Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2017-01-16 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
EE wrote: Disable automatic updating. In Preferences > Advanced > Software Installation, under "SeaMonkey" uncheck "Automatically check for updates". Not the same thing. Checking for updates and notifying the user doesn't install anything. If you want to disable automatic updating, the box

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2017-01-16 Thread EE
Jonathan N. Little wrote: accordiong...@gmail.com wrote: This thread has gone in the wrong direction, as it is focusing on whether or not I have backed up my profile data. No you seem to be missing the point. You did not need to create a new profile and "lose" your data just by uninstalling

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread cyberzen
Le 31/12/2016 à 18:44, WaltS48 a écrit : Some of us clear browsing history on shutdown. I do -- cyberzen ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread Jonathan N. Little
accordiong...@gmail.com wrote: > This thread has gone in the wrong direction, as it is focusing on whether or > not I have backed up my profile data. > No you seem to be missing the point. You did not need to create a new profile and "lose" your data just by uninstalling SeaMonkey and

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread accordiongirl
This thread has gone in the wrong direction, as it is focusing on whether or not I have backed up my profile data. The original (and more important) question is -- is "shouldn't SeaMonkey check System Requirements before automatically updating?" ___

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread Jonathan N. Little
accordiong...@gmail.com wrote: > The profile was crippled by SeaMonkey. Here is a description of this issue > from the 2.46 Release Notes. > > "Data loss warning: If you use a profile with this or any later version and > then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.40 or earlier, SeaMonkey will rename

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread WaltS48
On 12/31/2016 12:32 PM, accordiong...@gmail.com wrote: The profile was crippled by SeaMonkey. Here is a description of this issue from the 2.46 Release Notes. "Data loss warning: If you use a profile with this or any later version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.40 or earlier,

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread accordiongirl
The profile was crippled by SeaMonkey. Here is a description of this issue from the 2.46 Release Notes. "Data loss warning: If you use a profile with this or any later version and then try to go back to SeaMonkey 2.40 or earlier, SeaMonkey will rename your history file to

Re: 2.46 Automatically Updates, Breaks Mac OS 10.6.8

2016-12-31 Thread Jonathan N. Little
accordiong...@gmail.com wrote: > SeaMonkey 2.46 has automatically updated itself on my computer running Mac OS > 10.6.8. > > This update is not compatible (it requires Mac OS 10.9), and therefore does > not run. > > It also cripples my profile. > > And so now I must re-install 2.40, and start