Mail has unexpectedly quit.

I get the message "Mail has unexpectedly quit" in a dialog box just after the program shuts down when I click on some email. I can't find how to change the memory settings or anything on OSX. Can anyone help me with this?

OK, quit Mail (if running, somehow) and in the Finder open the Home folder to where you can see the Mail folder. Copy or Duplicate the Mail folder, and drag the copy to your Desktop -- this is strictly for temporary backup.
Next, open Home/Library/Preferences and find the com.apple.mail.plist file again, and drag it to the Desktop, where likely you will later want to delete.
If you are using Internet Explorer, or have it installed, open it, and open its preferences, to find General/Email, and remove its entries for your account.
Open System Preferences -- is there one for Email (currently there is not, but was in your version I believe)? Remove any account info, but not the selection of default mail reader, and close.
Start Mail again, and it should open as new, you will have to re-enter all your account setup information. DECLINE any option to import anything, and I think Mail will re-discover its account folder(s) and you should see all your messages. Test now, and see if the behavior persists.
Keep me posted.
Ernie

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The application mail has unexpectedly quit.

While on the web if I go to a contact us link or any other mail application
I get this error message...
The Application Mail Has Unexpectedly Quit.
The system has not been affected.
Would you like to submit a bug report to Apple?
(I have submitted several bug reports)
I have to leave the site and go to my e-mail and type in the address and mail them from there.
Help
mreyeman / Scott

I’m hesitant to try to help you here because your last post gives the impression that you want Roger to do that instead of me, but since Roger hasn’t replied to your last post, and for the benefit of other users who might also have the same problem, I’ll reply anyway...
It seems that, when you talk about “my e-mail”, you’re actually talking about webmail and don’t use the Mail application included with Mac OS X nor any other standard mail client to access your mail at all.
Let’s fix the problem of Mail crashing first. Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Whoever gave you the computer probably left his/her mail data there. If there is something wrong with those files, that could be the reason Mail crashes every time. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/ and move the entire Mail folder out of there, to the Desktop. Now, go to ~/Library/Preferences/ and move com.apple.mail.plist to the Desktop as well. Alternatively, if you don’t want to preserve the data stored there, you may just trash those files (the Mail folder, not the application itself, and com.apple.mail.plist).
Now, there is the problem of Mail opening when you click on a ‘mailto’ URL. Until just a few months ago, there was no solution to this problem because webmail isn’t a standard mail client. But it’s now possible to solve it using the following piece of software:
http://www.belkadan.com/webmailer/
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user's home folder.

HELP!! My Apple "MAIL" app. unexpectedly quits each time I open it.

My Apple "MAIL" app. unexpectedly quits each time I open it.
It will begin to load my mail, show the mailboxes and new e-mails and then all of a sudden quit.
I searched some of the Apple support and forums and have tried these things:
1. I trashed the "com.apple.mail.plist" preference file in the pref. folder.
2. I did an archieve install with Tiger OSX on my entire System Folder.
3. I erased my user>library>"mail folder"
4. I tried holding the shift key upon opening the program as suggested here but to no avail: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=479497&tstart=0
This has not resolved the problem. The program still quits every time I open it.
Pleeeeease help!!!!!!!!! DO YOU THINK I HAVE A VIRUS???
Here is my crash data:
Date/Time: 2006-06-06 15:15:59.264 -0700
OS Version: 10.4 (Build 8A428)
Report Version: 3
Command: Mail
Path: /Users/netgear/Desktop/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Parent: WindowServer [86]
Version: 2.0 (727)
Build Version: 1
Project Name: MailViewer
Source Version: 7270000
PID: 386
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000006
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d598c c4_HandlerSeq::ColumnType(int) const + 32
1 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d5950 c4_HandlerSeq::IsNested(int) const + 16
2 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d4fe8 c4HandlerSeq::Restructure(c4Field&, bool) + 56
3 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d52a8 c4HandlerSeq::Restructure(c4Field&, bool) + 760
4 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x933bb6e8 c4_Storage::SetStructure(char const*) + 244
5 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d7eec c4_Storage::GetAs(char const*) + 932
6 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d8e14 cacheViews + 240
7 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d319c -[ABAddressBook nts_OpenContactManagerWithMode:cacheSchema:] + 452
8 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d1cf8 -[ABAddressBook nts_InitDefaultContactManager] + 1052
9 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d1834 +[ABAddressBook nts_SharedAddressBook] + 76
10 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d1768 +[ABAddressBook nts_CreateSharedAddressBook] + 76
11 ...apple.AddressBook.framework 0x932d168c +[ABAddressBook sharedAddressBook] + 80
12 com.apple.MessageFramework 0x9aa26a60 +[Account myFullName] + 52
13 com.apple.mail 0x0012172c 0x1000 + 1181484
14 com.apple.mail 0x000e6768 0x1000 + 939880
15 com.apple.Foundation 0x90b05d18 __NSFireDelayedPerform + 304
16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902b6f90 __CFRunLoopDoTimer + 184
17 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902a3908 __CFRunLoopRun + 1680
18 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x902a2ebc CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 268
19 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91fd4fc0 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264
20 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91fd45cc ReceiveNextEventCommon + 244
21 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x91fd44c0 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 96
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x924bd384 _DPSNextEvent + 384
23 com.apple.AppKit 0x924bd048 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 116
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x924b95ac -[NSApplication run] + 472
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x925a9e04 NSApplicationMain + 452
26 com.apple.mail 0x0000328c 0x1000 + 8844
27 com.apple.mail 0x000a5bac 0x1000 + 674732

