Comments on: The Final Solution: Reinstalling Mail.app http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/30/the-final-solution-reinstalling-mailapp/ Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:59:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tim Gaden http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/30/the-final-solution-reinstalling-mailapp/comment-page-1/#comment-52081 Tim Gaden Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:42:57 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/30/the-final-solution-reinstalling-mailapp/#comment-52081 The tilde sign "~" is shorthand for your Home directory (the one with the house icon). That's the folder you need to remove. The Mail folder in Library directory of your MAcintosh HD you should leave alone. The tilde sign “~” is shorthand for your Home directory (the one with the house icon). That’s the folder you need to remove.

The Mail folder in Library directory of your MAcintosh HD you should leave alone.

]]> By: Jeff Curtis http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/30/the-final-solution-reinstalling-mailapp/comment-page-1/#comment-51975 Jeff Curtis Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:45:46 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/06/30/the-final-solution-reinstalling-mailapp/#comment-51975 I was learning about how to reinstall Mail, but I am unclear about the " ~/Library" notation. Is the "~" for "Macintoch HD" or for the "Home" folder (house icon)? I could only find the plist under the house icon, and there was a Mail folder in both libraries. Shall I take both out and put them on the desktop? I was learning about how to reinstall Mail, but I am unclear about the ” ~/Library” notation. Is the “~” for “Macintoch HD” or for the “Home” folder (house icon)? I could only find the plist under the house icon, and there was a Mail folder in both libraries. Shall I take both out and put them on the desktop?

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