[MlMt] Moving settings to a new computer from an existing installation

[Henry Seiden]

Thanks, John,

I thought that it would migrate my accounts as well, but alas, no. Nor 
will it use any accounts installed in OS as “Internet accounts.” I 
guess you found that or automatically did that process.

Respectfully,

Henry Seiden

Techworks Pro Co.
E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
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On 19 Feb 2022, at 14:22, John Purnell wrote:

> I just completed this successfully yesterday. I followed the 
> instructions at the bottom of the respective manual page: 
> https://manual.mailmate-app.com/rebuild before I opened MailMate 
> (which I had previously updated to the latest beta build for 
> Monterey). I then opened MailMate, manually synced all mailboxes, and 
> waited for all the messages to download. After that I added my licence 
> and checked the preferences as I moved from Mojave to Monterey (can't 
> remember if I had to adjust any). This is the second time I've done 
> this since using MailMate and the previous time was also effortless--a 
> testament to Benny.
>
>
> On 2022-02-20, at 06:06 +1300, Henry Seiden <info at techworkspro.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> Had no success moving IMAP accounts/settings from an existing 
>> installation to a new computer. So, importing accounts from scratch 
>> (actually exporting them is impossible because that functionality 
>> doesn’t seem to exist on the new computer. Tried copying my account 
>> setting (Users>username>Library…) which didn’t move any accounts.
>>
>> Tops on my list of new/workable features is to move all settings 
>> (account settings, MM options, installed features) en masse by copy 
>> or export/import in Finder or MM, from a working installation of MM 
>> to a new computer, in the case of a clean install onto the same 
>> computer, or a different one from a file backup.
>>
>> MailMate clean install’s just fine by itself but all features, IMAP 
>> accounts and settings now need to be individually installed.
>>
>> The feature called Import Accounts contains nothing in the new 
>> installation and can’t use accounts created on the System (System 
>> Preferences>Accounts) or in another app (like Mail.app), unless they 
>> are appear installed in MailMate. That seems weird. Tried it on a new 
>> Beta (12.3) OS installation that had Mail.app accounts already logged 
>> in on that app, but the accounts installed there were not visible in 
>> MM, but some are visible as choices in the old, previous version(?).
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> Henry Seiden
>>
>> Techworks Pro Co.
>> E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
>> W: http://techworkspro.com
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