Time Machine in macOS can work within a number of apps, letting you retrieve older versions of files or even deleted email messages in the Mail app. However, if an entire folder of stuff goes away, you need to turn to the Finder.

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Macworld reader Harold found himself in this pinch, because a folder that contains all his business emails disappeared from Mail without any action on his part that he’s aware of. He first tried to use Time Machine within Mail, opening Mail, then choosing Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine system menu item. Every time he did so, Mail quit!

Here's how to restore a Time Machine backup using Recovery mode. Start up your Mac and immediately hold down Command + R. Continue holding both keys until you see the Apple logo or a spinning. Mar 03, 2020 On the right floats a stack of previous versions, with the latest backup on top of the stack. Underneath the stack you will see a label showing the date of that version. This is how it looks in.

If you’re using IMAP, a protocol for syncing messages with a remote server to a local app’s mailbox, it’s possible to recover it that way, assuming the deletion didn’t propagate to the server, too. You should be able to select in Mail: Mailbox > Synchronize > Mail account name, and this will restore access to the messages.

Failing that, however, Time Machine can still do the trick, because it’s backing up the mailbox files that Mail uses to store messages locally.

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1. In the Finder, choose Enter Time Machine from the Time Machine system menu item.

2. Go to your Home directory, then open the Library folder, then the Mail folder inside that.

3. You may see multiple folders at the next level. Look for the one starting with V that has the most recent modification date and open it.

4. You’ll see several folder with long hexadecimal (base 16) names. One of these is the folder that corresponds to the mail account that has the mailbox you need in it. Open each in turn until you find the right one.

5. Restore the file with the name of the missing mailbox, like Small House Design.mbox to the Desktop or somewhere, not to the original location.

6. Exit Time Machine.

7. Switch to Mail, and then choose File > Import Mailboxes.

8. Choose Apple Mail, and click Continue. (Even though the folders end with mbox, they’re not using the standard Unix mbox format, which can be used to import mail folders from other platforms.)

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9. Select the mbox file in at this stage and click Choose.

10. All the messages under Items To Import will be selected by default, and that’s likely what you want to keep in place.

11. Click Continue.

12. You’ll see a dialog that the messages are in a folder and it tells you the name, which is typical “Import” unless that folder already exists.

13. Look in the Mailboxes view at left under On My Mac, and the Import folder should be at the bottom. Select it.

14. All your messages will appear in the summary column if imported correctly. (If you click open the folders under the mailbox name, you’ll see a whole hierarchy you can ignore.)

15. Re-create the mailbox that was deleted.

16. From the Import mailbox, select all the messages and drag them into the mailbox you want them back in. If that mailbox is hosted on an IMAP server, Mail will upload them there.

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The October release of Microsoft’s Windows 7 brought a flurry of activity on the Mac2Windows front – new versions of both of the major virtualization programs for the Mac platform: VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop.

While both have offered relatively straightforward ways to run Windows and other PC operating systems on an Intel Mac with pretty good performance in earlier incarnations, Fusion offered higher-end features – 64-bit and multiprocessor support – while Parallels gave the user better integration with the Mac user interface.

While Parallels Desktop was the first virtualization software for Intel Macs, VMware claims that Fusion now has the most users.

With the new Fusion 3.0 and Parallels Desktop 5.0, each company has made an effort to move in on the other product’s strengths while improving the 3D performance that has limited the appeal of both products to gamers and other users needing strong 3D graphics capabilities.

While this article will be focussing on VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop, users interested in virtualizing should also pay attention to VirtualBox;. While lacking some of the features of the VMware and Parallels products, VirtualBox has been quietly improving with each release and has one big advantage – it’s free.

Users should note that any of these virtualization programs make high demands on their computer – you’ll need enough RAM to provide an adequate amount of memory for both the guest operating system (Windows or another PC OS) and the host operating system (Mac OS X), since both are running at the same time. As well, you’ll need enough free hard drive space for virtual hard drives for each operating system you install. (Nicely, both Fusion and Parallels default to creating expandable virtual drives – Windows may think it’s got a 30 GB hard drive, but if you’ve currently got 16 GB of files installed, the virtual drive will only take up 16 GB of space, not 30).

I upgraded my aluminum MacBook’s RAM from 2 GB to 4 GB in order to run these programs and replaced the stock 160 GB hard drive with a 500 GB model.

VMware released Fusion 3.0 (US$80) first, just a couple of days after Microsoft officially released Windows 7, while the new version of Parallels (also US$80) came out a few weeks later. Downloadable free trial versions of both are available.

What’s New?

On paper, both of these are relatively minor upgrades from the previous versions. Both offer compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Windows 7.

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VMware’s list of what’s new includes:

runs as a 64-bit application and supports Snow Leopard’s 64-bit kernel
OpenGL 2.1 and Direct X 9.0c support
better multicore support for Windows
better integration with the Mac desktop
Aero support in Windows Vista and 7
Parallels promises that version 5 offers:
300% performance boost compared to the previous version 4
Open GL 2.1 and Direct X 9.0e support
Multitouch gesture support
New Crystal Mode view and Mac Look option
Support for up to 8 CPUs
Aero support in Windows Vista and 7
improved multi-monitor support

Setting up a new virtual machine using VMware Fusion 3.0.

Lots of Ways to Get Up and Running

Both programs offer users a similar variety of ways to setup Windows (or other PC operating systems) on their Macs:

If there’s a Boot Camp part

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