I do this quite often, and do something similar. I first open a fresh copy of MM on the new machine and put in the IMAP account info manually, let it download the emails.
Then I close it down and copy across the various plist files for all the other settings to get my custom set up. Hope that helps. -- Seamus > On 7 May 2023, at 07:51, Michael Nietzold <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]>: >>> >> >> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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