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A friend of mine gave me a powerful Mac. I have my iCloud account set up on the new machine. How does one transfer photos and the email configurations to the new machine. Thanks in advance.
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.2
In your previous device it could Mac / iPhone / iPad if iCloud photo library was always set up see the articles Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Change preferences in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
System Photo Library overview for Photos on Mac - Apple Support
And all applications box were always turned as on including photos / mails ....Turn iCloud features on or off - Apple Support
The photos will sync in new Mac when it's set up Set up your MacBook Pro - Apple Support
The second method for transferring mails from one Mac to another Mac .
Click on finder take cursor on top menu bar > Go after that hold option key click on > library > select mail folder > right click on mail folder there itself > click on copy mail > right click on the desktop > click on paste item .
Entire mails are copied to V 7 folder and will get saved on the desktop .
Note : For Mac OS mojave the folder will be V6 , For Mac OS High Sierra the folder will be V5 , For Mac OS Sierra the folder will be V4 , For El Capitan - the folder will be V3 , and for OSX Yosemite the folder will be V2 .
Take a USB flash drive and copy V7 folder into it , once it is copied right click on the USB stick and eject it .
Insert the USB flash drive in the second machine .
Configure new IMAP account Add an email account to Mail on your Mac - Apple Support in another machine , go to top menu bar , file > import mail boxes > import data from > select apple mail > click on continue > select the back drop folder then choose new .
When new IMAP account is opened a new folder with all mails will appear in the mail side bar , you can rename the folder .
In your previous device it could Mac / iPhone / iPad if iCloud photo library was always set up see the articles Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Change preferences in Photos on Mac - Apple Support
System Photo Library overview for Photos on Mac - Apple Support
And all applications box were always turned as on including photos / mails ....Turn iCloud features on or off - Apple Support
The photos will sync in new Mac when it's set up Set up your MacBook Pro - Apple Support
The second method for transferring mails from one Mac to another Mac .
Click on finder take cursor on top menu bar > Go after that hold option key click on > library > select mail folder > right click on mail folder there itself > click on copy mail > right click on the desktop > click on paste item .
Entire mails are copied to V 7 folder and will get saved on the desktop .
Note : For Mac OS mojave the folder will be V6 , For Mac OS High Sierra the folder will be V5 , For Mac OS Sierra the folder will be V4 , For El Capitan - the folder will be V3 , and for OSX Yosemite the folder will be V2 .
Take a USB flash drive and copy V7 folder into it , once it is copied right click on the USB stick and eject it .
Insert the USB flash drive in the second machine .
Configure new IMAP account Add an email account to Mail on your Mac - Apple Support in another machine , go to top menu bar , file > import mail boxes > import data from > select apple mail > click on continue > select the back drop folder then choose new .
When new IMAP account is opened a new folder with all mails will appear in the mail side bar , you can rename the folder .
Want to move email and Photos to a new Mac
