Help! Macbook (2007) to new iMac, library not imported

Hello,



I just bought an iMac (2.7ghz, 1T, El Capitan) and wanted to transfer my entire Zotero library (32G) from my old Macbook (Intel, late 2007). I use a portable hard drive to back-up via Time Machine, and wanted to copy the Zotero folder from the "latest backup" folder into the Zotero folder of the iMac.



I browsed the forum but my problem seems not to be covered by the available threads. Also, I followed the instructions from this page: So far, I made two attempts but both were unsuccessful.



Here is what I did step by step. I installed Zotero Standalone/for Firefox on the new iMac and opened the Zotero directory (preferences>etc). I then plugged in the external hard drive to the new imac, went to the latest back-up folder and located the Zotero folder (user>library>app support>etc.>Zotero).



I first tried to copy/paste it into the iMac, trying to replace the Zotero folder on the iMac with the one saved on the external hard drive. It didn't work, in fact the system crashed and I had to restart the computer. Then I tried to drag the ext hard drive Zotero folder into its location on the iMac but that didn't work either. Could somebody



Please Help.



Thanks !



I didn't find the right solution from the internet.



References:



forums.zotero.org/discussion/52995/solved-help-macbook-2007-to-new-imac-library-not-imported



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