Written by me@grafxflow
15 Sep, 2009
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Transfer Apple Mail settings manually
Just had some trouble with my laptop harddrive recently breaking and was transferring all my files... just before it was completely gone. And finally after ages trying to sort my email accounts and messages managed to solve the problem. So just incase you ever need to do the same, which I hope you don't.
Copy the following folder + contents
~/Users/(your_username)/Library/Mail
Copy the following file
~/Users/(your_username)/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Also this was with Mac OS 10.5, so not sure about other versions, but I guess should work.
I also forgot it was only because they were damaged, I could have just used Setup Assistant/Migration Assistant.
Hope it helps.
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I am a Full-stack Developer who also started delving into the world of UX/UI Design a few years back. I blog and tweet to hopefully share a little bit of knowledge that can help others around the web. I build lighting-fast dynamic content engines with Laravel, Winter CMS and Tailwind CSS. Thanks for stopping by!