How to Move Your Apple Mail to a New Mac
This article explains how to move your Apple Mail data to a new Mac or to a new clean install of the operating system. Information covers macOS Big Sur through OS X Lion. Migration Assistant Is an Option to Consider You have options for performing the move. The easiest and most often suggested method is to use the Apple Migration Assistant. This method works well, but it has one drawback: Migration Assistant is an all-or-nothing process when it comes to moving data. It copies everything from one Mac to another. However, you may not be interested in transferring everything to your new Mac. Move Mail Manually If you only want to move your mail, transfer three items from your current Mac to a new one: Mail Folder Mail Preferences KeyChain After you transfer the files, launch Mail on your new Mac. All of your emails, accounts, and rules will work the way they did before the move. Do a thorough backup and file clean-up before you make the transfer. Then, transfer your files over a network,