Re: [Evolution] moving data from one machine to another

[michael <cs networkingnewsletter org uk>]

On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 12:32 +0100, michael wrote:
> I've had a look about but to no avail. I suspect there will be a FAQ on
> this or it's been answered before so all pointers welcome!
>
> I've machine-A running Evolution (2.6?) and now have a new machine-B
> running Evolution 2.10. I wish to copy the Contacts and Calendar from
> machine-A to machine-B so how do I do this? (I don't need to move Emails
> since they're IMAP)
>
> Many thanks, Michael


(a) address book
- open 'Contacts', select required folder, export to Vcard, copy Vcard
file to new machine and import.

(b) calendar
- copy file ~/.evolution/calendar/local/system/calendar.ics to new
machine and import

Et voila'!

M
* (b) taken from http://www.fmp.com/fmp/living_with_evolution.html