Apple Mail quits daily, runs slow on my new Intel iMac

I have used Apple Mail for years and love it. Since I switched to Intel 24" iMac it has been a different story. Mail quits unexpectedly 2 to 3 times per day. Plus it runs real slow, had to scrap all my smart folders to try to speed up. Any ideas anyone?

Hi a brody,
I did not use Migration asst., simply copied folders across.
Junk mail filter is barely used, don't think thats problem.
I have an ADSL connection, with DSL modem.
The problem only started with the new Intel mac. I am getting used to the idea that I did wrong copying stuff across. I am gonna follow a recommendation read in a similar discussion - to set up mail from scratch and import the mailboxes, after moving the entire mail folders to my desktop.
I'll let you know how it goes.

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However, the mini-jack is too small for either the ' audio in / optical digital audio in port ' or the ' headphone out / optical digital audio out port ' (I'm not sure which is the correct one to use !)
Is it possible with an adaptor, or by some other means, to connect them ?
If it is unfortunately not possible, any cheap alternative speakers recommended would be appreciated.

There are no adapters that are readily available to use the old Apple Pro speakers with other computers or newer Macs.
The only adapter that worked but has long been discontinued in the Griffin Technologies iFire.
These are even harder to find now and if you do, indeed find one, you're going to pay an outrageous amount of money just for an adapter that used to sell for $40!!
For the cost of this adapter, you could just buy new speakers.
The big problem with the old Apple Pro speakers is that Apple went out of its way to make sure you couldn't use these speakers with anything else but certain G4 Mac models. The connector and subsequent wiring make these speakers very proprietary and limited use without spending gobs of time altering some of the components and purchasing external computer audio amps and connectors.
Apple simply made these unusable on anything but their own hardware at that time.
It's simply not worth the effort.
Look in the Apple Store online. There are a lot of decent priced, good-looking speakers to use with your iMac.
Good hunting!

Mail quits after running for a few minutes

Mail quits after running for a couple of minutes, started doing it yesterday. I have looked at the advice given for similar problems, disk utility can find no problem with my drive, I repaired permissions anyway. No change.
Also ran the 'plutil' on the plist which came out as 'OK'.
I don't 'think' it is immediately the result of updating to 10.4.7 as it ran happily for some time after the update.
Is the only solution to trash the plist and redo all my mail accounts?
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Mail probably is crashing when new junk mail arrives. Try the following in order to identify the problem:
1. Either tell Mail to go offline immediately after opening it, or shut down your Internet connection and open Mail afterwards.
2. Disable junk mail filtering in Mail > Preferences > Junk Mail.
3. Go online again.
If Mail doesn't crash now, then you know for sure there is something wrong with the junk filter. In that case, the following procedure should fix the problem:
1. Quit Mail if it's running.
2. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/.
3. Locate LSMMap2 and move it to the Trash -- deleting this file is what clicking the Reset button in Preferences > Junk Mail does. If you see an LSMMap file there, move it to the Trash too.
4. Locate DefaultCounts and move it to the Trash. This file keeps statistics about the number of messages that have been marked as junk, either automatically by the junk filter or manually by the user.
5. Locate MessageRules.plist and move it to the Desktop. This is where Mail 2.x stores all rules, including those used by the junk filter. If there is a file called MessageRules.plist.backup, move it to the Desktop too. You may also see MessageSorting.plist files there; this is where Mail 1.x stored the rules, and they are no longer used by Mail 2.x, so just move them to the Trash if you see them.
6. Look for the account folders. The name of each account folder starts with the account type (POP, IMAP, Mac), followed by the account username and the incoming mail server. Open each of the account folders, locate the Junk.mbox or Junk.imapmbox folder within it, and move it to the Trash if present.
7. Go to ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/. Locate any Junk.mbox folders there (their name may include the account name in parenthesis), and move them to the Trash.
Note: Messages in Junk folders with an .mbox suffix are stored locally, and will be lost forever as a result of doing steps 6 and 7. If there is a chance that you have legit messages there and you want to preserve them, move them to another mailbox in Mail first (you may prevent Mail from crashing by shutting down the Internet connection or telling Mail to go offline immediately after opening it). Messages in Junk folders with an .imapmbox suffix are stored on the server and can be ignored (Mail will rebuild those mailboxes automatically).
8. Open Mail. As a result of removing the rules file, the junk filter will be disabled now. You may want to either tell Mail to go offline immediately after opening it, or shut down the Internet connection before opening Mail, to prevent it from downloading anything until the junk mail filter has been enabled again.
9. Go to Mail > Preferences > Junk Mail, enable junk filtering, and configure it however you wish.
10. Go online again if you went offline in step 8.
If the above solves the problem and you don't have any rules you'd like to preserve or recreating them is not a daunting task, just delete the MessageRules.plist files that were moved to the Desktop and be done with it.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder. You can easily locate any of the folders referred to in this post by copying the file path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the file path there.

