Can someone tell me the steps to restore one mac mail folder from time machine?

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Can someone tell me the steps to restore one mac mail folder from time machine?

I had to change from my old POP mail account to a new IMAP account (at time warner cable). Accidentally all of the old mail from my POP account, which we had put into a folder called 'old email' got erased from disabling the POP account. I have a time machine backup but have never used time machine to restore anything. How can I restore only this one, but very full, mac mailbox folder? I am on El Capitain OS (10.11.4), MacBook Pro 15" 2012, 2.3 GHz intel core i7, memory: 16 GB 1600 Mhz DDR3. Thank you!

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), 15", mid 2012

Posted on Apr 15, 2016 10:57 PM

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judysings

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Apr 17, 2016 10:47 AM in response to jules105

Hello jules105,

If you did a Time Machine backup of your computer when you created the "old email" folder, you should be able to restore the folder by going back in time to that date. The resource below will explain how:

Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac

Restore from a Time Machine backup

Restore specific files:

Choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine menu , or click Time Machine in the Dock.

Find the files to restore:

Use the timeline on the edge of the screen to see the files in your Time Machine backup as they were at that date and time. The timeline may also include local snapshots.

Use the onscreen up and down arrows to jump to the last time the contents of the window changed. You can also use the search field in a window to find a file, then move through time while focused on changes to that file.

Select a file and press Space Bar to preview the file and make sure it's the one you want.

Click Restore to restore the selected file, or Control-click the file for other options.

Take care,

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