How do I back up my emails on my Mac?

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How do I back up my emails on my Mac?

In the Mail app on your Mac, select one or more mailboxes, then choose Mailbox > Export Mailbox. Choose a folder or create a new folder, then click Choose. Mail exports the mailboxes as .

How do I export emails from Mac Mail to hard drive?

Manual Method to Export Emails from Apple Mail to an External Hard Drive:

  1. Launch Apple Mail on your Mac machine.
  2. Select the mailbox folder you wish to export.
  3. Then, click Mailbox from the menu bar options.
  4. Select Export Mailbox…

How do I backup my Mac email to iCloud?

If you want to make a backup copy your entire iCloud mailbox, including every message and folder in the mailbox:

  1. Select your iCloud inbox from the list of mailboxes in the sidebar.
  2. Choose Mailbox > Export Mailbox.
  3. Choose a destination folder for the mbox archive, then click Choose to save it.

How do I transfer my Mac Mail to a new Mac?

It goes something like this:

  1. In Mail on the old Mac, select the corresponding In and Sent mailboxes for each account and choose ‘Export Mailbox’ from the Mailbox menu.
  2. Rename the mailbox files in the Finder to distinguish them from other accounts’ mailboxes.
  3. Transfer these files to your new Mac.

Where are Mac email backups stored?

The messages are stored in . mbox folders, one per OS X Mail email folder. Open and explore these folders to discover (and open or copy) the emails saved as ….To open the folder where Mac OS X Mail keeps your messages:

  • Open a Finder window.
  • Select Go | Go to Folder… from the menu.
  • Type “~/Library/Mail/V2”.
  • Click OK.

How do I download all emails from Apple Mail?

In Mail in macOS, follow these steps:

  1. Select Mail > Preferences and click Accounts.
  2. Select iCloud in the list at left.
  3. In the Account Information tab, set Download Attachments to All.
  4. In the Mailbox Behaviors tab, for each mailbox popup menu, select a mailbox listed under On My Mac.

Does Time Machine backup email messages?

If you have enabled Time Machine backup, it will back up your Mac automatically and periodically to your backup disk. With the help of Time Machine, you can use it to restore deleted emails (even permanently deleted ones!) on Mail easily. Click the Finder icon > click Go at the top of the screen.

Can you back up emails to iCloud?

You can back up messages on an iPhone to your iCloud account, or sync messages with your Mac. When you back up your messages to iCloud, you can view them on the iCloud website.

Does iCloud backup Mac Mail?

Your iCloud email account stores iCloud email and attachments. If you use a mail client, like Apple Mail or Outlook, only email and attachments that are in an iCloud account will be backed up. Email from other accounts or email that is “On Your Mac” will not be stored on the iCloud server.

How do I import Mail from Time Machine backup?

How to manually restore your Mail folder from Time Machine

  1. Open your Time Machine disk, and then go to the backup of your account’s Library folder: Backups.backupdb > ComputerName > Latest > Macintosh HD > Users > username > Library.
  2. Select your Mail folder and press Command-C to copy a reference to it.

How do I transfer Mail from one Mac to another?

Hold down the Option key and drag the file to a different folder or an external drive. That will copy your rules while leaving the original file right where it is. To transfer the rules to another Mac, just drop the MessageRules.