[OU] Help, please

[Luther Gulseth]

The files that Opera uses are cross-platform compatible.  I have a machine that I tri-boot between Win2k, SuSE 10.2, and Mepis 7.x.  I have all of the opera settings and mail folders stored on a 10gig FAT16 partition.  Each different install of Opera works fine.  I can change settings in one, and see them in the other OS.  Opera is VERY smart with this and handles it easily.

All you need to do is copy the settings files to a flash drive or cd.  Copy them onto your new computers harddrive AFTER you install Opera and determine the settings folder location.

Luther   KB5QHU
Alma, Ark

----- Original Message ----
From: Peter Saint James <peterstj at earthlink.net>
To: Using Opera <opera-users at opera.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 12:18:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OU] Help, please


On 22  November2007, at 8:19 AM, Joel Kellner wrote:

> I am getting ready to move from my old Mac mini running Panther (OS X
> version 10.3.9) to a pristine, brand new Mac mini running Leopard (OS
> X version 10.5.1) and I am most concerned with not losing the dozens
> and dozens of bookmarks I've set in Opera version 9.24 in my old
> computer.
>
> How do I transfer these to the new one? Instructions would be most  
> appreciated.


    Migration Assistant should do this for you.

    If you are concerned, however, you can find the bookmark file.  I'm   
using Tiger and found the file at User-->Library-->Preferences-- 
>Opera Preferences-->bookmarks.  If the bookmarks don't show up when  
you migrate to your new system, just copy that file from your back-up  
and put it in the proper place.  It should work.

    If it does not work, I believe that you can also ask Opera on your   
new system to import those bookmarks.

    When I switched from Windoze to Mac, I didn't have access to the old  
machine to move bookmarks.  I converted the bookmark file to a text  
file, moved that to the new machine, and kept it among my document  
files.  Whenever I needed a bookmark from that list, I opened the  
document and clicked on it.  Cumbersome, but it worked.


                            Peter