• The Import process copies Property Maintenance Tracker's ( PMT ) data for Property Maintenance Plus( PMP's ) use.  That is, PMT's' data will be copied and become PMP's data. It copies PMT's Properties, Providers, Tasks and Maintenance History Data.
• After the import completes, PMT's data remains intact and available for PMT's use.
• The Import overwrites PMP's current data, if any.
• The import does not have an undo, so be careful.
• The import requires permission to access your PMT data. This is part of step three below.
  
• Some post-import steps are necessary because PMP requires owners and PMT's imported data does not supply them. See the Post-Import Steps below for details.
  

• Step 1: Pick PMP's "Import PMT Data…" menu item

• Step 2: Read the instructions and warnings on the next panel and press the "Next Step in Import Process" button to proceed.
  

• Step 3: Select PMT's data folder named "BrilorSoftware".
  
• The panel should automatically select it, if it exists. Its location is: /Users/YourUserID/Library/Containers/com.brilorsoftware.PropertyMaintenanceTracker/Data/Library/Application Support/BrilorSoftware
• Note the panel's instructions
• Press the "Choose" button to grant permission and continue
  

• Step 4: After the Import finishes successfully, a panel will appear. It might have messages about overwritten files.
• Remember the Overview's warning ( above ) about overwriting PMP's files? These messages are reporting which files ( if any ) were overwritten.
  

Press the button at the bottom of this panel to conclude the import.

Post-Import Steps( AFTER the Import )

• PMP requires owners and since PMT's imported data doesn't supply them, the following steps are required to connect the imported data with the correct owners:
  
• 1. Owners must be added to PMP. Choose PMP's "Add/View/Delete Maintenance" tab and from the "Owner" popup menu pick the "Maintain Item List…". This opens another panel which maintains a list of owners. Add your owners in this panel.
  
• 2. After adding the owners, the properties must be connected to the owners. The properties were imported, so go into each property ( via the "Add/View/Delete Maintenance" tab and "Property" popup with "Maintain Item List…" ) and change its owner. To do that, double click a property to populate its data at the top of the panel, select the owner ( in the middle of the data on the right ), and press the "Change" button. Repeat that process for all properties.
  
• 3. The owners must be added to the imported maintenance history data. A button on the  property panel ( via the "Add/View/Delete Maintenance" tab and "Property" popup with "Maintain Item List…" ) automates it, so no worries. Double click a property to populate its data at the top of the panel and the "Update History for Property" button should activate. Press this button to update all the maintenance history for this property. Press the "Update the maintenance history with the owner name 'xx'" button when the confirmation panel appears. Repeat the process with each property ( double-click the property and push the button ). Each time a property's maintenance history is update
  

This panel requests confirmation to perform a maintenance history update: