Comments on: Missing emails after installing Leopard?

By: angela

angela — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:15:20 +0000

Thanks so much. Fixed the problem perfectly and the solution was way simplier than the other suggestions I found online.

By: Kali

Kali — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:58:56 +0000

where do they get moved to? Do you drag and drop the,m on your desk top and then move them back?

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:20:07 +0000

Z - exactly the same situation on my computer. This sucks - never had any problems with mail doing this before, this has effected my inbox, drafts and sent items. Mail that has been dragged into a folder is not effected. Some of my “work in progress” or reminder emails were ones I really wanted. I could just see the titles, rebuild made the titles disappear too. Glum

By: Z

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:39:57 +0000

I tried the rebuild and now only got 2 emails. All my emails are wiped out. Tried also the import, but it would just create the import files into a separate box instead of integrating into my main email box, any suggestions?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:18:33 +0000

What do you mean move them over, from where to where? How do you move them over and how do I know if it is the old mail and not the new mail files? I have already installed leopard and tried importing my old mail box but there is still mail missing from a year ago.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:36:45 +0000

I tried this and it didn’t work. There are a lot of emails missing. Any other ideas?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:58:33 +0000

I did an erase and install also. Got back about 20 gigs just clearing out junk and decided to not reinstall some stuff I didn’t need. But my saved emails weren’t there. I figured someone would have a fix. Thanks for the tip. It worked easily.

By: Jeremy Brooks

Jeremy Brooks — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:13:37 +0000

Well, I decided to just make my own central location. If anybody is interested, I’ll be collecting links to data migration/Leopard upgrade tips here: http://www.whirljack.net/jeremybrooks/2007/10/30/the-leopard-is-coming/

By: Jeremy Brooks » The Leopard Is Coming

Jeremy Brooks » The Leopard Is Coming — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:12:31 +0000

[...] First off, here’s how to get your Mail accounts back, and fix the indexes: Missing emails after installing Leopard [...]

By: Jeremy Brooks

Jeremy Brooks — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:05:51 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I am getting ready to install Leopard this week (full backup, then clean install) and I have been looking for this kind of information.
It would be really nice if there was a spot with all these tips together. For example, here are the files you need for iTunes data and preferences, Mail data, iPhoto data, etc. I want to migrate my current data to Leopard after the install, but I am still searching for good how-to’s for various apps.
At least I know Mail will work afterwards.

By: Matt Radel

Matt Radel — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:23:16 +0000

A co-worker of mine just discovered this issue…pretty weird.