asked on OS X EI Capitan Mail Restore
Hello Experts,
Really hope to get help here....
Last night I formatted my hard drive. I am using time machine capsule.
I wanted to manually restore the MAIL and bring all my emails, folders and settings back.
I have followed few of the "how-to" online yet none of them works.
Here is what I did:
I Copied the folder Library -> Mail from the backup the current folder Library -> Mail
I could not find in the Library->Preferences-> com.apple.mail.plist
Am I doing something wrong?
Really hope to get help here....
Last night I formatted my hard drive. I am using time machine capsule.
I wanted to manually restore the MAIL and bring all my emails, folders and settings back.
I have followed few of the "how-to" online yet none of them works.
Here is what I did:
I Copied the folder Library -> Mail from the backup the current folder Library -> Mail
I could not find in the Library->Preferences-> com.apple.mail.plist
Am I doing something wrong?
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Refael
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Hello Justin Pierce
Thanks you. I performed a clean install (not via the time machine).
Thanks you. I performed a clean install (not via the time machine).
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Oh sorry I am talking about the POP accounts.
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Justin Pierce , Tim Lapin Thank you guys so much!
So when starting the Migration Assistant is will give me the option to only restore mail?
I tried it before but i stopped it because i was worried it will restore the entire system.
Do I need to create the pop mail accounts before starting migration or not?
So when starting the Migration Assistant is will give me the option to only restore mail?
I tried it before but i stopped it because i was worried it will restore the entire system.
Do I need to create the pop mail accounts before starting migration or not?
Hi Refael,
Yes it will give you the option but it's called Applications. Here is a nice article from Intego on it: Link
No need to create the POP accounts before migration.
Yes it will give you the option but it's called Applications. Here is a nice article from Intego on it: Link
No need to create the POP accounts before migration.
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Justin Pierce and Tim Lapin Thank you for your help!!!
With the Migration I was able to store my mail completely.
Yet because it restore all the files in user library what I did is the following:
- restored the mail
- exporting each mail box individually
- I re-formatted the HDD and New installed the OS X
- imported all the mail boxes
With the Migration I was able to store my mail completely.
Yet because it restore all the files in user library what I did is the following:
- restored the mail
- exporting each mail box individually
- I re-formatted the HDD and New installed the OS X
- imported all the mail boxes
What emails are you trying to restore? If they are IMAP like (Gmail, Yahoo, etc...) then all of your emails live on their servers, so no need to pull them from Time Machine. If you do have POP accounts then we need to look at how things were backed up before you wiped the HDD.
Also, after you wiped he HDD, did you restore from Time Machine, or did you perform a clean install and then pull certain things down from Time Machine?
Thanks for your time.