On 2/25/2015 11:49 AM, NFN Smith wrote: > Covering the whole thread in a single reply... > > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 2/25/2015 5:56 AM, Jonathan N. Little wrote: >>> Bryan Roache wrote: >>>> Hi, does anyone know of another backup program other then MozBackup for >>>> SeaMonkey? > > What do you find unsatisfactory about MozBackup? I'm not trying to be > contentious, just curious. > > I'm not aware of any other backup tools, other than direct copying of > the profile data. > > And of course, in Linux and Mac, that's the only way. > >>>> >>> >>> Yeah, use any backup program including simple copy command to copy the >>> contents of %APPDATA%\Mozilla\SeaMonkey\Profiles\ (in Windows) to some >>> other safe location or media. >>> > > Easy enough to get to, although non-technical users tend to find the use > of the environment variable intimidating, and that in default settings, > the location of %APPDATA% folder is hidden from the Windows Explorer. > >> >> Since I moved my profiles away from %APPDATA% onto a difference hard >> drive, that would not work for me. To me, profiles are data; so I have >> them on my data drive, not my software drive. > > But you know enough about profiles to know to relocate them, and how to > get to the contents. The underlying principle is the same, of accessing > the profiles folder(s) directly, even if not located somewhere in %APPDATA%. > > > Something that piqued my curiosity is whether MozBackup will do backups > of a profile that's not located in %APPDATA%. Initially, it doesn't, > but if you choose the option for Portable, that allows you to use the > Explorer to navigate the filesystem to find the location you want. >
The point of my earlier reply is that I backup my entire system, not just Mozilla. I am not sure why users would backup only Mozilla and not be concerned about the rest of their systems. -- David E. Ross I am sticking with SeaMonkey 2.26.1 until saved passwords can be used when autocomplete=off. See <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433238>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
