Tony Higgins wrote:
I'm currently using SeaMonkey 2.0.14. What can I expect with upgrading
to Version 2.3.3? I get constant reminders to upgrade.
When I upgraded to the current version my profiles were copied to
another location which I had difficulty locating and then couldn't get
to work and had to re-establish all of my 5 email accounts using the old
location. It seems to me I also had trouble with my bookmarks.
Will this happen again? Is there an upgrade guide with step-by-step
instructions?
Thanks,
Tony Higgins
First Tony I am sorry you received so many sarcastic and bordering on
rude comments.
I will try to help you were I am able. Since I am using MacOS my advice
may/may not be useful for you.
Firstly when you upgrade to a version of SeaMonkey beyond 2.0.x such as
2.3.3 SeaMonkey will migrate your user profile to a new location. The
profile migration takes place as new versions of Seamonkey have changed
the way certain items are stored. Your bookmarks and passwords (I'm not
sure if there are other items) are now stored in a database file. Using
a database file allows the bookmarks to be more efficient and gain new
functionality. Previously the bookmarks were stored in a html file
(bookmarks.html).
Please note that when the migration from your old profile to the new
one, your old profile is only migrated. Your old profile is left
unchanged and intact. Your bookmarks and passwords are still there in
your old profile.
Now once you begin to upgrade from 2.0.14 to 2.3.3 and you launch
version 2.3.3 for the first time you will notice SeaMonkey going through
the profile migration were all your profile information (bookmarks,
passwords, email. etc.) is transferred to your new profile.
I suspect if something goes wrong with the profile migration process you
could delete all traces of the new profile and relaunch SeaMonkey 2.3.3
and let it go through the migration process again and hopefully your
profile will be migrated correctly.
AS ALWAYS HERE IS A WARNING BEFORE YOU BEGIN: make a backup Seamonkey
2.0.14 and your user profile (preferably on external media such as a CD
or external hard disk). Now if anything goes wrong you can revert to you
backup and recover SeaMonkey and you profile.
After you backup SeaMonkey 2.0.14 and its profile launch SeaMonkey 2.3.3
and let it migrate your profile to the new file format and location.
When the migration has finished SeaMonkey 2.3.3 should open and you
should be able to use SeaMonkey.
Good luck. I hope this helps. :)
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