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Please keep these newly-updated instructions handy -- this is the only way to get Mail successfully imported from a 10.4 machine to a 10.5 machine, if the Migration Assistant fails and you have to manually transfer documents from a 10.4 computer to a 10.5 computer. This fixes a problem where you can't manually transfer Mail messages from a 10.4 computer to a 10.5 computer. These are the steps to make it work: 1. Start by carrying over the com.apple.mail.plist file in ~/Library/Preferences on the old machine into the same location on the new machine. 2. Next, carry over the ~/Library/Mail folder from the old machine BUT PUT IT ON THE DESKTOP OF THE NEW MACHINE. 3. Launch the Mail application. 4. Mail will now ask you if you want import your messages. DO NOT HIT CONTINUE YET!! 5. Go into ~/Library and you will notice that there is a NEW Mail folder that was created. You cannot delete this folder yet because it is in use by mail so just rename this folder Mail2. 6. Now, drag your OLD mail folder located on your desktop to your ~/Library folder. 7. Go back to the Mail application and click continue. Your messages and settings should import fine now. 8. Verify that your messages and settings imported correctly and quit Mail. 9. Navigate back to ~/Library and delete the Mail2 folder. 10. Launch the Mail application again and make sure everything functions correctly. -- Scott Rose (323) 954-1978 President, ScottWorld Certified FileMaker & Mac Experts. Since 1992. http://www.scottworld.com |
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Scott Rose
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6/25/2009, 02:53 PM |