Where to find Apple Mail data ...

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legerjl Author

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Where to find Apple Mail data ...

After drive crash, trying to fetch data from Time Machine backup but don't know what to look for, and where.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 11:49 AM

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6x6

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Mar 17, 2022 12:58 PM in response to legerjl

All your Mail data is in the folder ~/Library/Mail. In Finder, press the option key and click Go in the menu. You'll find the Library folder there. Then just select the Mail subfolder from there.

One question, though: why not restore your whole Mac from Time Machine instead of trying to restore your Mail data?

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legerjl Author

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Mar 17, 2022 1:53 PM in response to 6x6

Hello

Thanks for reply.

MacBook Pro, mid-2012, SSD.

OS recently "failed"; Finder folder became unrecognizable. HD is original.

Connected it as 'target' on second computer and drive has passed all tests.

I tried to start from external Time Machine but recovery failed 3 times (that's 3 X 4 hrs.).

Reinitialized HD and reinstalled OS via Internet. Now, after updates, it's running Big Sur again.

But TM does not want to give... Although it does backup to the same folder on external (???)

So I try to manually recuperate as much old data as I can. Mail, Calendar, Notes ().

J.-L.

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Owl-53

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Mar 17, 2022 2:25 PM in response to legerjl

Q - " MacBook Pro, mid-2012, SSD. "

A - Please double check this information as this computer Does Not Qualify for Big Sur computer qualify for the upgrade to Big Sur.

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