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<blockquote data-quote="McYukon" data-source="post: 1092484" data-attributes="member: 101117"><p>Maybe you should try starting from the beginning.</p><p>Delete the Mail folder, /Users/###/Library/Mail. And the plist, /Users/###/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist.</p><p></p><p>You say found a Mail application with spotlight, do it again and see if you can find out where it is located.</p><p>Then make sure that the Mail application is in the Applications folder, if it is not you need put it there.</p><p>Either by moving it there from whatever wrong location it is at currently, reinstalling it with Pacifist, or copying Mail app over from the other Mac.</p><p></p><p>Instead of using the flash thumb drive, start the other Mac in target mode and connect to it as a regular backup drive through the Finder.</p><p>Navigate to /Users/###/Library/Mail and copy the whole folder over to /Users/###/Library on the new Mac.</p><p>And copy the plist /Users/###/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist to /Users/###/Library/Preferences.</p><p></p><p>The address book data is the whole AddressBook folder in /Users/###/Library/Application\ Support/</p><p>Copy the folder to /Users/alko/Library/Application\ Support/ on the new Mac.</p><p></p><p>When copying the files instead of doing copy/paste, open two Finder windows side by side with the two different locations.</p><p>Then just click and drag the folder/files over from one window to the other dropping it on the correct destination folder.</p><p>You should see a little + under the arrow, if not while dragging hold down the option key and drop it on the correct destination.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="McYukon, post: 1092484, member: 101117"] Maybe you should try starting from the beginning. Delete the Mail folder, /Users/###/Library/Mail. And the plist, /Users/###/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. You say found a Mail application with spotlight, do it again and see if you can find out where it is located. Then make sure that the Mail application is in the Applications folder, if it is not you need put it there. Either by moving it there from whatever wrong location it is at currently, reinstalling it with Pacifist, or copying Mail app over from the other Mac. Instead of using the flash thumb drive, start the other Mac in target mode and connect to it as a regular backup drive through the Finder. Navigate to /Users/###/Library/Mail and copy the whole folder over to /Users/###/Library on the new Mac. And copy the plist /Users/###/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist to /Users/###/Library/Preferences. The address book data is the whole AddressBook folder in /Users/###/Library/Application\ Support/ Copy the folder to /Users/alko/Library/Application\ Support/ on the new Mac. When copying the files instead of doing copy/paste, open two Finder windows side by side with the two different locations. Then just click and drag the folder/files over from one window to the other dropping it on the correct destination folder. You should see a little + under the arrow, if not while dragging hold down the option key and drop it on the correct destination. [/QUOTE]
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