I'm trying to backup my Mail file in Mac OS X Mavericks. I found the Mail folder, but I can't find the preference file so I can backup the mail settings. Can you tell me what the filename is now called under Mavericks and where I can locate it?
Thanks!
All the files needed are in the Mail folder in your User's Library folder.
Previously accounts were stored in the Preferences folder but that has now moved to Mail > v2> MailData folder
Most/all of the settings are stored in the cloud these days. In fact, you can log into a brand new mac with your apple_id and your mail settings will magically be there. I have a lovely program called "find any file" that shows these locations for mail.plist
With the cloud and a copy of the folder Diane mentions, you should be covered.
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Mavericks Mail Preference File?
Most/all of the settings are stored in the cloud these days. In fact, you can log into a brand new mac with your apple_id and your mail settings will magically be there. I have a lovely program called "find any file" that shows these locations for mail.plist
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With the cloud and a copy of the folder Diane mentions, you should be covered.
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Wrong. The current preferences file is stored in /Users/username/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences/com. apple.mail.plist. Peruse the Mail container folder for other things not contained in the Mail or primary Preferences folder.
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ssls6 wrote:
Most/all of the settings are stored in the cloud these days.
Nonsense. Many of us disdain using the cloud for anything. All user settings are stored locally.
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The data stored in Containers is not the accounts info but user preference settings. Nothing that can't be easily reset.
The OP explicitly stated:
I found the Mail folder, but I can't find the preference file so I can backup the mail settings.
AFAIK, that includes account information.
Account info is also stored in MailData folder in Mail.
/Users/YOU/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Accounts.plist
So what? That's not what the OP was after.
ssls6 wrote:
Most/all of the settings are stored in the cloud these days. In fact, you can log into a brand new mac with your apple_id and your mail settings will magically be there. I have a lovely program called "find any file" that shows these locations for mail.plist
With the cloud and a copy of the folder Diane mentions, you should be covered.
That only applies if you have an icloud account, which many people do not. The mail preferences file locations have been identified elsewhere in this thread
Mavericks Mail Preference File?
