Hello all,

I’m having some issues that probably stem from lack of education on computers, so if some kind soles out there can give me some assistance I’d very much appreciate it.

My immediate goal is to take all my torrent data from my MacBook qbittorrent (latest version) to my old laptop that I just loaded ElementaryOS on. This way I can have my files seeding at all times instead of when I have my mac up and running. I have all the actual media on a external SSD so I don’t have to or want to redownload all the torrents on the Elementary pc.

I’ve done some basic reading but all the articles and youtube vids I see are just migrating from one windows to another windows machine. Duplicating the data in the app data and drag and dropping it. I’ve even seen the recommendation to have the same version of qbittorrent to make the swap easy. Now my under educated mind is confused on going from Mac to Linux since its a completely different OS and therefore a different “version” of qbit. I imagine its possible but I’m feeling out of my depth.

I’d really love if someone can point me in the right direction if they can.

  • Kelp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I followed your guide and everything works perfectly now! Thanks so much. I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a follow up question since you seem wise in the ways of wizardry.

    I’m hoping to make this old laptop a jellyfin server as well. And this may seem a dumb question but I’d be remiss not to ask. I’m planning to leave this plugged in all the time. I already turned off the sleep/suspend feature. Is it safe to keep the battery in? To remove the battery I’d have to open it up and remove it and I don’t know if it’s worth the hassle.

    Again thanks for your previous advice and if you have the time to answer this double thanks

    • harsh3466@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      Awesome! Glad it worked. I’m no expert regarding the battery, but it should be okay. Lots of people use laptops as servers with them plugged in all the time. Just keep an eye on it and if you see any signs of swelling or excessive heat, pull and/or replace the battery.