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I had to wipe and restore a damaged drive that contained my system and applications. After reinstalling Apple Mail all my saved emails, some with important numbers and reminders, were gone. I have that drive saved on Time Machine. Is there any way to recover those emails from there?
Mac Pro, macOS 10.14
Hi GeoPud,
If we're understanding things correctly, you're looking to try and recover some content from a Time Machine backup. We can certainly help out with that.
If you'd like to restore the Mac fully from that backup, and not solely the emails/reminders/contacts, this page will walk you through the process: Restore your Mac from a backup
You can instead opt to restore specific files via this link's assistance: Restore items backed up with Time Machine on Mac
Take care!
GeoPud,
We can help to clarify further so that you may restore the desired contents from Time Machine.
When following the guide on restoring a particular app's files (see here: Restore items backed up with Time Machine on Mac ), it will note "On your Mac, open a window for the item you want to restore. For example, to recover a file you accidentally deleted from your Documents folder, open the Documents folder." So for emails to be restored from the Mail app, first open a Mail window.
Then, proceed with the same guide to launch Time Machine, and it should show the different 'ticks' on the right side, representing different backups. Select the desired date/backup in here, and then you may restore the content as needed. Restored items will then return to their original location.
We hope that helps out a bit.
Thanks Eric... I appreciate your answer but my issue is not with how to restore those files from Time Machine, but where do those files reside to be able to tell Time Machine what to restore. I don't want to restore the whole drive contents....
What, is it a POP account or what?
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail
Then Enter Time Machine.
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