission.plist
>>> Tags.plist
>>>
>>> I probably just want blacklist, mailboxes and signatures? Yes. 
>>> Anything else I should do? I only found one article from 2014 in the 
>>> archives.
>>
>> Just take all of the `.plist` files. Then you don't need to configure 
>> the accounts and all emails are fetched from the servers building a 
>> new database in MailMate.
>>
>> You won't get the `defaults` (which also means Preferences) changes. 
>> That can be done by copying the following file:
>>
>> 	~/Library/Preferences/com.freron.MailMate.plist
>>
>> But I believe this has to be done before launching MailMate for the 
>> first time (because the system caches it in memory).
>
> An alternative approach is to use the 'export' and 'import' 
> subcommands to 'defaults' command, which assures that you get 
> precisely what the system believes to be the current defaults.
>
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