Mail wants to create new account after crash
so, i ran out of batteries and my laptop just died. power attached, restart, my firefox session is there with all windows intact, but when i start up mail, it gives me the "welcome to mail" create account wizard. HELP! of course i know all my mail is there mel>library>mail, but how do i just 'bypass' this wizard to find my mail again?
Greetings,
how do i just 'bypass' this wizard to find my mail again?
You can't. Because you let your battery die (never a good idea), your mail preferences file is now corrupt and doesn't know you have any mail accounts. So you need to do this:
If all your mail accounts are POP:
1. Quit Mail.
2. Go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete the com.apple.mail.plist file.
3. Restart Mail and setup your account(s) again; Mail will automatically find your existing mailboxes.
If any or all of your accounts are IMAP:
Do steps 1 and 2 above.
3. Go to Home/Library/Mail and remove each mailbox beginning with "IMAP-".
4. Restart Mail, setup your accounts again, and wait for Mail to download your IMAP mail again.
In either case, check to be sure Mail is working properly again after the last step; if so, you can delete the IMAP folders on your Desktop and empty the Trash.
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