How to recover emails from .emlx files in Mail

The other day I was transferring some emails from one IMAP account to another (in Mail) and suddenly when a error occurred I noticed that, not only the emails did not transferred to the destination IMAP account, the original emails disappeared from the original source IMAP account.

My first thought was (right after the cursing): "well, I can use Time Machine to recover the emails by restoring the corresponding folder in the Mail archive folder". And so I did. But for my surprise, that only restored a bunch of .emlx files (one for each email) and when I opened Mail again, the folder was still empty. I guess it tries to consult the server version first and since it is now empty, it won't show you any emails.

So I'm stuck with these .emlx and have no idea how to put the emails back on Mail. However, using some Google-fu, I was again able to find this very useful blog post that perfectly explains how one can use .emlx files to import emails back to Mail. Enjoy

My new Macbook

So my old Macbook Pro decided to check out to the notebooks' heaven a bit earlier than I was expecting. A faulty logic board forced me into buying a new computer since the repair cost was larger than just buying a new Macbook. And since Apple decided to revamp the Macbook just last week, I saw this as an opportunity to get me a Unibody White Macbook 13'', 2,26 GHz CPU and 2GB RAM.

The new Macbook is really good value for the current price ($999 US dollars; around 899€ but I got it cheaper than that) and since I didn't want to spend much money right now, it seemed like the right choice.


The initial setup was exactly like when I first booted my MBP, more than 2 years ago, simple and easy. And with the beauty of the Time Machine simplicity, I had my data running on my new notebook in less than an hour.

I don't regret changing to a smaller screen display, since my work doesn't really require me to have a large display. And since the netbook wave started, I craved for a smaller computer to carry around and even though the MBP was slim enough, it was still a large computer.

The new trackpad takes a bit of time to get used to but I'm loving the new multi-touch features. The glossy screen is not bad at all and that was something that I was afraid of not liking. But for working in normal light conditions, it is absolutely stunning.

One thing that I absolutely love and that is completely different from the MBP is the fact that this Macbook doesn't get hot to the point of burning my fingers if I decided to touch the area just above the Function Keys, when the CPU was running at 100%. This is obviously related to not being made of aluminum (which means it is not as light as the MBP 13'') but it is definitely more comfortable.

Unfortunately, the 4GB RAM I had on the MBP are not compatible with this Macbook, which is a shame because I just bought it (a few months ago) and now I can't use it. If anyone's interested, contact me and we might be able to make business :-)