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I have a fresh installation to which I want to transfer my Firefox and Thunderbird user data. I have my Time Machine backup available from Other backup disk and could in principle restore the hidden Library folder. However, I don't want to migrate everything from my old Library to the fresh install.
Which Firefox and Thunderbird user data folders do I have to migrate to my fresh installation?
Just restore from a snapshot that is a bit older than when you did the wiping. If for some reason this isn't easy, you can also delete the folders by time in your backup.
If you have any doubts, you could use a tool like BackupLoupe to make sure you prune only the "bad" backup events and data.
If you use the Finder's menu "goto" while holding down the Alt, the library folder is visible in the menu:
Select it. The finder shows the content of /Users/<your name>/Library. Now start Time Machine by clicking on its icon in the dock – violà, you have what you want:
When you want to access another invisible folder that is not listed in the 'Go' list in Finder you can go to the same folder and choose for 'Go to Folder' or CommandShiftG. Here you can type in any location you want to goto.
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The User Data folders for Firefox and Thunderbird are:
You might also want to migrate the .plist files for them as well:
Make sure the applications are close before migrating the folders/files.