Importing Mailboxes from Panther to Tiger

I am attempting to import mailboxes from one Mac operating on Panther to a new Mac Mini operating on Tiger. The directions simply say to go to "import mailboxes" which I have done. The folders show up in my new Mail however they are all empty. Of course, they are not empty on my Panther OS. Any solutions?

I don't know what is it that you've tried, but there are a few things you should be aware of. First of all, the conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.0 is broken. Take a look at this thread to better understand the problem:
Help! "You need to take this account online in order to download it."
Now, the easiest way to bring your mail from the old machine to the new one would be to just copy the HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist preferences file and the HOME/Library/Mail folder from the old machine into the same location on the new machine. Note, however, that, depending how do you transfer the files from one machine to the other, file ownership of those files can be messed up and Disk Utility won't be able to fix that afterwards. For best results, whatever you do, be sure you do it from the new machine and while logged in as the user that's going to use those files in that machine.
When launching Mail on the new machine, Mail should realize that the mail database has to be converted to the new format used by Mail 2.0 and should proceed to import all your mailboxes. If you want this to succeed, be sure you've read the thread I've provided a link to above, and tidy up your mailboxes in Panther before attempting to import them in Tiger.
You may also want to consider using Migration Assistant. I don't know whether this would be a good idea or not, however:
Transferring files to a Mac OS X computer from another Mac
Transferring data with Setup Assistant / Migration Assistant FAQ

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Importing mail from Panther to Tiger

I'm doing a standard upgrade from 10.3.9 to 10.4.3. All has gone smoothly. Opened Mail for the first time under Tiger. It immediately started importing my messages from Panther Mail. But it's been running for 6 hours so far.
This is on a G3 Powerbook. I'm guessing I have 50,000 - 100,000 emails in Mail, spread amongst perhaps 150 mailboxes. Could the upgrade process simply be taking a great deal of time, or is there some other problem?
The "busy" bar continues to swirl in the application. It doesn't appear to have died.
Thanks.
Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.3)

The same thing is happening to me after going from Panther to 10.4.4.
Did you ever figure out what was going on or how to fix it?

Importing files from Panther to Tiger

I recently installed 10.4 on a second drive on my G4. My 1st Drive has 10.3 on it.
Now in 10.4 I want to access photos that are in the old Pictures folder in 10.3 but I can't see the folder. This is a huge folder and to copy over to the other drive makes no sense, but it is frsutrating to keep having to reboot to the other drive when I need a certain image. Is there some protocol I am missing?
I am also having trouble finding my Mail files and transferring them. If I go from import maiboxes and go to the other (10.3 drive) and go to Library, Mail doesn't even show up as a listing. If I go to Applications Mail is greyed out.
What to do?
Augmfour

Why not just use the Migration Assitant? It will transfer all your files.

Import stickies from Panther to Tiger

Hi,
Yesterday my iBook G4 [10.3.9] crashed and the data was then backed up to a portable harddrive by helpdesk in an apple store.
Then, the Tiger was installed as new OS.
Now I cannot retrieve my original stickies content.
I tried to find something among the backup data, there's only this:
library>preferences>com.apple.stickies.plist.
This I tried to import with "stickies>file>import text", but just some software/programming code came up on a sticky note.
Did I lose all my previous stickies content, or is there something I can do?
Many thanks,
Tunde

Look at Users -> yourname -> Library folder in the backup for a file called StickiesDatabase. If it isn't there, then it was lost. If it is there, copy it to the corresponding spot on the 10.4 machine, and restart the computer.
The Stickies will hopefully then be restored.

Empty mailboxes after importing from panther to tiger - can't solve

Dear all,
I have been happily using my ibook G3 300mhz for seven years now, running system nine first then jaguar then panther (currently 10.3.9).
I have nearly all my emails from 98 onwards, which I first imported from eudora to eudora (8600 to ibook) and then from eudora on ibook to mail on ibook. I have a pop account and a mac account with an alias (.mac and IMAP therefore). I probably have about 10.000 emails scattered in many folders and subfolders. Some of my mac mails are even saved in folders belonging to my pop account (thus located on my mac).
I've been waiting for the new macbook for a couple of months, had it for FOUR days now and seem unable to transfer my mail from my ibook to my macbook. I have tried both copying the whole mail folder and importing mailboxes from within mail.
With the first option when I open mail it says it needs to import my messages and is then stuck on message 659. May be a corrupt message but I have no way of knowing which one it is and delete it from the library. With the second options it imports all boxes alright, even displaying a numebr of messages whcih appears realistic, but I get the usual "You need to take this account online in order to download it" message. The only messages I can actually see are those in my inbox for my .mac account and those still on the server for my pop account. Any and all messages in any of the other mailboxes (even the .mac ones which are definitely on the server) seem to have disappeared.
I have even tried backing up from the ibook with mac backup and then restoring to the macbook (has worked for preferences, itunes playlist etc) the result is the same: boxes are there but appear empty.
I think I have read all threads concerning similar problems but don't seem to find a suitable solution. I was so looking forward to getting my new computer and being able to use mail 2 and now I've been stuck for days, with a huge waste of time. Why can't my intel core duo with tiger do what my little ibook with panther did so successfully and faithfully, albeit admittetly really slowly?
Needless to say I need to have all my messages exactly in the same mailboxes as I have them on my old comp, I certainly can't throw them into one huge box and sort them from there!
Any help will be greatly appreciated. I am even willing to spend a few bucks on any conversion program that can do the job (although after just purchasing the macbook I shouldn't have to spend anything more) just to avoid this incredible waste of time.
A faithful apple user who is getting kind of frustrated
Diana

