Backup Mail.app

Puoi copiare la cartella "Mail" nella cartella "Library" nella tua cartella Home (~ / Library / Mail) e rimetterla nello stesso posto ogni volta che vuoi.

e in base al Centro assistenza Apple :

*  To back up Mail preferences and messages:

  Note: These steps back up Mail preferences, but do not back up Mail messages (emails), although you can do that with the .Mac Backup utility. See below if you want to manually back up Mail messages (mailboxes).
     1. Create a uniquely-named folder on your desktop (or other favorite location). For example, you might call it "Mail Prefs Backups May_15_2005" (adding a date is a good idea).
     2. Quit Mail if it's running.
     3. In the Finder choose Home from the Go menu.
     4. Open the Library folder.
     5. Open the Preferences folder.
     6. Copy the "com.apple.mail.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file. Don't remove the original file from its current location (this file contains your Mail accounts information).
     7. Close the Preferences folder.
     8. Open the Mail folder.
     9. Copy the "MessageRules.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file (this file contains your Mail rules).
    10. Copy the "SmartMailboxes.plist" file to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the file (you guessed it, this file contains Smart Mailboxes information).
    11. Finally, copy the Signatures folder to the folder you made in step 1 by Option-dragging the folder. (Your custom signatures, if you use them, are stored here.)
* To restore:

  Move all copies of the files and folders from your uniquely-named folder to the original locations from which they came, as listed above.

Se non sei andato a modificare qualcosa, le e-mail stesse sono in ~ / Library / Mail / con allegati in ~ / Library / Mail Downloads /. Le impostazioni e-mail sono in ~ / Library / Preferences / com.apple.mail.plist e ~ / Library / Preferences / com.apple.mail.searchhistory.plist. Le tue password sono memorizzate nel portachiavi, normalmente ~ / Libreria / Portachiavi / login.keychain.

Quindi, se fai il backup della tua cartella Inizio dovresti andare. Questo dovrebbe essere generalmente vero, soprattutto se si seguono le pratiche raccomandate e non si memorizzano documenti o file personali da nessuna parte se non nella propria cartella home. Tutto il resto dovresti essere in grado di reinstallare il software (sistema o altro) per tornare indietro.