Oct 03, 2018 Inside the home folder on your Mac is a Library folder that stores app-specific files and settings, personal settings, and some data. The files and settings in the Library folder should be left. In the Mail app on your Mac, choose File Import Mailboxes. Select a source in the list, read the information that appears below the list, then click Continue. If you’re importing a mailbox exported from Mail or a folder in the /Library/Mail/V7 folder on another Mac, select Apple Mail. Aug 08, 2017 chflags nohidden /Library. Where attachments opened from Mac OS X Mail are stored, or when you open an attachment from Mac OS X Mail, a copy is placed in the “Mail Downloads” folder, Home/Library/Mail Downloads, or the system “Downloads” folder by default. You will find the edited document in this folder. In older OS the emails are kept in a V2 folder, newer OS convert the emails into a V3 folder and Sierra converts emails in a V4 folder, afaik you can not convert back. You should really not move emails from V2 or V3 into the V4 folder, because Mail must do that. Standard the (Sierra) emails are in Homefolder-Library-Mail-V4.
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In the Mail app on your Mac, select a mailbox in the Mail sidebar. Do any of the following: Move the mailbox: Drag the mailbox to a new location in the sidebar. Copy the mailbox: Press and hold the Option key while you drag it to a new location. If you use the Finder to move or copy mailboxes, the changes may not appear in Mail.
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Mail User Guide
Mail can import email messages that have been exported in mbox format from other email apps, and import mailboxes exported from Mail on a Mac. Library on mac terminal. You can export mailboxes in mbox format.
Import mailboxes
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose File > Import Mailboxes.
- Select a source in the list, read the information that appears below the list, then click Continue.
- If you’re importing a mailbox exported from Mail or a folder in the ~/Library/Mail/V7 folder on another Mac, select Apple Mail. To get to the Mail folder on a Mac, click the desktop to make sure you’re in the Finder, press and hold the Option key, choose Go > Library, then click the Mail folder.
- If you’re importing messages from a Windows or UNIX computer, select “Files in mbox format,” then locate the folder containing the files.
- Reorganize the imported messages, if you like.The messages are in a new mailbox called Import in the Mail sidebar. You can drag folders and messages from the Import mailbox to new or existing mailboxes, then delete the Import mailbox.
Export mailboxes
- 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 .mbox packages. Show system library folder mac. If you previously exported a mailbox, Mail doesn’t overwrite the existing .mbox file; it creates a new .mbox file, such as My Mailbox 3.mbox.
Mac Mail Library Location
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