How can I back up mail boxes to an external drive (not using Time Machine)?

I recently lost all of my mailboxes when switching from Mavericks back to Mountain Lion; I still have all of my emails, just without the mailboxes I'd created over the past 6 years to organize these emails. The files that control organization information for Mail, iPhoto, and iTunes must not be obvious. The 2 Apple "Geniuses" who wiped my computer after assuring me I'd backed up everything I needed clearly didn't think of mailboxes (Mail), events and albums (iPhoto), and playlists and ratings (iTunes) -- lost all of those. Would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me where to find the organizational files for Mail that contain the "smart" and regular mailboxes. Thank you!

Are you referring to mailboxes as in different email domain providers (AOL, Yahoo, GMail, etc???)
Or are you referring to mailboxes as in archived folders with various messages in each?
If the latter, have you considered moving it all to iCloud and not storing anything locally?
I have my folders/boxes in iCloud and dont' botehr with storing anything locally anymore. Too much pain to worry about saving the mailboxes on a USB stick any time you reinstall your OS X.
Moreover ,the new versions always needed to be updated after you imported them back into Mail app.
Just a thought....
Unless you have more than 5GB of mail stored, I woudl consider moving it to iCloud once and for all.

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iPhoto: How to move the Library to an EHD
Move iPhoto Library to External Drive
First... Make sure the EHD is Formatted Mac OS Extended (journaled)...
See here > Format, Erase, or Reformat a drive
From here > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU.html
Quit iPhoto if open.
Open your Pictures folder and select the iPhoto Library.
Drag the iPhoto Library to the External Hard Drive.
Note:
Make sure everything is working to your satisfaction Before Deleting anything.

IPhoto back up to hard drive - not using Time Machine

Hi everyone,
I've gone through the support pages etc but can't seem to find a simple, easy to read and understand way of transferring my photos onto an external hard drive.
What I want to do is get all my iPhoto photos, onto an external harddrive, preferably keeping the folders that are set-up within iPhoto. Is there an easy way to do this? I know I can drop and drag each individual 'event' however it won't seem to move the folder with it - therefore I have to do each 'Event' individually, which will take hours.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
Andrew

Drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external hard drive
Or use a clone program like Carbon Coly Cloner or SuperDuper to do it and update it
LN

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Thanks Andy,
I wish I could have told my sister about this as she could not open my homepage back before my new iWeb site. She now can open my site without the yet in case denial window does appear = I thank you.
I think my iWeb site works as Noone has said otherwise from any platform etc...
Alex L
I do agree that should not have to be a consideration for any users so i agree that it would be great if Apple could allow simplicity to run seemlessly.
I have had this problem since Homepage, and here is
what has worked for me. I send out the link, and
then for PC users I send the link with "<" after the address (without quotation
marks. e.g., <http://site.com>).
I also put a note that if that doesn't work, to just
copy and paste the link into a browser. With that I
have only had 1 person say they still can't open.
Everyone else gets it to work.
It's a lot to do and seems like a hassle, but you get
used to it.
Hope this helps!
Andy Martini
PS - APPLE! When are you going to fix this??! It
seems like such a small thing yet you guys have been
stumped for YEARS on this!

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Dropbox
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8&ls=1
Sugarsync
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/sugarsync/id288491637?mt=8&ls=1
Box.net
http://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/box-for-iphone-and-ipad/id290853822?mt=8&ls=1

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Clone using Carbon Copy Cloner
1. Open Carbon Copy Cloner.
2. Select the Source volume from the left side dropdown menu.
3. Select the Destination volume from the right side dropdown menu.
4. Click on the Clone button.
5. When completed select Disk Center from the Window menu.
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Read Q17 here.
http://pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
Strongly recommend his whole section.. 14-17 and read it carefully to understand the ways you can make TM work for you.

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Hello DIRP,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import, and Convert functions
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1347
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