System re-Install Can't find old (backed up) mail
Hi there
was having serious issues with ical so backed up my user folder and erase/installed the computer
I started mail, closed it then replaced the mail.plist and the mail file in my user library
Weirdly my accounts have all re-appeared but none of my old mail has.
Has something changed in the way you have to get your old mail back?
Cheers
Ben
Depends on the Mail version you are trying to reimport from.
Erasing your machine's contents to fix a single program's issue is overkill and extremely risky. In the future always clone your data or use Time Machine*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
before attempting troubleshooting of this sort. You'll be a lot less at risk.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.
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