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Computer crashed. Have backup. Where do I find the mailboxes that I had stored On My Mac?

MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 21, 2019 3:38 PM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2019 12:31 AM

Have a look here https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mail/mail15172/mac

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Jul 22, 2019 12:31 AM in response to bilbowdish

Have a look here https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mail/mail15172/mac

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Jul 21, 2019 8:23 PM in response to bilbowdish

Have you put back the backup? Open mail, move with your mousepointer to the right side of ‘On my mac’ . You’ll see first a + and next to it, the word Show appears. Click on it and you’ll see your mailboxes

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bilbowdish Author

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Jul 22, 2019 12:14 AM in response to mulberry58

It looks like I have not put back the backup. I have been keeping backups in both Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner. So, it looks like I don't know how to restore my mailboxes from these two applications.

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