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can't find profile folder and your writeup does not help

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natebacon
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On a Mac (OS X 10.11.6), current Thunderbird. I can not find the profiles folder, and your suggestion to go to Help>Troubleshooting>application basics does not exist. A search for Thunderbird profile does not work.

I am trying to transfer emails from one mac to another

On a Mac (OS X 10.11.6), current Thunderbird. I can not find the profiles folder, and your suggestion to go to Help>Troubleshooting>application basics does not exist. A search for Thunderbird profile does not work. I am trying to transfer emails from one mac to another

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christ1
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your suggestion to go to Help>Troubleshooting>application basics does not exist.

What suggestion did you follow? Can you provide a link?

For the location of the profile see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Thunderbird

A search for Thunderbird profile does not work.

Really? http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=thunderbird+profile+folder

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