Lost All Messages
All Messages were lost after restoring my iPhone 3GS. Only 2 backup options are showing, one with a date of the same day I restored my iPhone and the other doesn't show a date. Any clarifications of why this happened or how can I get my messages back is appreciated.
The problem is probably that the mailbox has lost the .mbox suffix in the filesystem.
Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/ account folder in the Finder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
You’ll probably see an INBOX folder without the .mbox suffix there. If that’s the case, quit Mail and rename the folder to INBOX.mbox.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library.
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HI,
iMessages are linked ti the ID that was used.
On the iPad they are Gone.
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I migrated files via the method described here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1872713
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I did so. But, when I opened mail, there's nothing there. Nothing in inbox, sent or deleted. And, like I said, when I sent myself a test, nothing came through.
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The problem is probably that the mailbox has lost the .mbox suffix in the filesystem.
Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/ account folder in the Finder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
You’ll probably see an INBOX folder without the .mbox suffix there. If that’s the case, quit Mail and rename the folder to INBOX.mbox.
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Lost all Messages after Deleting some.
Pop account using Mail v2.1 on an iBook G4 OS X (10.4.10) with 640MB Ram belonging to my wife. I'm a PC guy. Thinking of changing to Apple. :=)
My wife deleted a 'batch' (approx 50)of messages by highlighting them, clicking on Edit, and Delete. When she did that all the messages in that mailbox disappeared. She can still receive emails in that account as the New Message counter still shows when new messages arrive. She cannot see the new messages without doing a Search for them using part of the missing email address. When she does a Search the messages are there. There are 4656 messages found.
There is a small triangle next to that email account with the missing messages. When the triangle is clicked the triangle rotates, but nothing else shows. Nothing drops down below the account as I think it should. So the account is there, messages come in, the triangle rotates, the messages are not visible in that account without a Search of the Inbox.
I have attempted to Rebuild that particular mailbox, but the option of doing so is not available. 'Rebuild' is dull for lack of the proper term. She has another mailbox which does have the option to Rebuild so that is available in the program. I did attempt to Rebuild the Inbox under which the two accounts are located. That didn't do any good.
I attempted to Reindex with no change.
I ran the Disk Utility with no change.
When I look in Library, Mail, Pop(account), Inbox I see the messages she deleted. Nothing else. I can read them by double clicking on them which makes them open in Mail.
If this was a Windows program I'd reinstall it, but Mac programs are usually pretty steady.
I'm at a loss. The messages seem to be there, but not visible in the mailbox. Any suggestions?
AlohaThe problem is probably that the mailbox has lost the .mbox suffix in the filesystem.
Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/ account folder in the Finder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
You’ll probably see an INBOX folder without the .mbox suffix there. If that’s the case, quit Mail and rename the folder to INBOX.mbox.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder. That is, ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder, i.e. /Users/username/Library. -
Lost all messages, message app is blank after installing IOS8.3
Hi I updated my iPhone 5s to IOS8.3 yesterday. Once the update was completed, my iMessage is blank, i.e. the screen turns blank after I click on the message icon. I had about 2300 un-read text before the install. That number still shows on the icon. When I click it, my screen becomes blank (except the cell phone / wifi reception beacon and battery on top). The rest is entirely blank. After a while, the app would close and go back to home screen. It feel like the app tries to load my messages, but fails. I tried the followings things after reading online posts:
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The hard disc of my laptop has crashed and i lost all the data. Now I want to take back up of my I phone and transfer contacts , messages and music etc back into my laptop , how can I do that. Also let me know how I can transfer the contacts into Windows contacts from I phone. Pl help
Your content will only be where you put it. It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer.
You can transfer itunes purchases from your iphone: File>Device>Transfer purchases.
You can import your pics taken with the iphone as you would with any digital camera.
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we have 2 I phones and when I tried to sync my I phone to the computer for a back up(have only 1 account) i lost all my phone contents and my phone has all the contacts/messages etc of my daughter's phone. I had ok'd to "restore settings" in the process. How do get all the contents/contacts of my phone back?
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As IO said before:
You can redownload most iTunes pruchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
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I thought it was cool until, such time as I LOST EVERYTHING.Lord K. Thank you. Yes I am within the 90 time period, however I travel Intertionally and I can not receive not make a call to Apple. I was just at the Genius Bar in Chicago and they said, don't worry about it. It just floats out there, however, I can not recover my messages on a flash drive. I need to go back to my old computer which I don't have with me. My messages were in folders for a lawsuit. It is going to take an incredible amount of work for me to, you have no Idea. We are talking thousands of pages! I the defendent will have them during discovery so I am not so worried. However, I can not bring them to him on a Flashdrive when I meet with him without an extraordinary amount of presssure on my part. THis is not just some little email issue. This is suing EXPEDIA and Tripadviosr.com
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My contacts on my old Iphone I gave a family member were deleted then synced to icloud. My current iphone lost all its contacts when it next synced. I retreived a 6mth old backup to get my contacts, but I want my recent messages back, any help?
The "system" performed as designed. All devices syncing to one iCloud account are kept in common sync. The idea is that all such devices belong to one user. Different users should have different iCloud accounts. Once your contacts were edited, all devices were updated as well and subsequent backups (from yours and her device) reflected the changed contacts (and any other data that may have been edited like calendars). Your first task is to change your daughter over to a new account before she makes other changes.
The only way I see for getting back contacts is to restore them from a time machine backup, assuming you also have a Mac included in the account which syncs the contacts. However, I'm not sure whether time machine includes contacts from iCloud along with those that are local, "on my Mac".
Otherwise the deleted contacts are gone. -
Hello - I have been getting error message 13019 all afternoon and I have never had that before. I have listened to all the suggestions on this site and nothing has helped. And know I have lost all the music off my ipod (luckily it is still on itunes) I really need this figured out asap since I leave on vacation in 4 days! Please somebody help. I have never had so many issues
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The desktop (iMac) now has messages from July 2012 onward.
My separate hard disk backup has old messages up to June 2012.
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Many thanks!
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In that case, you should definitely post your question here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.6_snow_leopard
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Thanks for the question. I understand that you are having trouble locating some application after the update to iOS 7. To troubleshoot this issue, let’s reset the home screen layout of your iPhone, which should move all of your applications to the second “page”:
Reset iPhone settings - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph7a2a9399b
Reset Home Screen Layout: Returns the built-in apps to their original layout on the Home screen.
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I did my ios7 update and lost all my old text messages, how do I get them back?
Try this
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