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minus-squareNilz@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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-up0·7 months 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-up0·7 months agoThe instructions change if you’re using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import
minus-squareMangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoI’m on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.
minus-square7eter@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agofor TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from ~/.thunderbird/ to ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/ did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.
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.
Booooo
The instructions change if you’re using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import
I’m on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.
for TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from
~/.thunderbird/to~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.