Hi Chris, Any reason why you have stayed at 10.5.6 & not upgraded to OS X 10.5.8? If not, I would suggest you download the Combo OS X 10.5.8 & install it. <http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update>
After you install the Combo use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions. Cheers, Ronni On 08/01/2010, at 10:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > As to when an upgrade to MacBook Pro? I am "thinking" my 17" MacBook Pro > "might" be upgraded soon... Early this year ... But I could be wrong :-) > > Sent from Ronni's iPhone > > On 08/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Chris Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ronni >> >> Thankyou so much for the info on the archival process. My apologies for not >> including my system. It is: (MacBook Pro Intel 2.2 OS 10.5.6). >> >> Thanks also for detailing the use on Leopard and Snow Leopard, as I am very >> much considering upgrading to a new MB Pro and I assume they all have SL >> installed. Do you suspect that there would be upgrade announcements soon, >> given it is January and they seem to coincide with the Apple conference and >> should I wait a bit? >> >> The Apple Mail script site looks really useful so I will follow those >> instructions and see what happens! >> >> Thankyou very much Ronni for your advice on this >> >> best regards >> >> chris >> >> On 08/01/2010, at 8:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> >>> On 08/01/2010, at 6:10 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> On 07/01/2010, at 9:48 PM, Chris Burton wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Good evening all >>>>> >>>>> My email inbox has grown to be very large indeed and I am hoping someone >>>>> may know of a method of archiving the early years of this inbox? I >>>>> regularly just copy my Mail folder to a backup hard drive but I would >>>>> like to reduce the overall number of emails in my inbox. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any advice >>>>> >>>>> kind regards >>>>> >>>>> chris >>>> >>>> Hi Chris, >>>> >>>> If you are using Apple Mail in Leopard or Snow Leopard you can "Archive a >>>> Mailbox". >>>> >>>> To archive mail, select one or more mailboxes in the sidebar and choose >>>> Mailbox > Archive Mailbox. >>>> Navigate to the location where you want the .mbox files to be stored and >>>> click Choose. >>>> >>>> If you later want to import one or more archived mailboxes into Mail, >>>> choose File > Import Mailboxes, select Mbox Files, and click Continue. >>>> Navigate to the folder containing the .mbox file(s) you want to import, >>>> select it, and click Choose. >>>> If prompted to do so, select which mailboxes you want to import. >>>> Mail imports the data; after you click Done, you’ll see the imported >>>> mailbox(es) in the sidebar (under Import in the On My Mac section). >>> >>> Hi again Chris, >>> >>> I just tested some scripts I used prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard, for >>> among other scripts included, Archiving a mailbox, "All Messages Before a >>> certain date" (exporting the mailbox to another location) just to see if >>> they now work in Snow Leopard. I checked first if he had an update and yes >>> he does. >>> YES, the scripts work in Snow Leopard Mail, or at least the "Archive >>> Messages" script does work perfectly, I haven't had time to check the other >>> scripts. >>> >>> >>> Archive Messages (Mail) <http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html> >>> >>> Move messages from the selected mailbox(es) to an archive mailbox or export >>> them to standard mbox, plain or rich text files for backup purposes or >>> import into other applications. You can select to move all messages or only >>> messages sent within or certain period as well filter messages based on >>> their read and flagged status. >>> >>> <http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/files/MailScripts.dmg> >>> >>> Read the information and instructions. Then Scroll to the bottom of the >>> page to download the latest version of the scripts. >>> >>> After running the installer, the scripts are located inside a folder called >>> "Mail Scripts" located inside your Applications folder (even though you can >>> move the scripts to any other location of your liking, the installer will >>> not remove previous versions located at a different path). You can run the >>> scripts either from double-clicking their icons from within the Finder or >>> using the launch scripts (or assigned keyboard shortcuts) from within the >>> script menu inside Mail and Address Book (the script menu is the menu with >>> the paper scroll icon. In 10.3.x, it is located to the left of the Help >>> menu - in 10.4.x and higher it is located on the far right of the menu bar). >>> >>> General Remark: Mail's AppleScript implementation does not seem to be able >>> to handle too many request if Mail is busy doing something else. Some of >>> the scripts seem to run better if you take all your accounts offline first >>> (Choose "Mailbox→Online Status→Go Offline" from Mail's menu). >>> >>> Archive Messages: >>> >>> After starting the script, you will be presented with a list of your >>> mailboxes - choose the ones you want to archive messages from using the >>> checkboxes (note: mailboxes which don't contain any messages will not be >>> displayed in the list). >>> >>> You now have the option to either perform an "Archive" or an "Export" of >>> messages in the selected mailboxes. "Archive" moves the messages into a >>> newly created Archive mailbox with the current date, "Export" leaves the >>> messages in the mailboxes and generates text files in a location you can >>> select. >>> >>> After selecting either of the buttons, you will be presented with a dialog >>> which will allow you to specify options for your archive/export operation >>> (filter messages based on dates, read and flagged status, output file >>> format and location for export). Your selection (other than the dates which >>> default to today for "before" and one year ago from today for "after") will >>> be remembered when you run the script again. >>> >>> Note on export file formats: if you want to import your mail messages into >>> another mail client, choose "mbox", a standard mailbox format which can be >>> read by most programs. If you only care about the message text and want to >>> minimize the overhead for your archive, select "text" and your files will >>> be much smaller and easier to read. For a nicer looking text version, >>> choose "rich text" files - this also gives you the option to include >>> attachments. >>> >>> When selecting "One File per Message" for exporting messages to text files, >>> the naming of the resulting files can be defined by the user. Certain >>> placeholders can be used to access message-specific information: >>> %f: "From" header (the sender of the message) >>> %t: "To" header (the recipient of the message) >>> %p: Sender or Recipient (sender for received messages, recipient for sent >>> messages) >>> %s: "Subject" header (the subject of the message) >>> %d, %m, %M, %y, %Y: day, month (numerical or as text), and year (2- and >>> 4-digit, respectively) of the message date >>> In order to keep the previous file naming convention, use the default "%f, >>> %M %d, %Y - %s". To have messages sort by date and then by person, use >>> something like "%Y-%m-%d, %p - %s". You will see the file name for the >>> first message in your selected mailboxes resulting from the selected >>> settings just below the file name field. >>> ----- >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo >>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB >>> OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
