10.8.1 Problem - All Mail Stored 'On My Mac' Is Empty After Upgrading To 10.8.1

Hi mende1,

Thanks for the message. I can see that there are folders containing data when I follow the path from the link you posted, but I don't know how to restore all the emails to the right folders.

What do I need to do?

Thanks,

Clown Guy

Will try it now...

Hi mende1,

The emails are still located on my machine. I did have some hope considering that the folder structure was still intact.

I can now import the various mailboxes back into the 'On My Mac' section, but do you know a way of being able to import all of them at once and not each mailbox separately? I have hundreds of folders and am trying to avoid doing this one at a time... although if that is the only route then it's much better than now email at all!

Thanks,

Clown Guy

2 more things...

1.

I now can't use the 'Delete Mailbox...' option having imported one of the mailboxes that I just imported to test the process. How do I delete the mailbox? Is it OK to go to User / Library / Mail / V2 / Mailboxes and simply delete the corresponding mailbox?

Also,

2.

Do I need to type anything else in Terminal, to reset or undo the previous command that was typed in?

Thanks mende1,

Clown Guy

(getting happier)

Regarding point 1... I've now managed to delete the 'Import' mailboxes having moved all the contents. It wasn't allowing me to delete them, so I had to force quit, start mail, quit mail, then start mail again before being able to delete. I also had to come off the VPN.

The question re: Point 2 still stands...

Thanks,

Clown Guy

Thank you for the quick replies mende1. It is very much appreciated.

Clown Guy

(now smiling and happy)

One final point to note, Mail won't let me import them as .mbox files. I have to start by trying to import .mbox files, but then it says 'error' when I select the appropriately named mbox folder. I then have to select Apple Mail instead and the navigation dialogue brings up the same list of sub-folders, but I simply select the sub-folders I want to import without navigating away from that list item, then it works OK. If I were to navigate away from that list item which displays sub-folders, it would be replaced with a big icon of a mailbox instead and would remove the ability for me to import the sub-folders. Were I to click on the icon and try to import, it wouldn't import.

In effect, I'm having to fool Mail into allowing me to see the contents of a .mbox folder then changing to importing Apple Mail in order to select the sub-folders.

A bit weird but the only work around. POssibly because they are already V2 folders?

Clown Guy

Totally understand the point and I agree... it's just that I'm having to follow this workaround as the only way of importing the emails. I can't import them as .mbox files.

I'll persevere but at least I now have a solution that will only take a relatively short amount of time and the feelings of abject horror have subsided!

Thanks once again.