How to Move Thunderbird to a New Computer

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The method mentioned by the official Mozilla site to move thunderbird to new computer is to copy and paste the profile folder to the exact location as it was on the old computer, and that is a great method. However, many people find it very hard to locate the profile, then create a suitable folder structure. I find it kind of outdated — it worked well for older Thunderbird versions and still works now, but Thunderbird should provide a good option to import and export a ZIP file, which would be a much better approach for non-technical users who do not want to spend time finding hidden folders.
There are also third-party tools such as BitRecover Thunderbird Migration Tool to extract Thundebrid data and use the BitRecover Thunderbird Restore Tool to import Thunderbird into new computer on both Mac and Windows.
 
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