ralphy
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Q: Apple Mail - no Inbox - why?

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iMac 10.7.5

 

I have discovered that I have no Inbox in my Mail folder.  So if I look at Mail when the internet is disconnected, I have no Inbox emails at all.  But when I connect to internet, suddenly all my Inbox emails are there  (obviously from iCloud).  I have all my other Mail boxes, like the Sent-box, Draft-box and Sent-box.

 

How can I force the system to download and store my Inbox onto my desktop, instead of keeping everything on iCloud?  The problem with iCloud is I cannot do searches in my emails, and if I ever lose internet I am a bit stuck, as I cannot see my old emails.

 

Thanks.

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jun 18, 2015 11:53 PM

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Jun 19, 2015 1:38 PM in response to ralphy
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    Jun 19, 2015 1:38 PM in response to ralphy

    iCloud is cloud based storage so it's only available online.


    Get help using iCloud Mail - Apple Support

  • by ralphy,

    ralphy ralphy Jun 20, 2015 2:04 PM in response to Carolyn Samit
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    Jun 20, 2015 2:04 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

    Thanks. I know that.

     

    What I want to do is store a copy of my iCloud Inbox emails on my disk, just as my iPad does.  This would make access much quicker; use less data transfer monies; be more secure; allow access when internet is not available; and allow me to do email searches - which I cannot do at present.

     

    Now I know I can store my emails locally on disk, because they were here before.  I have no idea how or why they were deleted from my disk, but it would be nice if I could download them back again.  And I would appreciate any advice on how I can do this.

     

    Thanks,

    R

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jun 21, 2015 7:41 AM in response to ralphy
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    Jun 21, 2015 7:41 AM in response to ralphy

    Try creating a new mailbox On My Mac, connect to the Internet, download your iCloud e-mails, then copy them to the newly created mailbox, and then disconnect from the Internet.

  • by ralphy,

    ralphy ralphy Jun 21, 2015 10:28 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Jun 21, 2015 10:28 AM in response to Eric Root

    Thanks for the suggestion.

     

    How do I create a new Mailbox?  There must be some special format for these folders.

    How do I download emails from iCloud? There is no info on downloading emails.

     

    THanks,

    R

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jun 22, 2015 8:21 AM in response to ralphy
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    Jun 22, 2015 8:21 AM in response to ralphy

    Mail/Mailbox/New Mailbox.

     

    E-mails from iCloud should download automatically. Send yourself a test e-mail to your iCloud account.

  • by ralphy,

    ralphy ralphy Jun 22, 2015 10:30 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Jun 22, 2015 10:30 AM in response to Eric Root

    .

    Thanks.

     

    I know how to create a gash email box - I have several for my old emails, and they work just fine. 

     

    However, an Inbox is something quite different.  The Sentboxes and Deletedboxes I have are internally generated, and not user created.  I presume the Inboxes should be likewise, but I don't have any.  (I have inboxes that are not in the Mailboxes folder, but they are empty. They have a plist file, but nothing else.)

     

    Yes, my emails download automatically from iCloud - BUT THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO STAY.  So if I turn my internet off, all my Inbox emails disappear.  (The Sent, Junk and Deleted emails are stored locally and still available.) This is inconvenient - I want to see my Inbox emails whether the internet is working or not.  It is also very slow, because if I want to see an email, it has to download first.  So if I look at an email ten times, it has to download ten times, which makes no sense. 

     

    THere must be some way of forcing Mail to create an Inbox and storing the Inbox emails locally on disk.

     

    THanks

    R

  • by ralphy,

    ralphy ralphy Aug 17, 2015 1:18 AM in response to ralphy
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    Aug 17, 2015 1:18 AM in response to ralphy

    Any answer to this?  It seems like a simple question to me.

     

    How can I download my Inbox from iCloud, to have a permanent copy on disk.  I have a copy of Sentbox, so why not my Inbox too?

     

    At present, I cannot access my Inbox without an internet connection, which is  a pain, and I cannot do searches. 

     

    Thanks,

    Ralph

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 17, 2015 6:44 AM in response to ralphy
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    Aug 17, 2015 6:44 AM in response to ralphy

    Create a new On My Mac mailbox and copy the e-mails to that mailbox.

  • by ralphy,

    ralphy ralphy Aug 17, 2015 12:45 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Aug 17, 2015 12:45 PM in response to Eric Root

    Thanks,

     

    I could do that, but that is a bodge rather than a fix.

     

    It means I have to copy each day's email download into a new folder, just to get around an Apple problem.  And I lose the flexibility of having different inboxes (I have five).   Why should I work an unsatisfactory bodge, because Apple's software is so hopeless?

     

    And I mean this most sincerely, Apple, if you are listening.  Preview has to be the worst software package ever invented.  Safari uses up so much core storage, it is unusable (I use Firefox).   So instead of launching new products, why don't you make the existing ones work?? 

     

    P.S.

    What is the  >>Mail >>V2 >>Mailboxes folder supposed to hold?    I have Deleted, Draft, Sent, and User mailboxes, but no Inbox.

     

    Thanks,

    R

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 18, 2015 8:51 AM in response to ralphy
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    Aug 18, 2015 8:51 AM in response to ralphy

    Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.

     

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.

     

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