Copying emails from one Mac to another

[CyrusOz]

I have followed a few tutorials on how to copy the mail folders within my library to put onto my second mac and although my email accounts were set up correctly with that process none of my old emails went from the old mac to the new one... is it possible just to drag all of the emails out and onto a HD and then drag them from that HD onto my second mac.. will that work? I can't afford to lose my old emails.

Thanks for your help guys.

 

[stapoz]

Select your mailboxes you want to transfer, go to Mail/Mailbox/Export mailbox and save to pendrive or iCloud volume or any storage. At your new Mac go Mail/File/Import mailboxes. Done

 

[CyrusOz]

Yeah I did that but as i said in my OP, none of the old emails went with.. just the account settings. The emails work now but the old messages and attachments have not imported

 

[stapoz]

hmm, maybe the export format of both Mail apps don't match. If you are very determined, you could try to directly copy Mail container folders from old Mac to the new one. The Mail folder is ~/Library/Mail/V2, of course, making a copy of original first. You should get to know which sub-folder contains which mailbox first.

 

[CyrusOz]

hmm, maybe the export format of both Mail apps don't match. If you are very determined, you could try to directly copy Mail container folders from old Mac to the new one. The Mail folder is ~/Library/Mail/V2, of course, making a copy of original first. You should get to know which sub-folder contains which mailbox first.

Thanks mate, that worked.

 

[Matte2]

My Mail program doesn't have the Export Mailbox option. Would going to Mailbox and then Archive Mailbox work? Would it place all my messages in a folder to where I could then download them to a USB flash drive?

 

[stapoz]

Your Mail program means? What OSX version you have?
I think this will help you: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/a-better-way-to-archive-email-in-apple-mail/

 

[Matte2]

Your Mail program means? What OSX version you have?
I think this will help you: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/a-better-way-to-archive-email-in-apple-mail/

I'm using Mail version 3.6 on OSX 10.5.8

I'll try in the instructions in the link. Thanks for your help.