how can i backup my mails on a external harddisk?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Backup everything on an external HD. Use TimeMachine, SuperDuper or CarbonCopy Cloner
You can also choose what you want to backup or not.
I want to manually copy, backup my mails.
nothing else.
is that still possible?
where can I find the mail library?
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library".
Then go to Mail and copy the whole folder. Or, you could while in Mail choose "Export Mailbox" from the Mailbox menu.
Thanx!
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Hi - When I follow the instructions below, the mail folder when copying stops mid way with an error " Action Could not complete because you do not have the authority to move some items," - Please can you let me know what I am doing wrong. Its a standalone Mac Pro and I am the only user, Regards Mark
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library".
Then go to Mail and copy the whole folder. Or, you could while in Mail choose "Export Mailbox" from the Mailbox menu.
User File Ownership - Reset see post by Linc Davis
You may need to rebuild permissions on your user account. To do this,boot to your Recovery partition (holding down the Command and R keys while booting) and open Terminal from the Utilities menu. In Terminal, type: ‘resetpassword’ (without the ’s), hit return, and select the admin user. You are not going to reset your password. Click on the icon for your Macs hard drive at the top. From the drop down below it select the user account which is having issues. At the bottom of the window, you'll see an area labeled Restore Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the reset button there. The process takes a few minutes. When complete, restart.
10.8.2. backup mail external hd
