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Upgrading Eudora 6.2.3 (Mac OS X)

Summary: If you use POP, you will need to run the current version of Eudora (6.2.3). Upgrading Eudora to the current version is easy. Follow the directions below. If you need help, call the OIT Response Center at (949) 824-2222.

Back Up Your Eudora Settings

! Before you upgrade your Eudora software, make a back up of your Eudora settings.

  1. Look in the Documents folder in your account.
  2. Find the Eudora Folder
  3. Click on the Eudora Folder and go to the Edit menu and select Copy Eudora Folder.
  4. Click on the Desktop and go to the Edit menu and select Paste Item.
    This will place a copy of your Eudora folder on the desktop. If you simply drag the folder to the desktop, it will move your Eudora folder, not copy it.
    Optionally, you can hold down the Option key and drag the folder to the desktop. You should see a green plus sign indicating you are dragging a copy, not the original.

Download and Install Eudora 6.2.3

  1. Download Eudora 6.2.3 from the License Database (http://licenses.nacs.uci.edu/detail2.cfm?ProductID=11)
    1. Click the Please Login link next to UCI Information.
    2. Login with your UCInetID and password.
    3. Select the 6.23 Macintosh OSX version and click the Download Eudora button.
  2. Browse to where your browser downloads files and double-click on the Eudora623-UCI.dmg file. This will mount the disk image for the Eudora installer.
  3. Click on the Eudora 6.2.3 (UC Irvine) disk image to select it.
    Eudora Disk Image
    Figure 1
  4. In the Eudora image, double-click on the Eudora 6.2.3 OS X installer icon to begin the installation. (See Figure 2)
    Eudora Installer Icon
    Figure 2
  5. Click the Continue buttons until you get to the Software License Agreement. Read the agreement and click the Agree button if you want to proceed.
  6. Click the Easy Install drop down menu and select Custom Install. (See Figure 3)
  7. Check the box next to Update an existing version to 6.2.3 for OS X.
  8. Check the box next to Documentation
  9. Click the Install button.
    Custom Install Window
    Figure 3
  10. The Eudora installer will ask you to find your current version of Eudora to upgrade.
  11. Browse to your current installation of Eudora. Look in Applications > Eudora Application Folder (See Figure 4)
  12. Click the Update button.
    Eudora Update Window
    Figure 4
  13. Eudora will update your current version. You may be asked if you want to make Eudora your default email application. Click Yes if you do, or No if you do not.
  14. You should see a message stating your installation was successful. Click OK.

Using Eudora

  1. Go to your Applications folder and find the Eudora Application Folder.
  2. Double-click the Eudora icon in the Eudora Application Folder.
  3. This will launch Eudora 6.2.3. You should find your existing mailboxes, address books and settings.
  4. To keep the Eudora icon in your Dock, click and hold the mouse on the Eudora icon in the dock. Select Keep in Dock. (See Figure 5)
    Eudora In Dock
    Figure 5

Help. My settings are not in the new version of Eudora

If you launch your new Eudora application and it doesn't immediately find your old mail, address books, and settings - check the following things.

  1. Did you start up Eudora from an old alias? Try launching Eudora directly from the application in the Eudora Application Folder.
  2. Find the back up of your Eudora Settings. It should be on your desktop if you copied it there before you began your upgrade. If your Eudora Folder was not in the Documents folder during installation, then Eudora could not find it and may have created a new empty one in the Documents folder.
    1. Quit Eudora
    2. Go to your Documents folder and move the Eudora Folder somewhere other than your desktop. You do not want to overwrite your back up version.
    3. Move the backup Eudora Folder from your desktop into the Documents folder.
    4. Start up Eudora.
    5. Your old settings should now be restored.
  3. Did your settings and address books appear, but your mailboxes disappear?
    1. Go into the Eudora Folder found in your Documents folder. Are there files in here named In, In.TOC, Out, and Out.TOC?
    2. If so, move these four files into the Mail Folder found in the Eudora Folder.
    3. Start up Eudora and see if your mail returns.

If you need more help, please call the OIT Response Center at (949) 824-2222.