

That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J.

Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. is there a process I can use to save them in their current condition, and, be able to get back to that after redoing them all? As noted ea rier, I did drop a copy of the User/Library Mail folder as backup.ĭo a backup, preferably 2 on 2 separate drives. if I delete all of my many email accounts. And mind you, Mail has been faultless ever since I transitioned to Apple five years ago.Ī question.
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I cringe at having to go through that painful process yet again simply due Mail software glitched. It took ages, I had to get IT help from my ISP and my emails (mostly business) and Mail folder system were all messed-up/lost. Not too long ago, I had to rebuild al my mail accounts due to ISP/server issue. Next issue, is as I noted earlier, I'm not super tech savy. I tried hot-spot to my mobile (usually much faster but way less data), but it did not like that either.Īfter hitting "continue" to start the download, it just freezes until I get the message "download failed". So the system just wont download the OS for reinstall. Unfortunately, it looks like I'll have to skip tot he redo all my email accounts stage.ĭespite being in the suburbs of Melbourne Australia, our fasted ADSL2 speed is 3Mbs, averaging <1.5Mbs, and at this moment 0.8Mbs. To add that same email account again, follow Add an account in that same Apple Support document. You will want to be sure those email messages are safely backed up before doing that, but as long as they are limited to your Google Mail account, Google will retain copies that will remain available after adding the account back to Mail. To do that please read Mail for Mac: Set up Mail with your email accounts and follow the instructions for Remove an account. If that does not work, the next logical step would be to completely erase that particular Mail account and add it again. Be sure to skip Step 2 (because you are not going to be erasing the information on that Mac).

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Since it is nondestructive to your User Account data it's harmless enough to try though: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support. The next one would be to reinstall macOS, though I seriously doubt it will resolve the problem. Since you already determined the same problems exist in "Safe Mode" that eliminates that step. Not sure how I get to Steps2-3 if it wont stay open?
