Apple Mail: storage, archiving, backup
Plain answers to questions almost everyone with a full mailbox has sooner or later. No jargon.
Mac storage full because of Apple Mail? Free up space without losing email
How much space Mail takes, where to check it, and three ways to get it back: delete, export or archive.
Read the guide →Move Apple Mail to an external drive
What Mail can do itself, why not to move the Mail folder by hand, and how old email gets onto an external SSD safely.
Read the guide →Archive email without the cloud
A local archive on your Mac: what it has to do, privacy, and retention requirements.
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