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Restoring mailboxes from backup

I am able to restore mail by selecting Mail Inbox and then going to Time Machine.


However, this does not seem to restore the info in my Mailbox folders.


All of this is on my iMac computer


Should it??


Thanks



iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 14, 2021 10:17 AM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2021 11:13 AM

Hello evp58,


Thanks for reaching out in Apple Support Communities. We're happy to help.


We want to make sure we understand, when you say the backup doesn’t restore your information, are you referring to email accounts? Or, the email accounts are restored, but the actual contents, the emails received and sent are not restored?


Here are a few articles that should be helpful.

Recover files using Time Machine and Spotlight on Mac

Recover all your files from a Time Machine backup


Reach back out if we can help further and let us know more details.



Have a great day!

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Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Oct 15, 2021 11:13 AM in response to evp58

Hello evp58,


Thanks for reaching out in Apple Support Communities. We're happy to help.


We want to make sure we understand, when you say the backup doesn’t restore your information, are you referring to email accounts? Or, the email accounts are restored, but the actual contents, the emails received and sent are not restored?


Here are a few articles that should be helpful.

Recover files using Time Machine and Spotlight on Mac

Recover all your files from a Time Machine backup


Reach back out if we can help further and let us know more details.



Have a great day!

Restoring mailboxes from backup

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