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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1728360">True, but the OP was asking where on the external backup drive the OLD messages would be found. So translating the &quot;~&quot; would lead him to his CURRENT system drive, not the external LaCie backup drive from the old Mac. What chscag gave was the path on that external drive to find the old messages the OP wanted. At least that's how I interpreted the sequence of posts. To import you don't need to know where they GO, but you do need to know where they COME FROM. So the OP needs to have the full path on the old drive to find the messages. Then he can import them to Messages (either with a new user or not) and from there print them out or do whatever he wants.For the OP, use the full path as chscag gave you on the LaCie and you should find the old messages. I take the recommendation to form a new user to import them because I don't know how Messages is going to handle old messages into your current account.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1728360"] True, but the OP was asking where on the external backup drive the OLD messages would be found. So translating the "~" would lead him to his CURRENT system drive, not the external LaCie backup drive from the old Mac. What chscag gave was the path on that external drive to find the old messages the OP wanted. At least that's how I interpreted the sequence of posts. To import you don't need to know where they GO, but you do need to know where they COME FROM. So the OP needs to have the full path on the old drive to find the messages. Then he can import them to Messages (either with a new user or not) and from there print them out or do whatever he wants. For the OP, use the full path as chscag gave you on the LaCie and you should find the old messages. I take the recommendation to form a new user to import them because I don't know how Messages is going to handle old messages into your current account. [/QUOTE]

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