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My Apple Mail quits unexpectedly (crashed) every day when I load it.   This has been happening for 3 years and I'm getting a little tired of it. Crashes most every time i first load it . If i reopen it, then it I can use it.    Even after switching to newer OSX and from macbook to mini, still is happening. It always says quit unxpectedly.   Most often there is a message in there about it trying to check my work email (Exchange) even though only the @me cloud account is setup.    On my iphone there is the cloud and exchange acounts.    I tried loading with SHIFT ,and you can load that way, but it won't fix it permanently, just don't want to have to push SHIFT every time. I tried t rebuild on mailbox, but its still happening.
Its as if its trying to access my work/exchange email even that's not setup here, just the cloud account (@me).   Sometimes I'll see part of a date or subject from a work email (Exchange) in the error message, which is really weird.
Any help would be great.

Here's today's error message. Can anyone help me resolve this??
Process:
Mail [39731]
Path:
/Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Identifier:
com.apple.mail
Version:
6.5 (1508)
Build Info:
Mail-1508000000000000~3
Code Type:
X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [157]
User ID:
501
Date/Time:
2013-07-26 11:00:42.747 -0600
OS Version:
Mac OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
Report Version: 10
Sleep/Wake UUID: 10C0813D-BD3D-4A05-AEBC-1B28363C915A
Interval Since Last Report:
80754 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:
1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 842 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
Anonymous UUID:
27597F76-EA9A-6396-2280-C488124DA98F
Crashed Thread: 24 Dispatch queue: com.apple.root.default-priority
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[ABRecord setValue: '<work email address removed here>' forKey: 'Email'] invalid value'
abort() called
terminate called throwing an exception
Application Specific Backtrace 1:
0   CoreFoundation
0x00007fff97200b06 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
1   libobjc.A.dylib
0x00007fff8b29a3f0 objc_exception_throw + 43
2   CoreFoundation
0x00007fff972008dc +[NSException raise:format:] + 204
3   AddressBook
0x00007fff9129ff36 -[ABRecord setValue:forKey:] + 116
4   Message
0x00007fff8df600b7 __42-[MFRecentsManager _updateRecentsForKeys:]_block_invoke_0 + 719
5   Foundation
0x00007fff8cde99cf -[NSBlockOperation main] + 124
6   Foundation
0x00007fff8cdbf926 -[__NSOperationInternal start] + 684
7   Foundation
0x00007fff8cdc70f1 __block_global_6 + 129
8   libdispatch.dylib
0x00007fff8f1fcf01 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 15
9   libdispatch.dylib
0x00007fff8f1f90b6 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
10 libdispatch.dylib
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11 libsystem_c.dylib
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12 libsystem_c.dylib
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I have been running Office 2004 on my Intel iMac with Snow Leopard for some time and all of a sudden I cannot save a document. Word just stopped responding and I have to force quit. I can open Word and create a new document but I cannot save it. I reinstalled Word but that didn’t help. Then went to the Internet and found at least one other Mac user having the same problem which it suggests is caused by a recent Mac Security Update:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2004-macword/word-2004-wil l-not-open-or-save-documents/b04eb870-9b0d-4f3b-bb47-b122301e36f6
So I check for a new Mac Security Update and sure enough there was one. I downloaded it and now Word seems to be working, as it should. I can both open and save files. The only problem remaining is that when I open Word I get the following error message “An unexpected error occurred while trying to load the Microsoft Framework library”. I contacted Apple but they were unable to help.
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Look, I realize you might have to get your machine working, so this is how you revert back.
Restore proceedure to pre-Security Update 2012-001 v 1.0 & v 1.1
#1 Backup your personal data off the machine.
Backup files off the computer (not to TimeMachine). If you don't have a external drive, get one and connect to the USB/Firewire port and simply drag and drop copy your User folder to the external drive, it will copy all your files. It's best to have two backups of your data off the machine when trying to restore.
Disconnect all drives now to prevent any mistakes from occuring.
#2 Reinstall OS X 10.6 from disk
Get out your 10.6 install disk and make sure it's clean and polished (very soft cloth and a bit of rubbing alcohol, no scratches) If your disk is borked, you'll have to order a new one from Apple with your serial number.
Hold c boot off the 10.6 disk (wired keyboard, internal optical drive), use Disk Utility First Aid to >Repair Disk of your internal drive (do not format or erase!!), Quit DU and simply re-install 10.6.
Note: Simply reinstalling 10.6 version from disk (without erasing the drive) only replaces 10.6.8 with 10.6.x and bundled Apple programs, won't touch your files (backup anyway) or most programs, unless they installed a kext file into OS X itself. (only a few on average do this)
#3 Update to 10.6.8 without Security Update 2012-001 v1.0 or v1.1
Reboot and log in, update to 10.6.8 via Software Update, but EXCLUDE THE Security Update 2012-001 by checkinig the details and unchecking the blue check box.
#4 Reinstall any non-working third party programs
When you reboot, make sure to reinstall any programs that require kext files installed into OS X, you'll know, they won't work when you launch them or hang for some reason as they are missing the part they installed into OS X.
If for some freakish reason you get gray screen at any time when booting (possible it might occur when you reinstall older programs), hold the shift key down while booting (Safe Mode, disables kext files) and update your installed third party software so it's compatible with 10.6.8.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
That's it really.

