How to recover Gmails from Time Machine?

This might help:

To restore mailbox:

Open Finder

Click “GO” in top menu bar then click option key

Click on Library

Open mail folder

Open V10 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

joaniebimac wrote:

I had a named mail folder within Gmail open and somehow deleted the contents. I looked for the individual mail and found the past 30 days more or less in the Archive folder in Gmail--but I can't find the other older ones. I have Time Machine, but Apple Support said it was a Gmail issue which takes me nowhere with customer service there. Is there a way to find the specific name Gmail folder contents in Time Machine and recover them? No they are not in the Trash.

Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support

Were the Gmails stored on your computer? If so the folder should be in your Home ➙ Library ➙ V10 folder.

If you haven't received any emails since the deletion that must be saved then go into Time Machine and restore the entire V10 folder. Select the option to keep both of the folders.

joaniebimac wrote:

I just need to find the contents of one named folder in Gmail which had years of emails in it. I'm afraid to backtrack my whole system when I just need to find that one folder. Seems impossible?

If time machine backup is like itunes/icloud backup then it ALL or nothing.

Suggest you escalate your issue with gmail support, since Apple told you it was gmail issue.