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The\u00a0 solution that worked for us and made Apple Mail work smoothly again, was to reinstall all Mail Accounts fresh and after that to import all mail folders.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Make a backup of your computer<\/li>\n
- Move the V2 folder to the desktop (or any other folder). This removes all Mail Accounts and Mail Folders from Mail and when you open Mail it will be blank. the V2 folder can be found here: ~\/Library\/Mail\/V2<\/li>\n
- Delete the email\u00a0accounts\u00a0(Gmail, exchange\u00a0server etc.)\u00a0using\u00a0System\u00a0Preferences>Internet\u00a0Accounts<\/li>\n
- Re-start Mail.\u00a0 It\u00a0now\u00a0re-starts as\u00a0if\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0time\u00a0and\u00a0asks to\u00a0re-input the mail\u00a0accounts<\/li>\n
- Mail\u00a0up\u00a0and\u00a0running\u00a0again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Part two was to re-import all mail folders. Some folders date 10-15 years back and I was afraid of loosing 15 years of email! These folders can be imported from the V2 folder that you moved to the desktop (or any other folder) with the Apple Mail import function, under the \u201cFile\u201d tab. The folders can be found inside \u201cMailboxes\u201d.<\/p>\nThe\u00a0upside of this process is, your system has a\u00a0new\u00a0Mail\u00a0folder\u00a0that\u00a0has\u00a0no\u00a0legacy clutter slowing\u00a0it\u00a0down.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Preferences\u00a0Pane\u00a0and\u00a0Messages work again.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Mail\u00a0folder\u00a0is smaller\u00a0because\u00a0old Mail versions had odd archives which are still in my Time Machine backup, yet not anymore in the clean Mail Application.<\/p>\n
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Importing Sub-Folders in Apple Mail<\/h3>\n
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There is a downside to this: the Apple Mail import function only imports main folders, no sub-folders. The workaround would be to begin this whole process by using the \u201cExport Mailbox\u2026\u201d (Tab can be found under \u201cMailbox\u201d), and in the next window that opens tick on \u201cExport all subfolders\u201d. This works only if your Mail program was still functioning to a certain degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIf your Mail program was not starting up anymore and you had to force quit it this cannot be done. Then there is another option to import the subfolders: OSX is hiding some files and folders and this includes the mail subfolders. The process I used was:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Unhide the hidden files\/folders in Finder<\/li>\n
- Move each of the relevant files\/folders (folders I plan to import) into a new folder (this I had to do so that Mail\u2019s import function also would \u2018see\u2019 those files\/folders; even though they were now unhidden, mail still would not \u2018see\u2019 them unless they got moved into a new folder)<\/li>\n
- Import each\u00a0 of these mailboxes from this new folder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Show\/Hide Hidden Files on Mac OS X<\/h3>\n
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To view hidden files in the Finder, open a Terminal window and run the following commands in it, pressing Enter after each one:<\/p>\n
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE<\/pre>\n
killall Finder<\/pre>\n
The first command line tells Finder to show hidden files and the second to relaunch the Finder. The Finder will show all those hidden files and folders once you\u2019re done. They appear partially transparent to distinguish hidden files\/folders from normally unhidden ones.<\/p>\n
After you are done, you can run this commands to hide the normally hidden files\/folders again:<\/p>\n
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE<\/pre>\n
killall Finder<\/pre>\n
Tip: Use only the first line of command and then click on Finder Icon with the Option\/Alt key pressed and choose \u201cRelaunch\u201d<\/p>\n
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Keep Apple Mail Running Smooth with Google Mail Accounts<\/h3>\n
Login to the Goggle Webmail and in Settings set Folder Size Limits: \u201cLimit IMAP folders to contain no more than this many messages: 1\u2019000\u201d. This prevents Apple Mail from constantly trying to sync\u00a0<\/span>all<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>your mail.<\/p>\n
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How to Repair Apple Mail with Goggle accounts The situation: Apple Mail is dragging, slow, and crashes. Notifications popping up to enter new password in “Internet Accounts” (Internet Accounts is located in System Preferences) Preferences Error: Could not load Internet Accounts preference pane. – Mail Program crashes. We use Google Apps (and Google Mail) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
The situation:<\/p>
Apple Mail is dragging, slow, and crashes.
