On Friday, August 9, 2013 8:40:15 AM UTC-7, David Jennings wrote: > I'm using TW 2.6.1 (Firefox 23, Mac OSX 10.8.4) and trying to upgrade to > 2.8.1. The only extension or plug-in I am using is TiddlyFox. > I am using the 'Upgrade' tab in the BackstageArea. After clicking > Upgrade, I get a message "Loading core code" and then nothing further > happens (50 minutes and counting). I can see that a backup file has been > created, but there are no further prompts and no sign of anything > happening. On the first occasion (when I waited only 10 minutes), I > reloaded the file to see if it had upgraded, but it hadn't. > Can anyone advise what I might be doing wrong, or what else I should be > doing, please? >
There were some changes made after TW261 to address FireFox security restrictions when handling the backstage upgrade. Unfortunately, older versions of TW (such as TW261) are not able to complete the automatic upgrade processing due to these restrictions. Fortunately, there is a "manual" workaround. Please see the following post for details: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/IZLKHHfewh4/T_WRXNBjHeoJ enjoy, -e Eric Shulman TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios HELP ME TO HELP YOU - MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO MY "TIP JAR"... http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Donations Professional TiddlyWiki Consulting Services... Analysis, Design, and Custom Solutions: http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#Contact -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
