Restoring from TimeMachine & Backups?

[hartgeh3]

Hi all,

I would like to do a fresh install of SnowLeopard on my MBP, I just need a fresh install as the system seems bogged down abit and I dont need half the things I had on it.

I have backed up everything of an external HDD/Time Machine but have a couple of questions before I go to reinstall the OS.

-How do I backup and restore Mail without it downloading all my emails from the Gmail server? As I only want to restore it as it I have it at the moment.

-Whats the best way to restore ITunes?

These are the two important things for me as Im not too worried about the applications, I can reinstall them later. I dont want to do a full restoring from Time machine as I dont need half the things on it.

Any help would be brilliant, thanks.

 

[hartgeh3]

Thanks Nick, will give it ago.

 

[hartgeh3]

All sorted, the email thing was on IMAP and was collecting all my (2000+ emails) off the server, switched to POP instead, doesnt download all the folders either.