Lion mail date problem

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Lion mail date problem

Just when I got the Lion-inflicted unread message problem cleared up a new one has appeared. For some reason Lion has changed the date that every single file on my machine was modified to January 5 2011. Worse, every piece of mail I receive indicates that it was sent on January 5 2011 and received that day. All files in trash show as having been received and sent on January 11 2011.

I wish I'd never heard of Lion. But if anyone can offer some insight here, I'd appreciate it.

MacPro, MacBookPro, iPhone, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Aug 1, 2011 10:21 PM

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Answer 1

Assignment Author

Level 1

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Aug 1, 2011 11:03 PM in response to Assignment

Update to Lion mail date problem. Lion has managed to change every date on my computer to January 5 2011, which so far as I recall has no significance whatsoever. And it continues to claim every email was sent and received January 11. Worst of all, Time Machine backed this all on my hardrive, so erasing and starting over isn't an option.

Getting rid of Lion is still an option though.

I can't believe that this has happened, and can't imagine by what means the right dates can now be retrieved. A disaster, in short.

If anyone has any idea how this might be corrected, I'd love to hear it.

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Answer 2

Sep 5, 2011 3:01 AM in response to Assignment

I have a similar problem: all dates are the 5th of every month (though not only January!). Sorry I cant help but hopefully someone has some insight into this problem as it seems related.

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Answer 3

Sep 8, 2011 7:40 AM in response to markspark

Same here. The original problem was the incorrect unread count. Got around that by renaming the V2 folder and re-starting a new one. Now my email messages re-downloaded from mail server all have the incorrect dates.

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Answer 4

PacoRB

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Dec 1, 2011 8:50 AM in response to Assignment

Hey guys,

I just found this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3579

I had the same issue but now is ok. I hope it helps, in case you still have the problem.

Good luck!

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