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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / June 2008How to move eudora to new Mac?
This is probably a "beginner" question even though I've used Eudora for a very long time...... My old Mac has Tiger. The new Mac Leopard. On the new Mac, I've downloaded Eudora 6.2.4 but have not launched it. On my old Mac, I run Eudora 6.2.3. What is best way to migrate/transfer Eudora from one machine to another? Can I just copy my Eudora Folder from my old Mac to the new and then start up Eudora on the new Mac from either the Folder or the application? Thanks for any tips. > What is best way to migrate/transfer Eudora from one machine to another? > Can I just copy my Eudora Folder from my old Mac to the new and then > start up Eudora on the new Mac from either the Folder or the application? That's what I have always done; I put an alias to the Settings file in a convenient place, and always start from, that. By 'always' I mean not just when migrating, but every time I run Eudora. There are some gotchas inroduced in Leopard, like problems with non-Eudora alert sounds, but they have been discussed here, they are minor and I'm sure others will give you the details.  SignaturePeter > That's what I have always done; I put an alias to the Settings file in a > convenient place, and always start from, that. By 'always' I mean not > just when migrating, but every time I run Eudora. That's what I do also -- but there are potential "gotcha's": If you accidentally click the Eudora _app_ icon in the Dock with Eudora not already running, and your Settings file is not in the proper default location, you will get a complete new Settings file and the other stuff, in the default location. And if you click a "Mail a Copy of This Item" button in some other app (like Safari or ???) with Eudora not already running, the same thing may happen. > If you accidentally click the Eudora _app_ icon in the Dock with Eudora > not already running, and your Settings file is not in the proper default [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > (like Safari or ???) with Eudora not already running, the same thing may > happen. You mean you sometimes *quit* Eudora? Heavens... It has a small footprint, especially if you keep your 'In' mailbox under control (409/1268K here) and since OS10, I don't think that apart from restarts for system updates, Eudora has ever been off. SignaturePeter > You mean you sometimes *quit* Eudora? Heavens... > > It has a small footprint, especially if you keep your 'In' mailbox under > control (409/1268K here) and since OS10, I don't think that apart from > restarts for system updates, Eudora has ever been off. I know that many people post here about leaving their Macs running continuously for weeks/months/years on end, and that there should just not be any problem with this. My personal experience, however, is that very often when my MacBook running 10.4 has gone to sleep and is subsequently awakened, not long after there often seems to be some hang or slowdown or nonresponsive command in one or another application, which goes away if I restart. Can't be more specific about just when or how this happens; I have a fairly vanilla system and no particularly bizarre applications, although these troubles may occur more often with Acrobat, Mathematica, Illustrator, or the like. Also, I do use a large external Cinema Display monitor and wireless keyboard at my desk, but also often unplug everything to use the laptop elsewhere in the house for a while, sometimes sleeping the system to do this, sometimes not, so the system has to adjust to these configuration changes. In any event, since I frequently have to shut down or restart in any case, I just adapt to it, and shut down overnight or when I'm out of the house. > My personal experience, however, is that very often when my MacBook > running 10.4 has gone to sleep and is subsequently awakened, not long > after there often seems to be some hang or slowdown or nonresponsive > command in one or another application, which goes away if I restart. I agree that restarting solves almost all problems, but I'm slightly susprised that you get the problems in the first place. However, waking from sleep is the trickiest time... Many years ago, with a TiBook and OS10.2, I would get regular trouble on waking. Tracked it down to a dodgy USB hub, changed the hub and have had no trouble since. I think that USB devices and their drivers must be the first object of hatred and fear whenever this kind of thing crops up. The TiBook, by the way, now runs 10.3.9, and stays up for months at a time. Sleeps overnight, obviously. Runs Eudora, Firefox and Word, mostly, and seems happy. My wife loves it. It's networked to my iG5, which runs 10.4.11 and also sleeps happily... SignaturePeter > > If you accidentally click the Eudora _app_ icon in the Dock with Eudora > > not already running, and your Settings file is not in the proper default [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > control (409/1268K here) and since OS10, I don't think that apart from > restarts for system updates, Eudora has ever been off. Small footprint??? Not here, and my Inbox usually is nearly empty: currently 3 messages totalling 7Kb. Eudora routinely has a virtual memory set size over 400MB and a resident set size that starts around 50MB and creeps up over time, leveling off around 100MB. Those routinely put it in the top 5 memory-eaters on my system along with the kernel, the WindowServer for the current login session, and whichever web browsers I happen to be using at the moment. SignatureNow where did I hide that website... > Small footprint??? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > the current login session, and whichever web browsers I happen to be > using at the moment. Small is obviously in the eye of the beholder. Eudora here is 93MB real memory and 1.23GB virtual. 93MB in a modern computer is pretty small - 2.3% of my RAM (4GB). And the virtual is perhaps taking up some space in the paging file, but I'd bet most of it is simply mapping my mailboxes for reading. Cheers David > What is best way to migrate/transfer Eudora from one machine to another? Well, the best way to do any of it is to use Apple's Migration Assistant. > Can I just copy my Eudora Folder from my old Mac to the new and then > start up Eudora on the new Mac from either the Folder or the application? Yes. Just start the application. Eudora will look to your home folder for its Eudora Folder, and all will be well. > > Can I just copy my Eudora Folder from my old Mac to the new and then > > start up Eudora on the new Mac from either the Folder or the application? > > Yes. Just start the application. Eudora will look to your home folder > for its Eudora Folder, and all will be well. For me, the Eudora folder has always been in the Documents folder in the home folder. David |
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