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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

As per the FAQ they seem to share the exact same profile so you can seamlessly switch between them (provided both are the same dot release).

Edit: in case that doesn't work, run betterbird -p and select the right profile. For me it chose the wrong one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I just gave it a try and it does not pick up my existing Thunderbird data automatically, or prompt to import it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The instructions change if you're using flatpak. I was only able to get it to work with a manual import

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

for TB -> TB-flatpack simply pasting from ~/.thunderbird/ to ~/.var/app/org.mozilla.Thunderbird/.thunderbird/ did work for me. I might try betterbird sometime.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm on Windows on this PC, so nothing being isolated here.