You have just wasted countless hours setting up Thunderbird on your principal PC. Now you need to set up your laptop PC or your another PC with the same settings but you do not need to spend all of that time doing it again from nothing. This piece shows the proper way to copy the settings/profiles from one computer to another.
Copying Thunderbird settings from Windows to Windows is easy. There is a free download that you can use called MozBackup. If you search on google this programme is really simple to find.
Steps:
- Install MozBackup on your main PC.
- Backup your Thunderbird profile.
- Copy the backup to your secondary PC.
- Install MozBackup on your secondary computer.
- Revive your profile from the backup.
If you'd like step by step directions please refer to the Appendix in the Easy-Email Thunderbird Essential Guide.
If you would like to copy your Thunderbird settings between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux there are a couple more steps concerned but it's not difficult.
I could refer to the computers as main PC - the one you have set up - and 2nd computer - the one to which you are copying the settings. The menus shown are for duplicating settings from Windows to Mac OS X, but the steps are the same regardless of which operating systems you use.
Critical! All of the settings and email stored in Thunderbird on the second PC will be removed. This guide is designed with a new installation of Thunderbird in mind. If you have emails and contacts you want to keep on your second computer you have to set-up an account to synchronize with Gmail, copy your old emails to your Gmail account, and synchronize your contacts with Gmail before you continue. For details on the right way to do this please study the Thunderbird Essential Guide.
The steps are:
1. Find the location of your Thunderbird profile on your most important computer.
2. Copy your profile from your most important PC to a USB drive.
3. Copy your profile from the USB drive to your second PC.
4. Determine routes to mail folders and signatures.
1. Find the positioning of your Thunderbird profile
The location of your Thunderbird profile folder depends on the system software you use.
If you are doubtful of the location you can confirm it in Thunderbird.
- Go to the Tools -gt; Account Settings... Window (Edit -gt; Account Settings... On Linux).
- Select the Server Settings tab on your account.
- Click the Scan button to determine the locale of your mail folder for this account.
- Make a note of the folder location.
- Now click on the Local Folders tab. Then click on Peruse.
- Jot down a note of the location.
2. Copy your profile from your principal computer to a USB drive
To copy your profile on to a USB drive simply shut down Thunderbird and go to the folder where your profile is stored.
Note: You may have issues with hidden folders in Linux and Windows. Tips on how to find them are in the Thunderbird Essential Guide.
Now copy the xxxxxxxx.default folder to your USB drive.
3. Copy your profile from the USB drive to the second PC
On your 2nd PC we'll copy the contents of the profile folder from the USB drive.
- Install Thunderbird
- Start Thunderbird for the 1st time so that the profile folder gets created. You do not have to open an account since we're going to overwrite all the settings anyhow.
- Shut down Thunderbird.
- Navigate to the profile folder. Notice the way the profile name is different to that of the old computer.
- Open the yyyyyyyy.default folder and remove all of the contents of the folder. Don't remove the yyyyyyyy.default folder - only the contents of the folder!
Significant! This may remove all email and settings you have stored on Thunderbird if you already have Thunderbird on this PC. Only do this if you don't wish to keep the old emails.
- On your USB drive open the profile folder from your principal PC.
- Copy the contents of the xxxxxxxx.default folder on the USB drive into the yyyyyyyy.default folder on your second computer.
It is significant that you don't change the name of the yyyyyyyy.default folder. 4. Verify ways to mail folders and signatures If you find that the email folders do not appear properly you're going to need to verify the folder locations.
- Start Thunderbird again.
- Go to Tools -gt; Account Settings...
- On the Server Settings tab confirm the site of your email folders.
- On the Local Folders tab verify the positioning of your local folders.
- Click on the My Mail IMAP tab.
. - Verify that your signatures are set up in the right way. If your signatures are placed in external files you'll need to copy these from your main computer too. If you entered your signature in Thunderbird it should be set up in the right way. Full instructions regarding how to set this up can be found at our Sync Thunderbird web site where you can get your free copy of the Easy-Email Essential Guide to Thunderbird.