A few of the messages I deleted (the last 2 days) now say
"You need to take this account online in order to download it."
If this is the result of having deleted the *.emlx files manually, you're probably seeing this error message because there is still a reference to them in Envelope Index.
Is there anyway to tell Mail to re-download these
mail files and reconnect them?
If they're still on the server, yes. Choose Get Info (⌘I) from the Action menu located below the mailboxes list in the main Mail window to open the Account Info window -- type "Account Info" in the search field of Mail Help for more information on this feature. Now, choose the account that has the problem from the Account popup menu at the top of the window. Does Mail display there the messages that are missing? What type of account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)?

The iChat Agent process has unexpectedly quit, disconnecting you from all..

My iChat has been doing this all the time! I can't stay connected for more than an hour without iChat quitting on me and giving me this message:
*"Disconnected from iChat Agent. The iChat Agent process has unexpectedly quit, disconnecting you from all services. Logging in again will restart it."*
I have tried these steps to fix the problem with no success.
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com.apple.iChat.Jabber.plist
com.apple.iChat.SubNet.plist
com.apple.iChatAgent.plist
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I have been in several forums and no one was able to fix this issue! Can some official Apple guy help with this!!! I mean, ****!! What an annoying bug!! I really on iChat to communicate with co-workers and etc as I work remotely. If Adium had video support I wouldn't even wast my time to get this thing working, but iChat is still my best option(when the **** thing works)
Please any help is greatly appreciated.
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I had the same problem a month or two ago. I spent a few hours on the phone with an Apple tech and after the fourth time calling back was transferred to a Product Specialist (the highest level of Apple technicians). The specialist recommended creating a test account on my Mac and trying to launch iChat to see if the problem was system-wide or a user based issue. When that didn't work I was out of options. What it unfortunately came down to was having to do an Archive and Install (which didn't work) and after hours of backing up did an Erase and Install. After all the smoke cleared and my computer was back to normal, iChat was back and fully functional as before.
IF YOU ARE USING TIME MACHINE:
*DO NOT* copy all of your files back onto your Mac. Only copy your documents and music, preferences and nothing else. Chances are you backed up the problem without even knowing it and you would just end up back where you started.
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Good Luck!

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The application has unexpectedly quit???

Hello,
I have been using iMovie, and iDVD for a few years now. Nothing fancy, just home videos, but I really enjoy it, and I feel very good when a project is done and I can share it with my family.
My most recent project is a group of iMovies based on the first 4 years of my middle daughter's life. I title each movie by year (1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993). Each movie has titles, transitions, soundtrack music, and "chapters" added, all standard iMovie stuff.
My problem is that this project will not work. The project starts out fine, just like always, with the little sideways barber pole spinning away, but when I come back several hours later to check on it, there is a window stating that the "application has unexpectedly quit" and asking me if I want to submit a report to apple. This has not happened before.
The first time it happened, I did all the things I have learned to do when iMovie tries to act up or give me trouble, specifically: I deleted the iDVDplist, I "repaired permissions", and I even ran "Cacheout X" and restarted my computer. But after all that, when I tried the project again, it "unexpectedly quit" again.
I don't know what to do now? I have read that many people have had trouble with iDVD chapters being placed at transitions. I thought this must be a problem with the new iDVD5, because I have always placed chapters at transitions (and at the very beginning of a project) and I have never had a problem before.
Since I don't know what else to do, I am going to go back and move the chapters around avoiding the beginning, and any transitions, and see if that makes a difference. Other than that, can anyone suggest anything else I could try?
Would upgrading to iLIFE '05 help? I actually own it. I have had the box sitting on my desk for months, but I have been reluctant to load it because of many of the problems that I have read about in these forums. In my case, iDVD4 has been working very reliably for me, and my thought was "if it ain't broke, why fix it?" Well, now it seems to be broken, so, should I try to fix it?
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated,
Lincoln