Hello, Diana.
I think I have read all threads concerning similar problems
Have you read this in particular?
Help! "You need to take this account online in order to download it."
You won't find the solution to your problem there, but it should let you better understand it. In particular, if using Mail on the iBook under Mac OS X 10.3.9 is still an option, you may want to try to clean up your mailboxes there first, using the following article as a guidance:
Overstuffed mailbox is unexpectedly empty
Before start troubleshooting this, you should make a backup copy of the ~/Library/Mail folder, just in case.
Post back with your observations.

Importing Mailboxes from 10.3.9

The motherboard on my venerable slot-loading 1999 iMac DV, running 10.3.9, finally bit it recently. The cost to repair with labor far exceeded the value of the iMac, so I was not so hurt to have to go out and buy a new MacBook...which is just an awesome computer so far. Anyway, I rescued the old 80GB harddrive from the iMac and bought an external enclosure which works great as well. I've been able to easily import my iCal calendars, Safari bookmarks and iPhoto photos. However, when I try to import my mailboxes from OS X Mail, they show up as "greyed out" and cannot be chosen for import. Is there something I'm not doing right? It's not a really big deal, but there's a few I'd like to have for record-keeping. Thanks!
Curt
macBook, 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

When I switched from a previous iMac with 10.3.6 to this one, I did the following (and, amazingly enough, it worked even though I went from Panther to Tiger):
On previous iMac, went to Users/Library/Mail/Mailboxes and made a backup copy of each and every .mbox folder (I have a lot of them, not just inbox, sent, etc) and put them all in one folder named import (or whatever) on a CD.
On the new iMac, I opened Mail and after clicking on "import" under File menu, I chose the new import folder on the CD and all my mailboxes with all contents intact were imported without a hitch.
A couple of Macs ago, I did it a bit differently and it also worked: after making a backup copy of every .mbox folder, I went to Users/Library/Mail/Mailboxes on the new computer, trashed each and every (empty) .mbox folder and manually put in all the backup folders. That method worked also, but I can't remember which OS version I was on at the time.
You might want to try either or both of these methods - just don't empty the trash (method #2) until you know things work as they should.
Hope this helps.

Importing mailboxes from Thunderbird to mail

I'm trying to Importing mailboxes from Thunderbird to mail. All it seems to do is import some, how do I get it to import all from Thunderbird.

Two ways to go...
1st...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Tiger Mac OS X Install disc that came with your computer, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it finishes.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.
2nd...
Get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, Reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.

Lost emails going from Panther to Tiger

I just went from Panther to Tiger (after doing an archive and install back to Panther from Tiger a month ago, long story and now a month's worth of my inbox mail is missing. Everything from before Nov 13 imported automatically, and everything from the last couple of days is there, (still on the server I assume) but nothing from Nov 13 to Dec 8. I've looked in the users/me/library/mail folder, but can't find the messages there. If anyone knows where I can find them and import them into Tiger mail, I'd be most grateful!
Thanks,
prokeds
G5 Dual 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4)

I just went from Panther to Tiger (after doing an archive and install back to Panther from Tiger a month ago, long story and now a month's worth of my inbox mail is missing. Everything from before Nov 13 imported automatically, and everything from the last couple of days is there, (still on the server I assume) but nothing from Nov 13 to Dec 8. I've looked in the users/me/library/mail folder, but can't find the messages there. If anyone knows where I can find them and import them into Tiger mail, I'd be most grateful!
Thanks,
prokeds
G5 Dual 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4)

G5 killed by mail when upgrading from Panther to Tiger...HELP!