Copying Thunderbird settings from Windows to Windows is easy. There is a free download that you can use called MozBackup. If you search on google this programme is really simple to find.
Steps:
- Install MozBackup on your main PC.
- Backup your Thunderbird profile.
- Copy the backup to your secondary PC.
- Install MozBackup on your secondary computer.
- Revive your profile from the backup.
If you'd like step by step directions please refer to the Appendix in the Easy-Email Thunderbird Essential Guide.
If you would like to copy your Thunderbird settings between Windows, Mac OS X and Linux there are a couple more steps concerned but it's not difficult.
I could refer to the computers as main PC - the one you have set up - and 2nd computer - the one to which you are copying the settings. The menus shown are for duplicating settings from Windows to Mac OS X, but the steps are the same regardless of which operating systems you use.
Critical! All of the settings and email stored in Thunderbird on the second PC will be removed. This guide is designed with a new installation of Thunderbird in mind. If you have emails and contacts you want to keep on your second computer you have to set-up an account to synchronize with Gmail, copy your old emails to your Gmail account, and synchronize your contacts with Gmail before you continue. For details on the right way to do this please study the Thunderbird Essential Guide.
The steps are:
1. Find the location of your Thunderbird profile on your most important computer.
2. Copy your profile from your most important PC to a USB drive.
3. Copy your profile from the USB drive to your second PC.
4. Determine routes to mail folders and signatures.
1. Find the positioning of your Thunderbird profile
The location of your Thunderbird profile folder depends on the system software you use.
If you are doubtful of the location you can confirm it in Thunderbird.
- Go to the Tools -gt; Account Settings... Window (Edit -gt; Account Settings... On Linux).
- Select the Server Settings tab on your account.
- Click the Scan button to determine the locale of your mail folder for this account.
- Make a note of the folder location.
- Now click on the Local Folders tab. Then click on Peruse.
- Jot down a note of the location.
2. Copy your profile from your principal computer to a USB drive
To copy your profile on to a USB drive simply shut down Thunderbird and go to the folder where your profile is stored.
Note: You may have issues with hidden folders in Linux and Windows. Tips on how to find them are in the Thunderbird Essential Guide.
Now copy the xxxxxxxx.default folder to your USB drive.
3. Copy your profile from the USB drive to the second PC
On your 2nd PC we'll copy the contents of the profile folder from the USB drive.
- Install Thunderbird
- Start Thunderbird for the 1st time so that the profile folder gets created. You do not have to open an account since we're going to overwrite all the settings anyhow.
- Shut down Thunderbird.
- Navigate to the profile folder. Notice the way the profile name is different to that of the old computer.
- Open the yyyyyyyy.default folder and remove all of the contents of the folder. Don't remove the yyyyyyyy.default folder - only the contents of the folder!
Significant! This may remove all email and settings you have stored on Thunderbird if you already have Thunderbird on this PC. Only do this if you don't wish to keep the old emails.
- On your USB drive open the profile folder from your principal PC.
- Copy the contents of the xxxxxxxx.default folder on the USB drive into the yyyyyyyy.default folder on your second computer.
It is significant that you don't change the name of the yyyyyyyy.default folder. 4. Verify ways to mail folders and signatures If you find that the email folders do not appear properly you're going to need to verify the folder locations.
- Start Thunderbird again.
- Go to Tools -gt; Account Settings...
- On the Server Settings tab confirm the site of your email folders.
- On the Local Folders tab verify the positioning of your local folders.
- Click on the My Mail IMAP tab.
. - Verify that your signatures are set up in the right way. If your signatures are placed in external files you'll need to copy these from your main computer too. If you entered your signature in Thunderbird it should be set up in the right way. Full instructions regarding how to set this up can be found at our Sync Thunderbird web site where you can get your free copy of the Easy-Email Essential Guide to Thunderbird.
About the Author:
Anders Vinther has written at length about computers and email for the previous 10 years. To get more information on sync outlook and synchronize windows live mail please vist our web sites.
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