Migrating to a new computer

[Ken Corey]

Hi All,

I've found that I've come to rely on BBEdit and use it as a memory-adjunct.  I have 400+ files 'open' in BBEdit on my old computer (BBEdit 12.1.4, running MacOS 10.13.6).

I recently was handed a shiny new Mac by my employer.  One of the first things I installed was BBEdit (13.0.4, MacOS 10.14.6).

So far so good...but my files didn't make it across.

Okay, so stop the new BBEdit, and copy across the ~/Library/BBEdit directory, and crank up BBEdit again.  I hoping to get all my temporary files that are not saved.

Sadly, no.  BBEdit starts up as it was before.  One open file.

So, is this a case of 13.0.4 storing the files differently?  Is there an easy way to accomplish what I'd like to do with copying the old state over to the new computer?

I do still have access to both computers, and can copy files across.  I'd like to get the state of beet to my new computer soon so I can return to old computer and stop using it.

Thanks!

-Ken

[Patrick Woolsey]

On Jan 19, 2020, at 07:25, Ken Corey <kenc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've found that I've come to rely on BBEdit and use it as a memory-adjunct. I have 400+ files 'open' in BBEdit on my old computer (BBEdit 12.1.4, running MacOS 10.13.6).
>
> I recently was handed a shiny new Mac by my employer. One of the first things I installed was BBEdit (13.0.4, MacOS 10.14.6).
>
> So far so good...but my files didn't make it across.
>
> Okay, so stop the new BBEdit, and copy across the ~/Library/BBEdit directory, and crank up BBEdit again. I hoping to get all my temporary files that are not saved.
>

Please pardon my brevity. :-)

Since BBEdit 12.6 and later store their prefs data within the app's sandbox container by default, you will need to quit the app on your new Mac, and then either:

a) remove BBEdit's container[1] _before_ moving the copied ~/Library/BBEdit/ into place (which is safe in this case since on a new machine, the container won't hold anything important), or

b) move the copied prefs data folder into the appropriate position _within_ BBEdit's sandbox container[2].

and here are the corresponding paths:

[1] BBEdit's top-level container is:

/Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.barebones.bbedit/

[2] The location of BBEdit's prefs data folder within its container is:

/Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.barebones.bbedit/Data/Library/BBEdit/

I expect that should do the job but in case you have any trouble, tech support <sup...@barebones.com> is always just an email away. :-)


Regards,

Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/>

[Ken Corey]

Just...wow. I sit in stunned silence.

Brief, to the point, accurate, knowledgeable, friendly and all delivered on a Sunday evening.

I'd been meaning to upgrade to the paid version, but hadn't made time.  You just made an insta-sale, Patrick.  

Not just BBEdit, but I bought Yojimbo too.

Thanks!

-Ken

[@lbutlr]

On 19 Jan 2020, at 10:44, Ken Corey <kenc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> rief, to the point, accurate, knowledgeable, friendly and all delivered on a Sunday evening.

Patrick is the best. I mean, I know people throw that phrase around a lot these days, but in this case it’s totally accurate.

(My usually response from Patrick is “here’s how new the feature you want already works in Bbedit” :)



--
Well, we know where we're goin' But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowin' But we can't say what we've seen

[Patrick Woolsey]

Hi Ken

Thanks very much for your kind words, and on behalf of Rich and the rest of the team, we greatly appreciate your support!

Regards,

-- Patrick

[Br. Bill]

This advice was very helpful for me yesterday, migrating to a new computer. I was able to just dupe the /Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.barebones.bbedit/ folder and it just all worked. THANK YOU Patrick.

[Patrick Woolsey]

On 9/30/21 at 4:38 PM, bocto...@gmail.com (Br. Bill) wrote:

> This advice was very helpful for me yesterday, migrating to a new computer.
> I was able to just dupe
> the /Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.barebones.bbedit/ folder and it
> just all worked. THANK YOU Patrick.
>

Excellent, happy I could be of help!


Regards