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Upgrading OS on Mac from 10.9 to 10.11, will folders be preserved in Thunderbird?

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g01d10x
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I have a friend who is considering upgrade from Mac OS 10.9 to 10.11 (El Capitan). Will folders be preserved through the backup and restore of Time Machine?

I have a friend who is considering upgrade from Mac OS 10.9 to 10.11 (El Capitan). Will folders be preserved through the backup and restore of Time Machine?

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Wayne Mery
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Should. You have good backup habits? Like backing up data on a frequent, regular basis? And before major upgrades? Then you should be good to go.

g01d10x
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Hi there and thank you for the answer, yes I do have very good back up situation, I use Time Machine and have had Thunderbird on the old machine for a while. My question is whether or not the folders that I have organized in old Thunderbird will propagate to new Thunderbird after the new OS instal and a recovery of the user account from Time Machine. Thank you for any further help.