How to migrate thunderbird email from pc to mac version

I have been unsuccessful in locating proper information on how to migrate a windows version of TB to the MAC version. Seems to be no clear cut way to do that.
Any suggestions?

Install TB on the Mac, but don't bother installing any accounts. Close TB. Overwrite its new empty profile with one copied from your Windows installation.
Speaking as someone who has successfully moved TB profiles between Windows and Linux, I can warn you that there may be some Windows-specific pathnames in your profile that will need to be fixed. Some add-ons are poorly behaved in that they store absolute pathnames, which do not work when transferred from one computer to another of the same kind, let alone when transferred between operating systems. If your profile has been tweaked to store its data on a separate drive, for instance, you'll need to adjust the path stored in ''profiles.ini''. either by direct hand-editing, or by use of the profile manager.
Profiles:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-tb
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager

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