Q: Best way to Move mail from OS X Lion to El Capitan
Hi All
Can any tell me the best practice for moving my mail accounts and settings from my old machine running OS X Lion to my new one running El Capitan?
I thought about using time machine to backup my old system drive then restore on the new one, would this work or is their an easier way to just copy the mail folders over? I've read the file structure is different in El Captian though.
Any pointers would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Posted on Apr 25, 2016 5:24 AM
First, set up the account in Mail on the new computer.
If your messages are in IMAP and stored on the server, then just set up the accounts and messages should download.
If messages are in local mailboxes, export the mailboxes from the old machine, and Import them on the new one.
You can also try direct copying the entire mail folder of Lion to an accessible drive for the new mac, and select the folder and Import from Mail. It should find all mailboxes within and import them.
Not sure about the structure of doing this with Lion, but I think it should work.
Posted on Apr 25, 2016 5:40 AM