Move mail folders from external disk to Mac

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Move mail folders from external disk to Mac

My wife macbook Air is nor repairable but we have been able to copy all data from the disk. I have restored nearly everithing except the email archive folders which do not have an account, just archive (.mbox). How can I move those archives from an external disk to the new mac?

I tried copying the files (4 Gb) to the mail library folder where the other working email folders are located, I can see the folders in mail but them appear empty.

Both the old and the new mac are on Yosemite.

Thanks for supporting.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10), null

Posted on Jul 6, 2015 10:06 AM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Jul 6, 2015 10:11 AM in response to Millone64

Have you tried going to Mail>File>Import and importing the mbox archives?

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Millone64 Author

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Jul 6, 2015 10:13 AM in response to lllaass

Yes I did but nothing happens. At least after I do it I cannot see those mail folders in mail.

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lllaass

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Jul 6, 2015 10:26 AM in response to Millone64

Are you following these instructions?

Mail (Yosemite): Import or export mailboxes

If you right click on the mbox files and select get info what is the file size? maybe they are empty.

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Millone64 Author

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Jul 6, 2015 10:32 AM in response to lllaass

The file on the external disk is 4 Gb.

If I copy it in the user library>Mail<V2 the mail folders are visible in the mail app but they look empty.

I removed the copied .mbox and followed the import method.

The result is that the selected .mbox gets imported but its size on the new MacBook is 0. I tried waiting for a couple of minutes to see if the import was in progress but since the size stays 0 I think that nothing is happening.

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Millone64 Author

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Jul 6, 2015 11:52 AM in response to Millone64

I solved the problem.

It is necessary to select "Apple Mail" and then the folder that contains the .mbox files.

The section of which folder topmost can be done later in the process

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