Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
Jonathan N. Little wrote, on 03 Dec 18 19:43: Alexander Yudenitsch wrote: I think that, for versions of SM up to 2.53 and FF up to 52.9ESR, migrating profile data between them is possible, although just copying all files directly may be problematic, since some of these files (including prefs.js) contain 'physical' addresses, specific to each program/OS, so that, to synchronize/transfer some of the data, you have to make the necessary substitutions in the files' content. Mostly for download file location MRUs and some extension locations, but does not cause problems moving. Have moved profiles drag 'n drop from Windows to Linux with no problem whatsoever and the profile paths are very different. I think the extension paths within prefs.js get autogenerated and get "fixed" upon first run. Yes, I always suspected SM/FF does that, but have never seen any confirmation anywhere, plus I'm very wary of "autogenerated fixes" (it did work fine in one instance but, with several versions involving XP/W7-SM/FF, the chances of 'wrong guesses' shouldn't be forgotten), so I try to make the changes manually, editing the files involved. -- Best, s) Alexander Yudenitsch ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
Alexander Yudenitsch wrote: > Hawker wrote, on 03 Dec 18 01:51: > >> I know it is ancient, but it still seems to work. >> Mozbackup lets you select what you back up and what parts you restore. >> It has not be updated in years but I used it about a year ago to >> restore a profile and it seemed to still work just fine. >> >> http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ > > Yes, but I think Nuno Silva's query was a different one: > >>> (...) I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. >>> What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would >>> like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible > > and MozBackup is for backuping to the same browser (ie, SM --> SM). > > I think that, for versions of SM up to 2.53 and FF up to 52.9ESR, > migrating profile data between them is possible, although just copying > all files directly may be problematic, since some of these files > (including prefs.js) contain 'physical' addresses, specific to each > program/OS, so that, to synchronize/transfer some of the data, you have > to make the necessary substitutions in the files' content. > Mostly for download file location MRUs and some extension locations, but does not cause problems moving. Have moved profiles drag 'n drop from Windows to Linux with no problem whatsoever and the profile paths are very different. I think the extension paths within prefs.js get autogenerated and get "fixed" upon first run. IMO moving a Seamonkey|Thunderbird|Firefox profile is so easy that MozBackup is really not that necessary. -- Take care, Jonathan --- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
Hawker wrote, on 03 Dec 18 01:51: I know it is ancient, but it still seems to work. Mozbackup lets you select what you back up and what parts you restore. It has not be updated in years but I used it about a year ago to restore a profile and it seemed to still work just fine. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Yes, but I think Nuno Silva's query was a different one: (...) I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible and MozBackup is for backuping to the same browser (ie, SM --> SM). I think that, for versions of SM up to 2.53 and FF up to 52.9ESR, migrating profile data between them is possible, although just copying all files directly may be problematic, since some of these files (including prefs.js) contain 'physical' addresses, specific to each program/OS, so that, to synchronize/transfer some of the data, you have to make the necessary substitutions in the files' content. -- Best, s) Alexander Yudenitsch ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
I know it is ancient, but it still seems to work. Mozbackup lets you select what you back up and what parts you restore. It has not be updated in years but I used it about a year ago to restore a profile and it seemed to still work just fine. http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ On 11/26/2018 8:03 PM, Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
On 2018-11-28, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2018-11-27, Ant wrote: > >> On 11/27/2018 8:16 AM, EE wrote: >>> Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. [...] > > Today I tried to do the migration by moving the profile directories and > it worked. There are some settings I still have to set or tweak, but > other than that, so far everything seems to show up in Seamonkey: > passwords, cookies, history, even some extensions. > > And it feels faster than Firefox. I should have added "... for the same web page with the same profile". That was just a comment - I was happily surprised -; there's no proper scientific study behind my affirmation :-) It is also possible that some Firefox-only setting was slowing things down... -- Nuno Silva ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
On 2018-11-27, Ant wrote: > On 11/27/2018 8:16 AM, EE wrote: >> Nuno Silva wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year >>> now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. >>> >>> What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would >>> like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, >>> including: >>> >>> - History >>> - Bookmarks >>> - Preferences >>> - Installed extensions, if compatible >>> (there are no webextensions) >>> - passwords and cookies >>> - userContent.css >>> >>> Could/should I just move the profile directories to >>> $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? >>> >>> >>> (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated >>> profiles?) >>> >> The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if >> they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy >> enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or >> import into SeaMonkey. > > SM v2.49.4's old places.sqlite will work in the newer Firefox > versions, but not in reversed. Firefox will upgrade it. > > >> I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing >> them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a >> good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there >> are a lot more preference settings for it. >> >> If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there >> would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files >> to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app >> (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for >> SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website >> (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. >> That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific >> interface or not. >> >> To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. >> >> For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. >> >> You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for >> userContent.css. > > For me, I usually skip all this, redo them from scratch, etc. since I > only care about my places.sqlite. Everything else can be recovered. Thanks for all the replies!, The reason why I wanted to avoid doing things by hand or from scratch is that it's not just one, but five separate profiles. Today I tried to do the migration by moving the profile directories and it worked. There are some settings I still have to set or tweak, but other than that, so far everything seems to show up in Seamonkey: passwords, cookies, history, even some extensions. And it feels faster than Firefox. -- Nuno Silva ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
2.49.x will probably work with a 55 places database. Everything higher will fail. 52 should be ok but ymmv. FRG Nuno Silva wrote: On 2018-11-27, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: 2.53 has the Firefox Library ported and should be compatible with at least 58. 2.49.x has an older version. But I agree. Just use a bookmarks export and redo the profile. FRG With which Firefox versions would 2.49.x be compatible? Some of the Firefox profiles are from Firefox 52. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
Nuno Silva wrote: On 2018-11-27, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: 2.53 has the Firefox Library ported and should be compatible with at least 58. 2.49.x has an older version. But I agree. Just use a bookmarks export and redo the profile. FRG With which Firefox versions would 2.49.x be compatible? Some of the Firefox profiles are from Firefox 52. Seamonkey 2.49.x can handle older profiles (within "reason") Firefox 53 can also handle older profiles (ditto) You should have no problems there. -- spammus ergo sum ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
On 2018-11-27, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: > 2.53 has the Firefox Library ported and should be compatible with at > least 58. 2.49.x has an older version. But I agree. Just use a > bookmarks export and redo the profile. > > FRG With which Firefox versions would 2.49.x be compatible? Some of the Firefox profiles are from Firefox 52. -- Nuno Silva ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
2.53 has the Firefox Library ported and should be compatible with at least 58. 2.49.x has an older version. But I agree. Just use a bookmarks export and redo the profile. FRG Ant wrote: On 11/27/2018 8:16 AM, EE wrote: Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or import into SeaMonkey. SM v2.49.4's old places.sqlite will work in the newer Firefox versions, but not in reversed. Firefox will upgrade it. I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there are a lot more preference settings for it. If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific interface or not. To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for userContent.css. For me, I usually skip all this, redo them from scratch, etc. since I only care about my places.sqlite. Everything else can be recovered. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
On 11/27/2018 8:16 AM, EE wrote: Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or import into SeaMonkey. SM v2.49.4's old places.sqlite will work in the newer Firefox versions, but not in reversed. Firefox will upgrade it. I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there are a lot more preference settings for it. If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific interface or not. To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for userContent.css. For me, I usually skip all this, redo them from scratch, etc. since I only care about my places.sqlite. Everything else can be recovered. -- "No, I'd prefer a cooler WITHOUT an ant-door, thank you..." --unknown Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\If crediting, then use Ant nickname and URL/link. / /\ /\ \Axe ANT from its address if e-mailing privately. | |o o| | http://antfarm.ma.cx / http://antfarm.home.dhs.org \ _ / ( ) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Migrating FF profiles to Seamonkey
Nuno Silva wrote: Hello, Seamonkey Navigator has been my main web browser for more than a year now, but I still have a few user profiles left in Firefox. What would be the best way to move these profiles to Seamonkey? I would like to preserve as much of the original profiles as possible, including: - History - Bookmarks - Preferences - Installed extensions, if compatible (there are no webextensions) - passwords and cookies - userContent.css Could/should I just move the profile directories to $HOME/.mozilla/seamonkey and add them to profiles.ini? (Is there some way I could then disable Mail only in these migrated profiles?) The file places.sqlite has history and bookmarks. I have no idea if they are cross-compatible any more, however. Bookmarks are easy enough to transfer. Back them up or export as HTML and restore or import into SeaMonkey. I imagine that some preference settings have changed, so comparing them by comparing prefs.js files or from about:config would be a good idea. Since SeaMonkey does newsgroups and email as well, there are a lot more preference settings for it. If the extensions for Firefox were also written for SeaMonkey, there would be no problem, but I would check install.rdf in the .xpi files to make sure that they would be compatible with the target app (SeaMonkey) version. If the extensions were not written for SeaMonkey, then running them through the converter website (http://addonconverter.fotokraina.com/) might be able to fix them. That would depend on whether the extension needs a specific interface or not. To transfer passwords, you need to copy key3.db and logins.json. For cookies, you need cookies.sqlite. You could simply copy the chrome directory into the new profile for userContent.css. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
