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I have the common problem of Mail rules disappearing when quitting Mail. I lost a rule that took me days to compile, so I need to restore rules from a recent Time Machine backup.
In Ventura, which file holds the rules?
iMac (2017 – 2020)
Perfect, thanks, except that it didn't work, returning the stale data, and I think I know why.
If you make a rule change, don't close the Rules window, quit Mail, and relaunch, the change is lost. I just tested it.
Yes, I had the Rules window up for a long time making changes, and *probably* didn't close it (hidden?) when I finally quit Mail. A warning would be nice.
And when I make the SyncedRules.plist replacement, Rules are empty, not even the default Apple rule.
I see SynchedRules.plist, UnsynchedRules.plist, and RulesActiveState.plist. How do they interact? Which should I restore to get the old rules back? Are other pertinent files to get back to old rules? At the moment I have lost all rules. Thanks!
Look in this file:
SyncedRules.plist was missing from my folder ...V10/MailData. When I restored this file, macOS Ventura 13.4.1 Mail rules stopped disappearing.
Mac Mail rules disappearing
