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<blockquote data-quote="LeslieT" data-source="post: 1092310" data-attributes="member: 167636"><p>I can see Mail.app under Users/username/Library/. I see com.apple.mail.plist under Users/username/Library/Preferences/ByHost. But . . . . there's no application named Mail in the Applications folder, either on the folder on the Dock OR in Finder. There is no icon with which to call up the program. </p><p></p><p>I did find the mailboxes from yesterday's use of Migration Assistant (the file date shows they were transferred yesterday), but they WERE filed lower down in the tree and NOT within the Mail application. I have a complicated hierarchy of mailboxes for saved mail. All appear to have been moved, just not placed in the Mail.app folder. </p><p></p><p>When I used Spotlight, as you suggested, I got the message that I couldn't use this version of Mail. However, both Macs are running OS X 10.6.4. So evidently, MA did copy over the mail folder from the Mini, but it's the wrong version from that on the iMac. Given that I'd run Pacifist to reinstall the Mail app one day later than MA transferred the mailboxes and prior to following your suggestion of using Spotlight, I don't understand why the version is wrong.</p><p></p><p>Every time I click to open Finder, the three icons representing the three backup drives disappear and I get a message about disks not being properly ejected. I have not touched any of the 3 icons. When I open Finder again, the three icons appear. This never happened on my husband's iMac (which I set up a week ago), my MacBook Pro (set up last week), OR my Mac Mini (set up last November).</p><p></p><p>I can't download the email from my online account which is set to erase all downloaded mail after one day. I have about 600 MB of stored email in separate folders which deal with various projects on which I'm working. I keep the Inbox cleaned out and regularly rebuild all mailboxes.</p><p></p><p>Although MA did transfer the mail app and mailboxes, it did NOT transfer Address Book or any of the other items previously mentioned. It simply didn't transfer them to the "right" place.</p><p>LeslieT</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeslieT, post: 1092310, member: 167636"] I can see Mail.app under Users/username/Library/. I see com.apple.mail.plist under Users/username/Library/Preferences/ByHost. But . . . . there's no application named Mail in the Applications folder, either on the folder on the Dock OR in Finder. There is no icon with which to call up the program. I did find the mailboxes from yesterday's use of Migration Assistant (the file date shows they were transferred yesterday), but they WERE filed lower down in the tree and NOT within the Mail application. I have a complicated hierarchy of mailboxes for saved mail. All appear to have been moved, just not placed in the Mail.app folder. When I used Spotlight, as you suggested, I got the message that I couldn't use this version of Mail. However, both Macs are running OS X 10.6.4. So evidently, MA did copy over the mail folder from the Mini, but it's the wrong version from that on the iMac. Given that I'd run Pacifist to reinstall the Mail app one day later than MA transferred the mailboxes and prior to following your suggestion of using Spotlight, I don't understand why the version is wrong. Every time I click to open Finder, the three icons representing the three backup drives disappear and I get a message about disks not being properly ejected. I have not touched any of the 3 icons. When I open Finder again, the three icons appear. This never happened on my husband's iMac (which I set up a week ago), my MacBook Pro (set up last week), OR my Mac Mini (set up last November). I can't download the email from my online account which is set to erase all downloaded mail after one day. I have about 600 MB of stored email in separate folders which deal with various projects on which I'm working. I keep the Inbox cleaned out and regularly rebuild all mailboxes. Although MA did transfer the mail app and mailboxes, it did NOT transfer Address Book or any of the other items previously mentioned. It simply didn't transfer them to the "right" place. LeslieT [/QUOTE]
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