Notifications popping up to enter new password in \"Internet Accounts\" (Internet Accounts is located in System Preferences)
Preferences Error: Could not load Internet Accounts preference pane. - Mail Program crashes.
We use Google Apps (and Google Mail) and various other Mail accounts, which we IMAP with the Apple Mail Program<\/p>The\u00a0 solution that worked for us and made Apple Mail work smoothly again, was to reinstall all Mail Accounts fresh and after that to import all mail folders.<\/p>
Make a backup of your computer
Move the V2 folder to the desktop (or any other folder). This removes all Mail Accounts and Mail Folders from Mail and when you open Mail it will be blank. the V2 folder can be found here: ~\/Library\/Mail\/V2
Delete the email\u00a0accounts\u00a0(Gmail, exchange\u00a0server etc.)\u00a0using\u00a0System\u00a0Preferences>Internet\u00a0Accounts
Re-start Mail.\u00a0 It\u00a0now\u00a0re-starts as\u00a0if\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0time\u00a0and\u00a0asks to\u00a0re-input the mail\u00a0accounts
Mail\u00a0up\u00a0and\u00a0running\u00a0again<\/p>Part two was to re-import all mail folders. Some folders date 10-15 years back and I was afraid of loosing 15 years of email! These folders can be imported from the V2 folder that you moved to the desktop (or any other folder) with the Apple Mail import function, under the \"File\" tab. The folders can be found inside \"Mailboxes\".<\/p>
The\u00a0upside of this process is, your system has a\u00a0new\u00a0Mail\u00a0folder\u00a0that\u00a0has\u00a0no\u00a0legacy clutter slowing\u00a0it\u00a0down.<\/p>
The\u00a0Preferences\u00a0Pane\u00a0and\u00a0Messages work again.<\/p>
The\u00a0Mail\u00a0folder\u00a0is smaller\u00a0because\u00a0old Mail versions had odd archives which are still in my Time Machine backup, yet not anymore in the clean Mail Application.<\/p>
Importing Sub-Folders in Apple Mail<\/p>
There is a downside to this: the Apple Mail import function only imports main folders, no sub-folders. The workaround would be to begin this whole process by using the \"Export Mailbox\u2026\" (Tab can be found under \"Mailbox\"), and in the next window that opens tick on \"Export all subfolders\". This works only if your Mail program was still functioning to a certain degree.<\/p>
If your Mail program was not starting up anymore and you had to force quit it this cannot be done. Then there is another option to import the subfolders: OSX is hiding some files and folders and this includes the mail subfolders. The process I used was:<\/p>
Unhide the hidden files\/folders in Finder
Move each of the relevant files\/folders (folders I plan to import) into a new folder (this I had to do so that Mail's import function also would 'see' those files\/folders; even though they were now unhidden, mail still would not 'see' them unless they got moved into a new folder)
Import each\u00a0 of these mailboxes from this new folder
Show\/Hide Hidden Files on Mac OS X<\/p>To view hidden files in the Finder, open a Terminal window and run the following commands in it, pressing Enter after each one:<\/p>
[codesyntax lang=\"text\"]<\/p>
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder<\/p>[\/codesyntax]<\/p>
The first command line tells Finder to show hidden files and the second to relaunch the Finder. The Finder will show all those hidden files and folders once you\u2019re done. They appear partially transparent to distinguish hidden files\/folders from normally unhidden ones.<\/p>
After you are done, you can run this commands to hide the normally hidden files\/folders again:<\/p>
[codesyntax lang=\"text\"]<\/p>
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder<\/p>[\/codesyntax]<\/p>
Tip: Use only the first line of command and then click on Finder Icon with the Option\/Alt key pressed and choose \u201cRelaunch\"<\/p>
Keep Apple Mail Running Smooth with Google Mail Accounts<\/p>
Login to the Goggle Webmail and in Settings set Folder Size Limits: \"Limit IMAP folders to contain no more than this many messages: 1'000\". This prevents Apple Mail from constantly trying to sync all your mail.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-email-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1619,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1618\/revisions\/1619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haritomedia.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}