FProenza Author

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find old .pst files

I used to work for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN using Microsoft PCs with Outlook as email client. When I retired in 2008 I made a copy of my all my emails in .pst files and saved them somewhere in the Mac I was using at the time. Tech support staff help me with this.

I would like to find those .pst files but I do not have a clue how to do it.

I have tried searching for .pst files using finder but nothing is found.

Can you please help?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.3

Posted on May 20, 2023 1:58 AM

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FProenza Author

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May 20, 2023 3:36 AM in response to kaz-k

Spotlight pointed to a "Developer folder" with "js" ending that might contain the pst email files.

I attach the spotlight result pointing to the js file in Developer and the contents of the first page of that file.

However, I cannot find that js file in my mac. Any suggestions?

Francisco

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May 20, 2023 2:46 AM in response to FProenza

Hi,

Spotlight could be your friend to find out .pst files.

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FProenza Author

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May 20, 2023 3:05 AM in response to kaz-k

Nothing useful appears.

Could they be in hidden files? How would I search for hidden .pst files using spotlight?

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