Thank you David,
I appreciate your advise. As you suggested, I went back and moved all the chapters from each of the iMovies. I have never NOT placed a chapter at the very beginning of a project, and it seems strange for the "2nd" chapter to be listed as chapter #1 (since the first chapter "Beginning" is implied), but--- it worked!
It is hard to say exactly what worked, because I also created an entirely new project. It was an exact duplicate of the original project in every way (except for the new chapter locations), but I simply couldn't figure out how to "update" the original project after I made the changes, and I thought that making a new project would be the easiest thing.
So it is probably the chapter changes that fixed it, but perhaps there was some wierd problem with the first project. The other thing I was wondering about was that this project was less than 2 hours long, but not by much. When I looked at the "Status" section, I had used 3.8 of the available 4.0GB for video.
But the bottom-line is that I am very happy that the project is complete, and I continue to be amazed at the high quality movies and DVD's I am able to create with the iLIFE programs.
Now that this crisis is over, what is your opinion of iLIFE '05? Should I take the plunge and load it up, or keep working with programs that I am happy with? I must admit that I would love to have access to the new "THEMES" in iDVD, but as you can plainly see, I am simply not computer saavy enough to handle any of the new problems that I have read so much about in the iMovieHD, and iDVD5 discussion groups.
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Lincoln

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Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a folder named "com.apple.mail" selected. If it does, move the selected folder — not just its contents — to the Desktop. Leave the Finder window open for now.
Log out and log back in. Launch Mail and test. If the problem is resolved, you may have to recreate some of your Mail settings. You can then delete the folder you moved and close the Finder window. If you still have the problem, quit Mail again and put the folder back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Repeat with this line:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.MailServiceAgent
Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

Updated today and cannot open my mails it says: The last time you opened Mail, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?

updated today and cannot open my mails it says: The last time you opened Mail, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you want to try to reopen its windows again?

Do a backup.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart, open the application and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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If anyone has had this problem, I have found a fix that worked. Illustrator has unexpectedly quit, crash during initialization of the program during loading.
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This is what I've tried so far:
Installation went fine. I registered and activated the software. First attempt (and every attempt) the software crashes at start up. I tried installing the updates, verifying my fonts, deactivating downloaded fonts, restarting the computer, and tried to open it in my alternate user account. I tried using the disc to uninstall and reinstall (3 times after the first). I tried opening the software in safe mode. I tried installing it in the alternate user account.
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Hello everyone,
I have a problem with my Adobe Cs3 Design Premium package. I don't know if i have the correct forum section.
I now managed to install this software correctly on mac osx but when i try to start one of the application they will all give me the very same error message!
"The application (all adobe applications) has unexpectedly quit
A crash report has been generated. To provide us with the best chance of fixing this problem, please select Continue to add a detailed description that includes the steps required to reproduce the crash."
Adobe will use this crash report to help find a future solution to this problem.
I had 512mb but upgraded it later to 2gb. Mac OSX is installed on a pc machine.
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Hi Hugo
1. Do You have upgraded QuickTime to v.7 if not don't, else downgrade to
6.5.2
2. Do You have enough free space on Your hard disk eg 20Gb recommended
3. Do You start Your projects from within iMovie with the function
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Hello!
I installed the Adobe Cloud Installer on the clean System (OSX10.8.4, iMac Mid 2011, 3,4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB VRAM). I download within Premiere Pro CC and will start it. Premiere dont start, instead of Error Message: "The Adobe Application Manager has unexpectedly quit"...
I reinstall ALL and clean the System manual from Adobe registry items, the Problem is still here. The AAM is newest version.
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Path:            /Library/Application Support/Adobe/*/PDApp.app/Contents/MacOS/PDApp
Identifier:      com.adobe.PDApp
Version:         7.0.0.414 (7.0.0.414)
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: ??? [1]
User ID:         502
Date/Time:       2013-06-24 14:04:35.961 +0200
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
Report Version: 10
Interval Since Last Report:          1121866 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           2917
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 137 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   74
Anonymous UUID:                      DEF37981-104F-4189-EBE3-CD78A1749987
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
*** error for object 0x54fbd0: pointer being freed was not allocated
If you want to delete any Cloud Application with the Uninstaller, this don't work, the same Errormessage... So i delete with AppDelete app from Appstore, clean manualy the System (and with newest Adobe CS5-CS6-CC Cleaner), restart ... New install

Hunnia895 how extensively have you utilized the AppDelete App? I would recommend that in the future you please utilize the uninstallers located in the Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers folder.
At the moment it is difficult to determine what affect AppDelete may have had. I would recommend you complete the following steps to reset your Creative Cloud experience.
Run all available uninstallers in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers.
Run the CS Cleaner tool to verify the uninstall has been successful. You can find details at CS Cleaner Tool for installation problems | CCM, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, CS4, CS3 - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html
Reinstall from https://creatve.adobe.com/.

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Every time I try to open Photoshop CS it crashes and tells me that "This application adobe Photoshop CS has unexpectedly quit". I have used this application many times in the past but a few months ago it just stopped opening. I have tried deleting the application and preferences and re installing it several times but this has not made a difference.
Is there anything else I can try to get the application to open or am I better off buying an upgrade and which one? (I am running a Mac OS X 10.3.9 system on an eMac)

Well you can only buy one upgrade and that is CS3. the problem is it will not run on your system you need at least 10.4.8. the other problem is Apple stopped selling 10.4.x when they started shipping 10.5 and I don't believe it will work on your eMac.
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