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Automatically upgraded to 78.2.2 from 68 without support -- manual fixes

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Mark Lang
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I have been running on the older version of Thunderbird 68.12.0 for some time to wait for any extensions to be updated for the new coding standards. Yesterday, I got a message internally to upgrade Thunderbird, and, without any warning, it updated me to 78.2.2. It says on the website that this upgrade will not be made until a version comes out that handles the changes needed for the upgrade. Sure enough, while my emails seemed to be fine, two extensions were disabled. I first tried to uninstall and go back to 68.12.0. However, the earlier version indicated my profile had been upgraded and could no longer be used by that older version. I went back to 78.2.2.

I believe I have dealt with the issues. The two extensions that were disabled were TbSync and the related Provider for CalDAV and CardDAV. Those both did have a new version online. I ended up having to delete both plugins, then install the new versions clean, and then re-setup each to sync to my Google account. For a while I seemed to lose all my calendar entries. However, after the clean install and complete new setup, they seem to be working again, and I got my calendar entries back. My extension Xpunge was not disabled, but it stopped working. It did not even appear anywhere to call (it was listed under Extensions). I found a newer version of that, also. I downloaded it, and it upgraded to the newer version. When I found the settings, I had to redo them, but now that seems to be working. Two other extensions I had seem to already be versions that are compatible. I have my extensions set to automatically upgrade when new versions are available. I assume they did not upgrade before because the newer version compatible with 78.* is not compatible with 68.

I think I am OK for now. I am just responding here to bring attention to the fact that upgrades are being made even though they are not supposed to be, and others will likely need to do a lot of manual work to get back to where they were. I recall an earlier upgrade to Firefox, I believe, that I did not make until a version was offered that did all the sorting out of extensions as part of the upgrade. That went very smoothly. I assume Thunderbird plans to create a similar version at some point. However, some setting must be off, so upgrades are being made with that support. If there is anything else I need to do to manually adapt for the upgrade to 78.*, please let me know.

Thanks. I really do appreciate having a good alternative email and calendar like Thunderbird.

I have been running on the older version of Thunderbird 68.12.0 for some time to wait for any extensions to be updated for the new coding standards. Yesterday, I got a message internally to upgrade Thunderbird, and, without any warning, it updated me to 78.2.2. It says on the website that this upgrade will not be made until a version comes out that handles the changes needed for the upgrade. Sure enough, while my emails seemed to be fine, two extensions were disabled. I first tried to uninstall and go back to 68.12.0. However, the earlier version indicated my profile had been upgraded and could no longer be used by that older version. I went back to 78.2.2. I believe I have dealt with the issues. The two extensions that were disabled were TbSync and the related Provider for CalDAV and CardDAV. Those both did have a new version online. I ended up having to delete both plugins, then install the new versions clean, and then re-setup each to sync to my Google account. For a while I seemed to lose all my calendar entries. However, after the clean install and complete new setup, they seem to be working again, and I got my calendar entries back. My extension Xpunge was not disabled, but it stopped working. It did not even appear anywhere to call (it was listed under Extensions). I found a newer version of that, also. I downloaded it, and it upgraded to the newer version. When I found the settings, I had to redo them, but now that seems to be working. Two other extensions I had seem to already be versions that are compatible. I have my extensions set to automatically upgrade when new versions are available. I assume they did not upgrade before because the newer version compatible with 78.* is not compatible with 68. I think I am OK for now. I am just responding here to bring attention to the fact that upgrades are being made even though they are not supposed to be, and others will likely need to do a lot of manual work to get back to where they were. I recall an earlier upgrade to Firefox, I believe, that I did not make until a version was offered that did all the sorting out of extensions as part of the upgrade. That went very smoothly. I assume Thunderbird plans to create a similar version at some point. However, some setting must be off, so upgrades are being made with that support. If there is anything else I need to do to manually adapt for the upgrade to 78.*, please let me know. Thanks. I really do appreciate having a good alternative email and calendar like Thunderbird.

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forum6
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Hi I have similar variant of this issue. I just bought a new iMac and wanted to prepare for migration of various apps, tools etc. incl. of course TB.

Instead of making TimeMachine backup on the old iMac for restore on the new iMac, I want to start out with a completely clean installation. As a part of this I need to export all my TB settings, accounts, folders/mails - basically the lot of it.

To do that I needed to install the updated export tool add-on. Doing that TB automatically upgraded to v78.2.2 without any notification what so ever...! This leaves me again with a TB version which doesn't have an export tool to support it, since "ImportExportTools NG" doesn't support v78.2.2...!!! :-(

Now, I have been searching for alternative such as reverting to e.g. v68.12. But after backing up my TB folder and replacing v78 with v68, at startup TB says this version doesn't support the profiles in my installation - i.e. v68 is not compatible with the structures of a v78 installation. Not necessarily that big a surprise, but never the less I'm now left (basically stuck!) on my old iMac with a TB v78 unable to migrate to my new iMac...unless someone in here has a great idea how to solve this?

Help would be very much appreciated, thanks...


Br. Landhoff

svlad2009
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@forum6: Try starting Thunderbird v68 with the --allow-downgrade commandline switch to downgrade your v78 profile for use with v68. It worked for me

forum6
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FfTh202009 said
@forum6: Try starting Thunderbird v68 with the --allow-downgrade commandline switch to downgrade your v78 profile for use with v68. It worked for me

Thanks for prompt answer...! :-)

Did you notice I'm on a OSX installation? If yes, do I just start up terminal window and execute the command from the commandline - and further, what is the full command needed?

svlad2009
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Will this work? If Mozilla Thunderbird is installed in the default applications directory, the command line will be /Applications/­Thunderbird.app/­Contents/­MacOS/­thunderbird-bin --allow-downgrade Press Enter.

I'm not allowed to post links (yet) - maybe you can find some info searching on Google? Sorry that I can't help more.

svlad2009
svlad2009
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duplicate - please report and/or delete. tks!

Modified by svlad2009

svlad2009
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duplicate - please report and/or delete. tks!

Modified by svlad2009

forum6
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forum6 said

FfTh202009 said
@forum6: Try starting Thunderbird v68 with the --allow-downgrade commandline switch to downgrade your v78 profile for use with v68. It worked for me

Thanks for prompt answer...! :-)

Did you notice I'm on a OSX installation? If yes, do I just start up terminal window and execute the command from the commandline - and further, what is the full command needed?

No worries, I found out - thnx...  :-)

sfhowes
sfhowes
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ImportExportTools NG 10b13 supports TB 78. Right-click the Download button on this page to download the xpi installer and then install in TB Tools/Add-ons/Extensions.