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On my windows computer all my mailbox folders show up in Thunderbird, on my Mac, most of them are missing, how do I get them back on the Mac

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My profile has the same name on the Windows computer as on the Mac. I tried copying the profile from Windows to Mac, but the Mac Thunderbird didn't read it and wanted me to set up my accounts from scratch. I re-installed my T-bird backup of the profile and it works fine now, but the email folders are still missing.

My profile has the same name on the Windows computer as on the Mac. I tried copying the profile from Windows to Mac, but the Mac Thunderbird didn't read it and wanted me to set up my accounts from scratch. I re-installed my T-bird backup of the profile and it works fine now, but the email folders are still missing.

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I copied the MacBookAir Local folders to the iMac and it all seems fine -problem solved - I hope!

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Further info. On my MacBookAir all my mailboxes and folders are there?? However, the default profile has another name on the Air. It's a bit of a mystery to me .....?!?!?!? Can I copy the Air profile over to the Mac? Or just the contents of the Air profile?

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I copied the MacBookAir Local folders to the iMac and it all seems fine -problem solved - I hope!