Apple Mail is cc'ing me on all new sent messages

A couple of days ago, my wife's Apple Mail started cc'ing her on all new messages she sent. When looking at a copy of one of the cc'd messages, it looks like she actually forwarded it to herself, which she did not. We have checked her rules and she doesn't have any, save for the Apple RSS feed rules that were originally set up with Mail.
We would be most grateful for any assistance that anyone could provide with this enquiry.

Have you checked Mail Preferences > Composing > "Automatically cc myself"?
-mj

New iMac 2.33 GHz w/2GB RAM VERY SLOW... slower than my non-intel iMac

So I just purchased a new Intel iMac with a 2.33GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. Seems like this thing should scream. I ran Migration Assistant upon starting the thing up in order to load on my 25ish software applications, 10,000 photos and numerous documents. Everything looks pretty good except that the computer hangs like crazy. On my old iMac which is only 2.0 GHz and 1GB of RAM I can have Photshop, Keynote, iPhoto, Mail and Safari all open at once, switching betwen them in order to get my work done. It's never been a problem. For some reason however, this new machine doesn't seem to be able to handle such tasks. Even the finder is slow. I'll click on a folder and it will take seconds for the items in that folder to show up. I just don't get it. The only thing that's faster is that the system boots much faster than my old iMac. Is it that all of this software isn't written for the intel chip? Is there some way in which I can test my system in order to be sure it's operating at full steam? Any help would be appreciated.
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How long have you actually had the Mac? How many hours has it been actually active?
When an iMac is brand new Spotlight has to index the entire HD. Not just the Mac OS and Apple software pre-installed, but everything you have migrated as well (10,000 photo)! If it doesn't have some quiet time, a few hours depending on how many Gigs it needs to index, to accomplish this on it's own then the whole system will run slow as you force it to do what you want to do and it tries to do what it wants to do, both at the same time.
There is also plenty of evidence that Migrating more than your personal account and personal files, photos, music, videos, docs, etc. can indeed mess things up. The majority of PPC apps run OK with Rosetta, but there are a few incompatibles. It is almost always best to do fresh installs of PPC apps from install dicks or fresh internet downloads. Also have you checked if there are Universal binary updates available for any of your PPC apps.
Kappy (the Cobbler!) wrote a pretty good Migration user tip article. Maybe you should familiarize yourself and see if you made a mistake or two.
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Hello,
Although a lot of you have already posted on this subject, I just wanted to get a clarification, please. I just got a new intel iMac and I would like to transfer all my files from my iMac G5 (10.4.11). Should I just use the Migration Assistant and that's it? Will the two OS conflict with each other? And also, is it possible to continue to use 10.4.11 on my new iMac?
Thank you very much! I hope Ms. Miriam reads this one. She seems to be very knowledgeable!
-Pedro

