On 26/10/2005, at 12:06 PM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 26/10/2005, at 11:57 AM, Malcolm J McCallum wrote:
I do not know whether it is because I am getting old or because I
am short of grey matter (Betz cell concentration) but when ever I
try to use the help files I do not come up with the answer. :-
( I am about to transfer my mail onto a NEW powerbook G4 :-) so i
thought I would 'archive', 'compress', 'store', 'retire' my
current mailbox. Try feeding that into help and you get F... A..
Help. I am aware that all I need to do is ask the ever helpful
gurus on the net and the answer will be forth coming in the click
of a mouse button. But seriously folks why does Mail help point me
in the right direction?
BTW how do I archive old mail?
Mac
All your mail files are kept inside ~/Library/Mail (the 'tilde' (~)
character refers to your Home Folder, so start there). You can
archive this entire folder in whichever way you see fit.
BTW - why are you not using the wonderful migration assistant built
into Tiger? It takes all the worry out of transferring old data to
a new Mac.
Hi Mac,
I'm 'hoping' to be in the same position as you very soon :-)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25773
Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: Transferring data with Setup Assistant /
Migration Assistant FAQ
Learn how some versions of Setup Assistant or Migration Assistant
(included with Mac OS X 10.4 or later, in the Utilities folder) can
easily transfer data from a previous Mac to a new one. This document
applies to Mac OS X 10.4 and computers that ship with Mac OS X 10.3.4
or later, such as Power Mac G5 (June 2004) computers. Setup/Migration
Assistant on these computers includes a data migration feature. The
data copied by the Assistant is not deleted from your previous Mac.
Cheers,
Ronni
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