Fwiw, I went poking in my Ubuntu 22.04 install and it seems to be in $HOMEDIR/.thunderbird/$myprofile/abook.sqlite
-- Russell Senior [email protected] On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM Michael Ewan <[email protected]> wrote: > > It sounds like you have the old drive, you could get a cheap usb->sata > adapter and look down the .mozilla path in your old home. I do not > know where Thunderbird keeps the address book. > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:19 PM Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My biggest problem with Linux is, it just works. Forever. Until it doesn't. > > I usually live in the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" world. So, I'm not > > big on updating things. By the time I do, I've pretty much forgotten all > > that came before. > > > > I've been running Linux Mint on my main desktop since 2017. I finally had > > too many things that wouldn't update any more (Firefox, Chrome, etc.) and > > sites kept giving me grief about it. I finally decided to upgrade, so I got > > a new 500GB drive, put it in the box, and loaded fresh Mint 22 (Wilma?) Now > > trying to recover things. I had copies of my profiles for Firefox and > > Thunderbird. Per some guidance I found on the web, I copied the files from > > the old profiles to the new profiles and all appeared to be good. Got all > > my bookmarks, passwords, email, etc. > > > > One thing I did lose is my address books in Thunderbird. Unfortunately, I > > do not know what version was running on the old machine. The new machine is > > running V125.5.0. Any hints on how I can recover my old address books? > > > > Thanks, > > Michael