Not Miriam, but...
You can use Migration Assistant to go from a Tiger Mac to a Leopard Mac. You will be running the Migration Assistant utility on the new iMac. You might employ FireWire Target Disk Mode (on the old iMac) as part of the process, to connect the two Macs.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
A new iMac has one FireWire 800 port and no FireWire 400 port (which is the type on the iMac G5). So you will need to get a 9-pin (800) to 6-pin (400) adapter, or a cable that has an 800 end and a 400 end (if you want to use the FireWire method for connection). They are available here
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/FIR1369AD/
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/1394B96036/
You can also use a wired or wireless network connection between the two Macs, to do the data transfer.
And also, is it possible to continue to use 10.4.11 on my new iMac?
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Macworld Daily News
Thursday - February 09, 2006
Apple investigates Intel iMac Front Row problems
By Macworld staff
Apple has confirmed it is aware of, and investigating, reports of video problems in the new Intel iMacs.
Recent reports claimed that some users had experienced random horizontal lines and other video playback problems when playing video in Front Row.
"Apple is aware of this issue and is looking into it," the company said in an email to a web-based pressure group that has been gathering information on the problem. "If a customer has any technical issues, they should contact AppleCare."
The problem is allegedly software-based.

"Sure, I'd be more understanding had it been an issue that required a very special set of conditions to trigger"
Apparently it does as this issue is not affecting all users.
"As I was told, affected owners would not be proactively notified"
Where you you prefer them to use their limited resources, trying to figure out who MAY be affected and sending them some sort of detailed action plan, or spending the resources determining the cause of the issue and developing a solution that can be distributed to the ones who need it not only now, but those that may discover the issue next week?
I can understand that you are frustrated, and don't blame you for feeling that way, but this is an all new piece of technology and bugs are going to come up that were missed in testing. No company can afford to test at a 100% level. To do so would drive the costs so high as to make it impossible to sell the product, especially to the market the iMac is aimed at. Apple has a pretty darned good track record of resolving issues quickly when they appear. Until they do you only have a few choices. Use the workaround until the solution appears, waste time complaining about it, or sell the iMac and purchase a different product. That's really about all you can do!
It was good of you to spend your valuable time, and yes it is valuable, trying to help the engineers or service reps solve the issue. That they spent that much time with you should show their commitment to solving this issue.
Be patient, give them a chance, they have not had long to try and figure this out.

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Back up all data.
Triple-click the line below the line you're reading now to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Caches/com.apple.mail/Cache.db
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Move the selected item to the Trash. Relaunch the application and test.
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Hello,
I currently use Apple Mail as my email client. I have my Gmail account set up as an IMAP on Apple Mail. It is a business email account so I have a 25 GB limit. I'm a Graphic Designer and get too many large attachments from clients. Over the last several years these emails have managed to fill up my quota. I need to clear space quick. I don't want to randomly delete emails as you never know in this business when you are going to have to refer to an old email. I'd like to find a way to back-up my email and then go into Gmail and delete a large chunk of my mail.
This was my line of thought. I'm hoping there is someone out there who can verify if this is a good idea or if it just won't work.
I was thinking of going into my user library. There I see my Mail folder. It is very large (64GB) which indicates that all my mail and attachments are there. I have also confirmed that the "Keep copies of messages for offline viewing" is selected in Apple Mail. So it looks like I found them on my Mac. I'd like to make a copy of that folder, compress it and put it on a drive for safe keeping just in case I have one of those moments where I have to find that one email from 3 years ago. If this does happen I thought perhaps I could use a spare Mac Mini I have sitting around, copy this file into the correct location on that computer, start up mail and access all these old emails. (I wouldn't connect it to the internet, just in case it somehow tries to connect with Gmail online).
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Thank you in advance.

Good call. Thanks for your comment.
Along the lines of your suggestion, there is a dialog with instructions and comments taking place here:
http://luciddesign.co.nz/2008/7/21/how-to-set-up-apple-mail-for-better-gmail-ima p-support
I have just tried the suggestions and – and while it's a little early to be sure about this – they seem to work.
This approach seems to clean up the Apple Mail interface and make it act a little more 'Apple like'. And it appears to solve the problem with duplicate files scattered here and there.

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See:
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Mac OS X speed FAQ,
Speeding up Macs,
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
Essential Mac Maintenance: Get set up,
Essential Mac Maintenance: Rev up your routines,
Maintaining OS X, and
Myths of required versus not required maintenance for Mac OS X for possible fixes.

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