05-05-2009, 04:40 AM
Just updated my MBP from 10.4.11 to 10.5.6.
Mail opens, but all the messages have disappeared, and you have to force quit to get Mail to quit.
Did a quick search, and found this thread: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-686436
which recommended an easy solution from a Specialist on the Apple Discussion Forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa...ID=1849306&tstart=30
This involves moving the Mail folder from the Home Library to the Desktop, letting Mail create a new one in the Library, then moving the old one back.
But when I attempted to move the Mail folder, instead of moving the Finder COPIED the darned thing!
Then when I opened Mail, got the same result (no messages).
I noticed that when I tried moving the Mail folder that I didn't have permission (it's in my Standard User Home folder, as I normally work as a Standard User, with a separate Administrator for when I need it). I went to Get Info and made my Mail permissions Read and Write (to all enclosed items), but that didn't seem to help.
So I'm stuck. How do I get my mail back?
/Mr Lynn
PS This is the worst Mac upgrade I've seen—lost my printers, too. What else?
Mail opens, but all the messages have disappeared, and you have to force quit to get Mail to quit.
Did a quick search, and found this thread: http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1...msg-686436
which recommended an easy solution from a Specialist on the Apple Discussion Forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa...ID=1849306&tstart=30
This involves moving the Mail folder from the Home Library to the Desktop, letting Mail create a new one in the Library, then moving the old one back.
But when I attempted to move the Mail folder, instead of moving the Finder COPIED the darned thing!
Then when I opened Mail, got the same result (no messages).
I noticed that when I tried moving the Mail folder that I didn't have permission (it's in my Standard User Home folder, as I normally work as a Standard User, with a separate Administrator for when I need it). I went to Get Info and made my Mail permissions Read and Write (to all enclosed items), but that didn't seem to help.
So I'm stuck. How do I get my mail back?
/Mr Lynn
PS This is the worst Mac upgrade I've seen—lost my printers, too. What else?