After migrating to new mac, email folders are lost.

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After migrating to new mac, email folders are lost.

I used Migration Assistant to transfer files and data from my old MacBook Air to my new MacBook Air. Everything seems to have transferred just fine, except for my email folders. I have tried plugging in Time Machine to restore them from my backups on my old mac, but the new mac doesn't recognize backups on the old one, so I can't access it through Time Machine while in the mail program. So then I tried searching for my mail files, which (according to what I've read) should be in Library/Mail, but I have no Mail folder that I can find by that path (or, really, by any other). I believe both macs are running Mountain Lion.

MacBook Air (11-INCH, MID 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Mar 22, 2014 7:17 AM

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Matt Clifton

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Mar 22, 2014 7:35 AM in response to babbinc

That Library folder is actually the one in your home folder, which is hidden. You can view it by clicking the Go menu in Finder while holding the Option key down - you'll then see a shortcut to Library.

The mail is held in ~/Library/Mail/V2, inside folders named for each mail account. You should be able to use the File - Import Mailboxes menu in Mail to retrieve them.

Matt

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babbinc Author

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Mar 22, 2014 8:15 AM in response to Matt Clifton

That's great, Matt; I found them.

The Import function was a little confusing for me, but once I figured out that I needed to import from Apple Mail and not from "Files in mbox format," everything came through just fine.

I really appreciate your prompt and helpful answer!

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