Hello,
I just upgraded one of our G5s from Panther to Tiger. When I opened mail, it began "importing" all the messages (I assume because of the update to mail.app). Now, the user who's computer I upgraded contained 9GB of mail (!!!) but the G5 had more than enough space for this. When the "importing" completes, mail.app is open and all folders/subfolders, etc. are there, but the program doesn't contain any of the messages from the import. Every folder/subfolder is empty, the inbox is empty, etc. AND, to top it off, the HD of the G5 now has zero free space (while, when before the import, it had at least 40GB of free space). Does anyone know a fix for this? Has this happened before?
Regards,
Kristin.

OPEN LETTER TO THE MAIL 2.0 CODING TEAM. RSVP.
with thanks to DAVID GIMENO GOST, for answering so many people's posts about all the mail 2.0 bugs.
hi guys,
i love all things apple, and i have done for twenty years.
but with respect, your build of mail 2.0 really could be a lot better.
moving my mail from 1.0 on an ibook g3 running os X 10.3.9, over to mail 2.0 on an intel macbook 1.83 running os X 10.4.7 has been a nightmare.
the discussion boards of many mac sites feature countless cases of people making the move from 1.0 to 2.0, with all their e-mails disappearing.
having spent two weeks reading the knowledge forums, and learning about emailchemy, plus all the complications which, even with that third party program, still exist in moving one's mail over from version 1.0 over to 2.0, are both massive and horrendous.
and that's for me, who has twenty years of finding my way around mac bugs.
but this one is the most difficult i've ever seen, as well as being one of the most widespread problems in a FULL VERSION RELEASE of an apple program, which apple has done nothing to resolve during the six months in which this problem has been widespread in the mac community worldwide.
so thank god for DAVID GIMENO GOST !
i'm amazed that apple still hasn't come up with a patch for moving mail from 1.0 to 2.0.
even now, while i've finally got all my mail back today, 95% is showing as unread, due to the last obstacles in the process, which i can no longer face solving.
i've also lost hundreds of red mail flags during the transfer :o(.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, guys:
we shouldn't need to be buying third party software to move our e-mails from apple mail 1.0 up to apple mail 2.0, and even then be faced by massive hurdles to overcome, which take weeks for someone who at least has SOME idea of what he's doing.
i pity all the people who read the numerous forum posts about how difficult it is to transfer their mail from 1.0 to 2.0, and simply give up on the spot, and have to start their e-mail history TODAY, unable to access their previous e-mail again - potentially now for ever.
because the ironic joke is that we can't even have an access copy of mail 1.0 on our macs to read our old e-mails, unless we hack that program out of the 10.3 cd installation set, which the gurus on your own web site recommend us NOT to do !
so what are we supposed to do, to access our old e-mail, which we can't open, even though YES, it is in our mail folder, and YES, we did full rebuilds of every mail folder, and YES, we trashed our mail preferences first.
e-mail is now at the very center of the average mac user's digital life.
a user's most important program should not require countless hours scrolling through the astonishing number of problems within mail 2.0, which the apple.com discussion boards evidence, with new problems being added every day.
please sort this out, and build a patch, for the sanity of the many people who love apple, but who are unable to access any of their old e-mails.
because i wouldn't wish the last fortnight on anyone else.
RSVP, APPLE.
with best wishes to everyone on the infinity loop,
michael thorne
london, england
[email protected]
ps: if you're a mac user who has been affected by the mail 2.0 disappearing bug, please post a reply to this message, and send me an e-mail to: [email protected], so that we can draw apple's increasing attention to it. thanks.
MacBook1. 1.83 GHz. 512 MB. Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Moving AddressBook folder from Panther to Tiger?

I did an erase install of Tiger to my powerbook g4, but kept a backup of the Panther files on CD. (I had to select erase and reformat, as my daughter dropped the laptop, corrupting some of the files on the hardrive.)
I would like to copy the old Address Book in Panther (i.e. Home > Library > Application Support > AddressBook) to Tiger, but it appears that the files are not compatible between the two OS X releases? When I tried this, the application hung. Unfortunately I did not move my addresses to a vCard or do a backup, so all I have is the old data files. Any advice on how to move this data from Panther to Tiger? The only thing I can think of at this point is to find someone with Panther, and hopefully they will let me use their machine to get a proper backup of my address book from the Panther version of Mail.
By the way, although most files were not corrupted when the laptop was dropped, some were, so maybe I am dealing with a currupted AddressBook folder.
Note: I am dual posting under both 10.3 and 10.4 forums...
Thanks in advance, John

Place the /Applications Support/AddressBook/ folder in the new /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder replacing the default one created by Tiger. Now launch the Tiger Address Book application. It should prompt you about importing the old data.

