AuctionGenie^TM Upgrading Instructions

We assume you already have a version of AuctionGenie installed on your system and that you have just downloaded the latest version of AuctionGenie and installed it. The final step is to move your existing data to the new version, as described below.

• Go to the Finder desktop and open both the old AuctionGenie Home folder and the Home folder of the new version of AuctionGenie you've just installed. Be sure to remember which is which!

• Launch the old version of eBay Bidding, select Show All Records in the Records menu, then choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu. (If the Show All Records command is grayed out and cannot be selected, you can skip this step.)

• Launch the old version of eBay Selling, select Show All Records in the Records menu, then choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu. (If the Show All Records command is grayed out and cannot be selected, you can skip this step.)

• Launch the old version of Contacts DB, select Show All Records in the Records menu, then choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu. (If the Show All Records command is grayed out and cannot be selected, you can skip this step.)
  
  The Import Field Mapping dialog.

• Launch the new version of eBay Bidding and select Import Old eBay Bidding Database from the bottom of the Auctions menu. In the file selection dialog that appears, locate and select the old eBay Bidding file, then click Open. This brings up the Import Field Mapping dialog shown above. In the View by: popup menu in the top right corner of this window, select matching names, then click the Import button. An Import Options dialog appears next. Don't change the default settings shown; simply click the OK button to begin importing the records. After all the records have been imported, choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu.

• Launch the new version of eBay Selling and select Import Old eBay Selling Database from the bottom of the Auctions menu. In the file selection dialog that appears, locate and select the old eBay Selling file, then click Open. This brings up the Import Field Mapping dialog shown above. In the View by: popup menu in the top right corner of this window, select matching names, then click the Import button. An Import Options dialog appears next. Click the OK button in this window to begin importing the records. After all the records have been imported, choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu.

• Launch the new version of Contacts DB and select Import Old Contacts DB from the bottom of the Auctions menu. In the file selection dialog that appears, locate and select the old Contacts DB file, then click Open. This brings up the Import Field Mapping dialog shown above. In the View by: popup menu in the top right corner of this window, select matching names, then click the Import button. An Import Options dialog appears next. Click the OK button in this window to begin importing the records. After all the records have been imported, choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu.

• Launch the old version of eBay Selling. Go to the Detail view and select Edit... at the bottom of the Category popup menu. From the Edit menu, choose Select All, then Copy. Click the Cancel button. Choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu. Skip this step if you see a "no records are present" warning.

• Launch the new version of eBay Selling. Go to the Detail view and select Edit... at the bottom of the Category popup menu. From the Edit menu, choose Select All, then Paste. Click the OK button. Choose Quit AuctionGenie DB from the AuctionGenie DB menu. Skip this step if you see a "no records are present" warning.

• Move copies of the following files and folders from the old AuctionGenie Home folder to the new Home folder. Hold down the Option key when moving them so that copies remain in the old AuctionGenie Home folder. Click Replace when asked if you want to replace an existing item.
  • Preferences file
  • Log file (if present)
  • Templates folder
  • Email Templates folder
  • Layout Styles folder
  • Lists folder
  • Images folder

The final step is to move the new AuctionGenie Home folder to where the old folder used to be located, then rename it to the same name (if the old folder had a different name). This step ensures that pictures in the bidding database will still be visible.

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