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Where does Mail store folders labelled "on my Mac"?

There isn't a Mail folder in \Library (OS Catalina)

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 18, 2020 6:37 AM

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Posted on Jan 18, 2020 7:58 AM

Shapley wrote:

Thanks. I hadn't realised the tilde was essential.



Good computing Shapley !


The ~ is the computer short hand for your user—


the long hand version would be for example: /Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/V7


There are 3 Libraries on the Mac, Files and folder that you have r/w privileges reside in your home folder.

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Jan 18, 2020 7:58 AM in response to Shapley

Shapley wrote:

Thanks. I hadn't realised the tilde was essential.



Good computing Shapley !


The ~ is the computer short hand for your user—


the long hand version would be for example: /Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/V7


There are 3 Libraries on the Mac, Files and folder that you have r/w privileges reside in your home folder.

Where does Mail store folders labelled "on my Mac"?

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