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Thunderbird On Multiple Machines

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fv.perrelli
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I have been using Thunderbird on a MacBook for about three years and have many filters, etc. I recently purchased another MacBook and would like to use the existing profile, filters, calendar, etc. Is there a way to configure this using my iCloud drive.

Thanks, Frank

I have been using Thunderbird on a MacBook for about three years and have many filters, etc. I recently purchased another MacBook and would like to use the existing profile, filters, calendar, etc. Is there a way to configure this using my iCloud drive. Thanks, Frank

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david
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Everything you mentioned is in the profile. Copy that to the new machine and it should be identical.

fv.perrelli
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That's not the question I asked. I'd like to have both machines kept in sync by using my iCloud directory as the common repository for the Thunderbird configuration files.

david
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I don't know where profiles.ini is on a MAC. In Windows, Thunderbird looks at c:\users\<yourID>\appdata\roaming\thunderbird\profiles.ini for the location of the profile. It is a simple text file. If you set that file for each machine, it should work. The safest way to do that is with profile manager. start thunderbird with the -p parameter. Again, I don't know how to do that on a Mac.

david
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I forgot one potential issue to remind you of: the fact that Thunderbird profiles are not downward-compatible. That is, after upgrading one machine to a new version of Thunderbird, the other machine may corrupt the profile when run. The solution, as I see it, would be to always upgrade the second machine offline. That's no guarantee, but it's my best guess.