Apologies in advance for a lame question. We only have like 2 users here at our location using Bloom. As the IT guy, I have zero experience with Bloom and very little time to invest in the product, I need to move a user onto a new computer. The new Bloom install is straightforward, but how do I move all the user’s data, settings, etc etc. from the old client to the new without missing anything?.
Bloom 3.6.5 running on Windows 10, 1803
Thanks in advance. Sorry if I missed an obvious FAQ on this topic. I didn’t see one, but I did look.
Steve
Mbeya, Tanzania
Steve,
I’ll respond here and others can add, if I’m missing anything.
You mentioned Bloom 3.6.5, but the latest release version is 4.2.1. I suggest you download and install that one on the new computer as there are a lot of features that have been added since 3.6.5. One of them is the ability to publish to the Bloom reader (Android).
The settings are saved within each Bloom collection, so if you copy the folders from \Documents\Bloom to the same location on the new computer, that should have everything that is needed.
If the user has download templates or books from Bloom library, they will be in \Users[name]\local\SIL\Bloom\Collections\Books from BloomLibrary.org, so it would be good to transfer that folder also.
Liz
SIL Asia
Thanks for the prompt response. Much appreciated.
Steve