Transferring Mail Accounts From One Machine To Another

[Mr. Anderson]

Ok, so I can't use the migration manager, but I can get to the files - and just moving the mail folder in the library folder isn't going to do it - any one have any ideas?

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[Blackheart]

Try copying over:

~/Library/Mail
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

 

[Mr. Anderson]

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

That was the one - but then I had to find my damn passwords

Thanks!

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[Blackheart]

That was the one - but then I had to find my damn passwords

Thanks!

D

No problem! It's always those pesky .plist files.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

bleh, I know.

So are there any others that I should worry about?

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[Blackheart]

That that I know of. Unless, of course, you want to transfer other applications' preferences.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

That that I know of. Unless, of course, you want to transfer other applications' preferences.

I actually went digging and found one more that I needed. Thanks again for your help.

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[Mitthrawnuruodo]

That was the one - but then I had to find my damn passwords

Those should all be in your old login.keycain... open that with Keychain Access, find the mailservers in question... (and all other passwords you might have saved (outside Firefox)).

 

[EGT]

Try copying over:

~/Library/Mail
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

Just for future reference, does the .plist contain settings for your toolbar and fonts?

 

[Blackheart]

Just for future reference, does the .plist contain settings for your toolbar and fonts?

From what I can tell by looking through it, it does keep track of your UI settings. As far as fonts, what do you mean? Fonts and font prefs are kept in different places in your system.

 

[EGT]

As far as fonts, what do you mean? Fonts and font prefs are kept in different places in your system.

Sorry, the font preferences. The mailbox font, message list font etc.

When I had to install a new drive, it took me about 4 days to get the Mail and Safari fonts the way I wanted it. I thought I was was going to go nuts. The settings would have been backed up too but I always do everything the hard way.

 

[Blackheart]

Sorry, the font preferences. The mailbox font, message list font etc.

When I had to install a new drive, it took me about 4 days to get the Mail and Safari fonts the way I wanted it. I thought I was was going to go nuts. The settings would have been backed up too but I always do everything the hard way.

I'd guess that the .plist file has all of this info in it.