Restore Mail from Time Machine backup

Hi, I have a time machine backup from my MacBook which unfortunately crashed and is now resting in Mac heaven. The problem now is that I just bought a new iMac and so wanted to get my mail settings and messages to my new computer without getting all the gunk from the Macbook along. Please could somebody help me out as to which files from where or if there is an easier way to get this done.
Thanks a lot
Mitesh Gowani

The settings are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist and the messages should be in ~/Library/Mail.

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Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
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Triple-click the text on the line below to select it:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
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Log out and log back in. Relaunch Mail. It should prompt you to re-import your messages. You may get a warning that the index is corrupt and that Mail has to quit. Click OK.
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I just got myself a new Imac with OS X Maverick and set it up using a time-machine-backup. My Adobe CS4 now has a Problem with the license and shows me error: 150:30?
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chris

Thanks a lot for your help......everything back to normal after reeinstallation.
chris
Am 29.09.2014 um 23:28 schrieb John Waller <[email protected]>:
Error 150:30 after restoring CS4 from Time Machine backup
created by John Waller in Adobe Creative Cloud - View the full discussion
Do I need to uninstall CS4 and reinstall?
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Restore mail from time machine

Help needed please!
I have recently restored Lion OSX but in doing so my mailboxes have disappeared. I have Time Machine so tried to enter it but the restore points only go back to the date I restored Lion. I can see other backups in the route of Time Capsule which suggests that previous backup files are available but I cannot access them from Time Machine.
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Sometime the Library folder are hidden and you cannot see it.
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Press and hold down the Option key.
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Hey there,
It sounds like you're still having trouble exposing the proper library folder. You can use the following terminal command to do it globally (this will show all hidden files)
Open Terminal from your appliications folder and copy/paste this into it:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE (press return)
**After that last line you'll need to restart the finder so use:
killall Finder (press return)
Now if you enter Time Machine the correct Library should be visible. To re-hide your hidden files repeat the process above but replace TRUE with FALSE, then use the "killall Finder" again.
I agree with the commenters above, you should restore the Mail library to the desktop and then re-import it to Mail. This is how I was instructed to solve this problem by Mac help, who I chatted with online for quite a while before they figured it out.
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I know there is a fair bit referencing similar problems but I cannot find my solution.
I inadvertantly deleted a mail account and simply wish to restore the account from my time machine backups.
Time machine has been reliable in the past and my put my faith in it. However this problem now introduces a fair bit of mistrust which should never happen with a backup system.
I navigate to ~/library/Mail/V2 and then open time machine and select a known good backup (I hope).
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(I am logged on as admin)
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I deleted the account using mail preferences, so following your advise:
I restored the pref file from the good known backup date.
I also used disk utility to repair the time machine backup volume which showed no problems.
First of all, restoring from time machine according to FAQ 15, the actual messages in the deleted account were indeed restored to the new mailbox that time machine created and could be viewed - that is fine and solves the problem of lost mail.
Almost solved - but what I was trying to do was :
I had two accounts which show under inbox and when you "get mail" the little whirling indicator shows activity which my wife (and I) liked. After I deleted the second (now unused account) there is no more indicator when "getting mail" and it is not obvious that anything is actually happening. Any mail received will show up under mail activity but if there is none we all just sit there with no feedback until it "beeps".
There was also the other issue of maybe wanting to get back all mail for the deleted account (which you solved).
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Time machine was the best backup system I have seen in over 30 years in computing but if it now "doesnt" under all circumstances it becomes useless and we will have to go back to manual or other backup systems. Surely Apple will fix it - a backup and restore system has to completely reliable or not at all.
I thank you for your help and, as I say, there is no real urgency as mail items can actually be recovered - it would be nice to be able to restore "as it was" however.

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Back up all data before proceeding.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.iBooksX
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
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I just had to get a new hard drive, as part of the Apple Seagate Replacement program.
I have installed Snow Leopard on my new drive, rebooted and restored from my Time Machine backup.
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Belly Buckle wrote:
1) Does this screw up my files??? I'm already experiencing issues having to re-install Flash Player, re-importing Mail, etc. Would you think that my system files could be corrupt?
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Belly Buckle wrote:
2) Is there a way of restoring from my Time Machine backup without actually using my original install disks first?
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