Question about updating from panther to tiger

I'm getting ready to update my system from panther to tiger. I'm going to use archive and install to do it. My question is will have to reload logic pro 7.1.1 after I do this?
Thanks,
Chuck Floyd

prokeds, if you want your mail as it was do this:
On your backup navigate to your ~(yourhome)/library/mail (copy the whole folder) and replace the corresponding folder on your new system. (First drag your existing Mail folder to the desktop until you're sure you don't need it.)
Do the same with ~(yourhome)/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist * This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.
When you relaunch Mail decline any prompts to "import".
EDIT: I didn't even realize these were the instructions I already gave to the OP. They should work for you, post back if they don't or if your issue is different.
-mj
[email protected]

How can I import mailboxes from Eudora to my new POP Mail account?

Good afternoon!
I have 10.4.11 on my Mac Mini and want to transfer my mail service from Eudora to Mail. I opened a POP account, but when I tried to import mailboxes from the Eudora Folder stored in Documents I got an Error message: No valid Eudora files were found.
I know the mailbox folder is in the Eudora Folder in Documents, so why can't Mail find it?

I'm not sure if you need Eudora Mailbox Cleaner, but you might take a look at it.
http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/EudoraMailboxCleaner.html
Regards,
Steve M.

Why upgrade from Panther to Tiger on G4 iMac?

I have two iMacs. I use a G5 recently upgraded from Panther to Leopard 10.5.5. My wife has a G4 with Panther 10.3.9.
Now that I have Leopard I have a Tiger install license available.
Are there good reasons to upgrade my wife's G4 to Tiger?
She uses it heavily for e-mail, internet, and MS Word.
She's networked to my G5 through Airport and we use printer sharing and file sharing.
Her G4 works great, but I'm wondering about security issues.
Comments?
-Bob

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Apple is still releasing Security updates for Panther too, isn't it?
I think some of the Panther software is starting to show its age limitations for Internet capabilities, and things like iTunes for all the new iPods, etc. On one hand if you're not actually having problems then my feeling is an old computer best runs software designed for it. On the other hand I am not sure you would lose any functionality if you did upgrade. I think most Panther applications run on Tiger, the system requirements are pretty similar. It's not like when you upgrade to Leopard that you suddenly lose Classic support and it requires (demands?) a faster processor. From my personal perspective upgrading to Leopard really makes a big difference in capabilities both ways and may even be a negative upgrade if you run old software the way I do. Upgrading from Panther to Tiger didn't have any downsides and had several upsides in terms of software is still being brought out for Tiger.
[Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger system requirements|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301341]
[OS 10.3 Panther requirements|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106163]

Migrate from Panther to Tiger - Business environment - Is it worth it?

Hi,
I would like to find out from you 'out there' what are the pro's and con's upgrading and migrating 30 user's from Panther to Tiger that use Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite 1 (CS1), Quark 6.1?
What benefits, if any, can Tiger provide the end user in a working environment?
These are iMac G5 1.6GHz, Dual 2.0GHz G5 and PowerBook users!
Any feedback is Thank'd in Advance!!!

First, I would urge you to read the following: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=707854&#707854. Second, check out Apple's website on OS X and explore its content to determine if there are features in Tiger that you feel would be of sufficient benefit to your installation to warrant the upgrade. Consider also the minimal hardware requirements (especially video card requirements) and whether you would need to invest in hardware upgrades. Review the following items on compatible and incompatible software to determine what software upgrades will be required.
http://www.macintouch.com/tigercompat.html
http://www.macintouch.com/tigerreview/incompatibility.html
Last, review the following on the installation process:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607363&#607363
Based on an analysis of benefits and costs you should then be able to make an intelligent business decision whether to upgrade to Tiger.

Upgrading from Panther to Tiger. Is it worth it?

Hi there. I have been debating this in my head for quite some time. It is worth upgrading from Panther to Tiger? What are the benefits?
Thanks,
dave

Hi dave!
If you do decide to upgrade, Tiger is available for purchase at The Apple Store (US).
Jaguar and Panther, are no longer available directly from the Apple Online Store, as Tiger 10.4.x is the most up to date OS.
A Full Retail Version of the Tiger Install DVD, can be purchased rather inexpensively, at some online Apple retailers, Amazon, eBay, AppleRescue, (as cornelius mentioned) etc.
Be sure not to purchase grey, upgrade or machine specific CDs or DVDs.
Additional info in these links.
Using OS X Install CDs/DVDs On Multiple Macs
What's A Computer Specific Mac OS X Release
Software Update, Upgrade: What's The Difference?
Once Tiger 10.4.x is installed, you can use the PPC 10.4.8 Combo Update, to upgrade to the most up-to-date version.
Tiger System Requirements
Mac Model Compatibility & Requirements For OS X
Additionally,
"Tiger ships on a DVD, but if your Mac doesn’t have a built-in DVD-ROM player, you’ll need CD media. When you buy Mac OS X Tiger, you qualify to purchase Tiger CDs for only $9.95."
Download The Order Form Here. Media Exchange Program
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