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DerekBradley Author

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Lost emails

Recently upgraded my iMac from El Capitan to Catalina and all emails lost. Anyone know how to find them or should I go back to the older OS

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Posted on Jan 15, 2020 8:36 AM

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rkaufmann87

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Posted on Jan 15, 2020 9:32 AM

Use your Time Machine backup to restore your mail. Please review https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/restore-mailboxes-and-their-content-mail15172/mac for instructions.

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rkaufmann87

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Jan 15, 2020 9:32 AM in response to DerekBradley

Use your Time Machine backup to restore your mail. Please review https://support.apple.com/guide/mail/restore-mailboxes-and-their-content-mail15172/mac for instructions.

DerekBradley Author

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Jan 15, 2020 10:10 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Thanks for your answer and is the time to say if only!!! Didn't back up to time machine, had problems with it and sadly couldn't be bothered there after.

BDAqua

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Jan 15, 2020 1:50 PM in response to DerekBradley

I take it this was a POP account then, not IMAP?

DerekBradley Author

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Jan 15, 2020 2:22 PM in response to BDAqua

yes it was thank you

BDAqua

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Jan 15, 2020 3:02 PM in response to DerekBradley

Ah, likely the biggest disadvantage of POP.

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