How can I retrieve mail using Time Machine?
A month's amount of email disappeared from one of my mail accounts. Can I retrieve it using Time Machine?ail somehow disappeared. Can I retrieve it using time machine?
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TM stopped backing up email starting with Monterey so that you could get a specific email restored. However, you may be able to restore an entire mail folder as follows:
To restore mailbox:
Open Finder
Click “GO” in top menu bar then click option key
Click on Library
Open mail folder
Open V9 or V10 (or similar) folder
Then find the folders labeled with cryptic titles (at this point you could open TM if you want to go back in time)
Look down through those folders to find a mailbox (note: there may be more than one with same label).
If it contains email you want you can copy the entire folder to your desktop
Go back into mail and import that folder from your desktop
