imac, thunderbird address recovery

rogerabitsclone · rogerabitsclone #1 (**permalink**)

01-02-2010, 02:45 PM

i have an 17in imac (model# a1173). its been randomly turning itself off for about a week. it did it again this morning, and when i went to turn it back on, dust blew out of both sides of the monitor, and it wont come back. i knew it was going to die soon, so i copied off most of my stuff, but i need the address book from thunderbird.

i have a sata/usb converter and i plan to take out the HD and copy the rest of my things, but i dont know how to get the address book without running tunderbird and doing an export. (and i cannot run it because when the drive is hooked up, its treated as an external HD)

i know in windows you can go poke around in Program Files. is there a mac equivalent to this?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

01-02-2010, 08:11 PM

No such thing as "Program Files" in Mac OS X, however, there is an "Application Folder". If you can follow the file - folder structure in OS X, you should be able to find your T-Bird address book. Here's what I found:

/Applications/Thunderbird.app/

I didn't specify any further along because there are folders listed under the main folder several layers deep in typical Mozilla fashion.

Anyway, find your "Thunderbird.app" folder and start digging. I don't use T-Bird for email so I don't have an address book, however, I do use it for Newsgroup reading and writing.

Regards.

rogerabitsclone #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 02, 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 1 Mac Specs: couple different ones ranging from 9.2-10.4.11	01-02-2010, 02:45 PM i have an 17in imac (model# a1173). its been randomly turning itself off for about a week. it did it again this morning, and when i went to turn it back on, dust blew out of both sides of the monitor, and it wont come back. i knew it was going to die soon, so i copied off most of my stuff, but i need the address book from thunderbird. i have a sata/usb converter and i plan to take out the HD and copy the rest of my things, but i dont know how to get the address book without running tunderbird and doing an export. (and i cannot run it because when the drive is hooked up, its treated as an external HD) i know in windows you can go poke around in Program Files. is there a mac equivalent to this? Last edited by rogerabitsclone; 01-02-2010 at 03:08 PM.
	QUOTE Thanks

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Help with first Mac purchase (iMac or mini)	devin_c_co	Switcher Hangout	6	07-22-2009 01:44 PM
iMac, Apple TV & Time Capsule - Expansion Help	askipper	Other Hardware and Peripherals	2	11-04-2008 03:31 PM
Apple Pulls Plug on Original iMac	schweb	Apple Rumors and Reports	7	09-13-2006 04:38 PM
The New iMac (merged)	EDIT-XTREEM	Apple Desktops	7	07-21-2006 04:29 PM
Imac first impressions -- whoa!	asolo	Switcher Hangout	13	07-11-2006 01:29 PM

imac, thunderbird address recovery

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,974 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	01-02-2010, 08:11 PM No such thing as "Program Files" in Mac OS X, however, there is an "Application Folder". If you can follow the file - folder structure in OS X, you should be able to find your T-Bird address book. Here's what I found: /Applications/Thunderbird.app/ I didn't specify any further along because there are folders listed under the main folder several layers deep in typical Mozilla fashion. Anyway, find your "Thunderbird.app" folder and start digging. I don't use T-Bird for email so I don't have an address book, however, I do use it for Newsgroup reading and writing. Regards.
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)