Well, I’ve learned never to make promises that Time Machine won’t faceplant when you try to do something it’s supposed to be able to do, but it’s supposed to work.
On Apr 2, 2015, at 12:46 PM, Kevin Callahan <kc...@mac.com> wrote: > > > Sent from my iPad Air > >> On Apr 2, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Macs R We <macs...@macsrwe.com> wrote: >> >> Everybody's familiar with how to open up a finder window, go to Time >> Machine, and restore files into it. But there is a less-known mode of time >> machine which is more Baroque (but cool), in which you go into an actual >> application, like Mail or iPhoto, and ask it to restore its contents from a >> backup. If you don't mind restoring your mailboxes one by one, just open up >> mail, then enter Time Machine, then tell it to restore whatever you want >> from whatever date you want. > > > Thanks. So restoring mailboxes and data from a backup of Mail on Lion will > be restored properly to Mail running on Yosemite? > K >> >> >> >>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Kevin Callahan <kc...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:53 AM, Kevin Callahan <kc...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone 5S >>>> >>>>> On Apr 2, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Kevin Callahan <kc...@mac.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> A friend has a MBPro with a 500 GB internal drive. He had about 16GB of >>>>> free space and as the machine was not running well, he decided to move >>>>> his Pictures and Movies folders to a 1T external drive freeing up 90 GB >>>>> of space on his internal drive. He backed up his internal drive and the >>>>> external drive to a 2T drive. His system was running Lion. >>>>> >>>>> Apple did a fresh install of Yosemite on his computer as his attempt to >>>>> upgrade from Lion to Yosemite via the App Store didn’t go so well and >>>>> sent him home with instructions on how to restore from his backup. >>>>> >>>>> Using Migration Assistant, he restored from Time Machine, but he didn’t >>>>> have the option to exclude his Pictures and Movies folders that were >>>>> backed up. The restore seems to work with the exception of Mail failing >>>>> to import his messages with a message saying “An error occurred during >>>>> the import. Make sure you have available space in your home folder and >>>>> try again”. >>>>> >>>>> As everything is working fine with the exception of the failed import- >>>>> his mail accounts are working (pulling mail down), he decided to delete >>>>> his Pictures and Movies folders that were restored in order to free up >>>>> space again. In doing so, he now has 91 GB free on his internal drive. >>>>> >>>>> Can he use Mail -> File -> Import Mailboxes to pull his Mail off Time >>>>> Machine backup? to try to import all his mail? When I launch the Import >>>>> Mailboxes… I just get a Finder open panel. >>>>> >>>>> Or, can he do this by entering Time Machine (the app) on his system and >>>>> then restore from backup? If so, what does he need to select in Time >>>>> Machine to go back in time to restore? >>>>> >>>>> Should he open ~/Library/Mail and restore from that Library folder? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> After writing the above, I'm thinking that maybe pointing to the library >>>> mail folder and trying to restore won't work because his back up his mail >>>> was running on lion and he needs to import those so that Mail on Yosemite >>>> can do it's magic on the files. ???? >>> >>> I would like to think he can simply open his ~/Library/Mail/V2 folder and >>> then launch Time Machine to restore that folder, which includes his >>> accounts, mailboxes and mail data. >>> But in doing so, would Mail do the proper “import” given that his backup is >>> Lion Mail and he would be restoring to Yosemite Mail? Is there any risk in >>> doing this? >>> Thanks, >>> Kevin >>> >>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>>>> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >>>>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
