Mail - how to transfer mails to new mac

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firehcfirehc
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in macOS edited January 2014
got a new ibook and would like to transfer all 'old' mails in the imac to ibook, any hints?



thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by firehc

    got a new ibook and would like to transfer all 'old' mails in the imac to ibook, any hints?



    thanks



    Establish a network connection to your old machine. Launch MacOS X Mail on your new machine. Go to File > Import Mailboxes....
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    rogue27rogue27 Posts: 607member
    Copy the "Mail" folder from the old computer to the new one.



    It is located in the Library folder within your home directory.
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  • Reply 3 of 5
    shetlineshetline Posts: 4,695member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by rogue27

    Copy the "Mail" folder from the old computer to the new one.



    It is located in the Library folder within your home directory.



    Make sure you aren't running Mail on either computer when you do this, however.
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    live4everlive4ever Posts: 38member
    Or drag the folders (from On My Mac) from the old machine to the Desktop (this will create mbox files). Transfer the mbox files to the new machine and Import mailboxes.



    This is a good way to periodically backup as well.
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  • Reply 5 of 5
    firehcfirehc Posts: 368member
    thanks guys,

    done.
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