[MlMt] Migrating MM

[Michael Nietzold]

As I remember I only transfered some plist files with the settings. (Only some bytes or MB) Then all messages are downloaded again from the IMAP.servers. 

Von meinem iDingens gesendet...

> Am 07.05.2023 um 01:55 schrieb davecc0000 <davec2468 at gmail.com>:
> 
> 
> Glenn,
> Thank you very much for your reply. You are my only link to a possible solution. I’ve tried all I know to no avail, and Benny is not reachable (I hope he’s OK…).
> 
> When I install MM 1.14 on my new Catalina volume with no migrated messages or settings, it progresses with the initial setup (it immediately asks for the first IMAP address). All seems normal. 
> 
> If I first copy the folder ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate (7.4 GB) to the new Catalina volume, when I launch MM I see this error:
> 
> https://imgur.com/drWkmhR
> 
> Re-launching brings the same message.
> 
> The Original path is identical for both Application Support/MailMate folders (Sierra and Catalina volumes).
> 
> In the Catalina Get Info box I clicked on the “Select New Original…” button and navigated to the Catalina volume’s Messages.noindex folder. Just for grins. Same error when attempting to launch MM.
> 
> Any help or even wild suggestions are welcome. I have no Mac email client and my thumbs are wearing out! 
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 
> 
>> On 3 May 2023, at 10:08, davecc0000 wrote:
>> 
>>> I’m creating a new boot volume (Catalina) and doing a minimal, manual migration of needed apps.
>>> 
>>> I downloaded MM from thr Freron server.
>>> 
>>> I copied
>>> ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate
>>> 
>>> from the old boot volume (Sierra) to the new boot volume (Catalina).
>> 
>> By default (if you don’t enable “Indexed for Finder/Spotlight”), the “Messages” folder is created as an alias pointing to “Messages.noindex”. Does that alias exist, and does it point to your new Messages.noindex folder?
>> 
>> Glenn P. Parker
>> glenn.parker at comcast.net
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