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From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: Unable to move mac OS Mojave v10.14.6's Mail app's local e-mail copies to local Mac's folders offline?
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In comp.sys.mac.com Alan Baker <notonyourlife@no.no.no.no> wrote:
> On 2020-10-22 11:12 p.m., Ant wrote:
> > In comp.sys.mac.apps Alan Baker <notonyourlife@no.no.no.no> wrote:
> >> On 2020-10-22 10:45 p.m., Ant wrote:
> >>> Hello.
> >>>
> >>> My client lost most (thousands) of his e-mails on his IMAP servers, but he still has most of them as local
> >>> copies in his old 2012 13.3" MacBook Pro (MBP)'s mac OS Mojave v10.14.6's Mail app when I checked offline
> >>> (no wifi connection for Internet). I tried to move his thousands e-mails to new local folders, but they
> >>> didn't move at all. They get stuck at the first one. I am trying to save them before he uses his MBP's and
> >>> to his iPhone 11 Pro Max's Mail apps online again. I am hoping I can put them back on his IMAP servers and
> >>> iPhone with this method.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
> >>>
> > 
> >> Right-click: "Export Mailbox..."
> > 
> >> Assuming that works, File menu: "Import Mailboxes..."
> > 
> > Wow, quick answer. I like! That worked. I have most of the local e-mails exported and imported. Now, I
> > just need put them back into his IMAP servers and his iPhone which will take a while (all night?).
> > 

> De nada.

> <thumbsup>

I just realized something. Is it possible to do the same with iTunes' local back up which is even more 
recent than his Mail in his MBP? I don't see a way to tell iTunes to restore ONLY Mail.
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