I assume you don't need to install 4.2 on OSX first - BUT - you will need an upgrade (registration key) - as I remember 4.2 to 5 was not a freebee - check into that before going to version 5.
There is NO need to export and then import. Install PM on OS X and just copy the complete PM Files folder to the new computer (this is NOT the application folder of PM, it's the one which contains the message and address database etc.. Putting this complete folder into the documents folder is probably a good idea. Now launch PM, the application. It will either tell you it will update the found database or have you locate the database or just launch with an empty and new database. In case 3 choose 'switch user' and via the dialog box choose your copied PM folder in the documents folder. PM right now is at 5.0.2.b1 Hope that makes sense. ---marlyse ------------ former message(s) quotes: ------------- >I am about to migrate from system 9.2 using Powermail 4.2.1, to a new >computer (I Book, G4) with OS X. I have several questions. > >Should I install the OS X version of 4.2 on the new computer first, then >import the database from the OS 9 4.2 version, and _then_ upgrade to PM 5? > >When I go to the "Export Assistant" in my current OS9 PM 4.2, if I select >"Your entire mail database", the only option it offers me is "Powermail >Exchange". Can I assume that the result of this will be a database that >can be imported into the OS X version of PM? If so, can it be read by >both PM OS X versions 4.2 _and_ 5? > >What about the attachments? In OS X, will they still link to the >messages they were previously attached to? > >Last May, I downloaded (from the CTMDEV.com website) a file called >"PowerMail_5.0b26.dmg-link.dmg" which appears to be a free upgrade to PM >5. I never used it because I hadn't yet migrated to OS X. Is it the >current version of PM 5, or is there a later one?
