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Morgan1124 Author

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Email folders

All the contents of my email folders have disappeared that I had saved there. Can I get them back?I

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.5

Posted on Oct 22, 2023 1:57 PM

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tbirdvet

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Posted on Oct 22, 2023 4:29 PM

Do you a Time machine backup? Are these folders "on my Mac" or associated with your email server? May be able to restore from your TM backup as follows:

To restore mailbox:

Open Finder

Click “GO” in top menu bar then click option key

Click on Library

Open mail folder

Open V9 or V10 (or similar) folder

Then find the folders labeled with cryptic titles (at this point you could open TM if you want to go back in time)

Look down through those folders to find a mailbox (note: there may be more than one with same label).

If it contains email you want you can copy the entire folder to your desktop

Go back into mail and import that folder from your desktop

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