- Launch EaseUS Mac backup software, click the first Backup tab Click + button at the left corner of.
- To see the size of a specific file or folder, click it once and then press Command-I. To see storage information about your Mac, click the Apple menu in the top-left of your screen. Choose About This Mac and click the Storage tab. For Time Machine backups, it's good to use a drive that has at least twice the storage capacity of your Mac.
- Restore mailboxes and their content in Mail on Mac. If you set up Time Machine to back up files on your Mac, you can use the backups to restore lost mailboxes and email messages. See Restore items backed up with Time Machine.
While other local and cloud backup software, like Arq, Backblaze, ChronoSync, SpiderOak, and CrashPlan, also back up these individual mail message files, there’s no good way to load or retrieve.
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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. You can export mailboxes in mbox format.
Import mailboxes
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- 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. 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.
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See alsoCreate or delete mailboxes in Mail on MacRename mailboxes in Mail on MacRestore mailboxes and their content in Mail on Mac