08-08-2015, 03:43 PM
Ok, so the email import did not work well at all (previous post from last night).
Think I will go back to copying the mail folder from the old iMac and then put it on the new iMac and then delete all the other accounts that I don't want.
Things that have bugged me about past migrations and cloning of my HDD from one Mac to another are over the years (going back to 2006).
In my email accounts before (3 computers ago) I could type a few letters of a person's name and their email address would pop up. Very handy at work. Now I have to go find the names and put them in.
This was after copying over my contacts..... so I must have missed something.
Right now I am really working with 3 iMacs;
iMac one is an old white 24" 2.16ghz that I have been using for work (just put it up for sale on craigslist). The main thing I need from that computer is all sent and received emails. The rest I can copy over manually.
Thoses emails are going onto the 2009 iMac (iMac two) that I will be taking to the office on Monday to replace the old white iMac.
iMac three is the 2012 that I just picked up yesterday that is going to be my new home computer to replace iMac two.
I am trying to not migrate all the junk from iMac two onto the iMac three.
iMac two has junk copied over since my days on my first 2006 iMac.
I have googled ways to replace items on iMac three but there so much contradiction and disagreements that it becomes quite confusing.
One of the most important things to have on iMac three is the pop gmail (sent and received) from iMac two. Last night I set up the Apple mail on iMac three and then logged onto the gmail account and email started to download (but stopped after I went to bed and had to hit get mail for it to resume this am). But it does not seem to be importing sent mail unless it does it after all the incoming mail is received.
I would love to hear some ways from you guys here on this forum. Suggested web sites, etc..
It is amazing how many things are automated and remembered on an old computer vs a brand new one that has a fresh os install.
TIA
Matthew
Think I will go back to copying the mail folder from the old iMac and then put it on the new iMac and then delete all the other accounts that I don't want.
Things that have bugged me about past migrations and cloning of my HDD from one Mac to another are over the years (going back to 2006).
In my email accounts before (3 computers ago) I could type a few letters of a person's name and their email address would pop up. Very handy at work. Now I have to go find the names and put them in.
This was after copying over my contacts..... so I must have missed something.
Right now I am really working with 3 iMacs;
iMac one is an old white 24" 2.16ghz that I have been using for work (just put it up for sale on craigslist). The main thing I need from that computer is all sent and received emails. The rest I can copy over manually.
Thoses emails are going onto the 2009 iMac (iMac two) that I will be taking to the office on Monday to replace the old white iMac.
iMac three is the 2012 that I just picked up yesterday that is going to be my new home computer to replace iMac two.
I am trying to not migrate all the junk from iMac two onto the iMac three.
iMac two has junk copied over since my days on my first 2006 iMac.
I have googled ways to replace items on iMac three but there so much contradiction and disagreements that it becomes quite confusing.
One of the most important things to have on iMac three is the pop gmail (sent and received) from iMac two. Last night I set up the Apple mail on iMac three and then logged onto the gmail account and email started to download (but stopped after I went to bed and had to hit get mail for it to resume this am). But it does not seem to be importing sent mail unless it does it after all the incoming mail is received.
I would love to hear some ways from you guys here on this forum. Suggested web sites, etc..
It is amazing how many things are automated and remembered on an old computer vs a brand new one that has a fresh os install.
TIA
Matthew