Must force quit mail - registering syncing suspected

On an iMac running 10.5.8, Mail has to be force quit repeatedly. When looking at the Activity viewer, the process that appears to be hanging is "registering syncing preferences," and "syncing."
Any idea what's going on here? I've deleted all mail data and rebuilt it and consistently have the same issue. I suspect it's related to MobileMe syncing, but am not sure. Any ideas?

Having many issues with mail. Must click message viewer to actually see my emails. Then must force quit to get out of mail. I finally left entourage(super slow with exchange server) to find mail not to be any better.

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Must force quit Mail application

I am most used to using Entourage as my mail application but have been trying to use Mail but it constantly freezes and then I must Force Quit to start over. Keep going back to Entourage but of course I need Mail, for example, if I want to mail contents of webpage in Safari. What's the deal with Mail. Are there known problems?

Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list. Leave checked (enabled) only the port configuration needed to connect to Internet and Built-in Ethernet (in that order if not the same), uncheck (disable) the rest of network port configurations, and see whether that helps — if it doesn’t, turn ON again the ones you want enabled.
Do you have any Mail plug-ins? In the Finder, go to each of the following folders (if they exist). What do you see there?
/Library/InputManagers/
/Library/Mail/Bundles/
~/Library/InputManagers/
~/Library/Mail/Bundles/
To make accurately reporting this information easier, you may open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal, type the following command (you can just copy it here and paste it in Terminal), and press <Return>. You can then copy the output of that command from Terminal and paste it in your reply to this post:
ls -1 /Library/InputManagers /Library/Mail/Bundles ~/Library/InputManagers ~/Library/Mail/Bundles
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 folder path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the folder path there.

Force quit mail

Mail won't quit. I must "force quit" mail and reopen in order to get new mail. Also must force quit mail to shut down.

Consider yoiu have corrupt preference file, corrupt mail index, possibly the disk directory.
Try safe boot.
Try repairing the drive from another partition. Lion Recovery or OS X DVD.
And for help with mail
http://www.apple.com/support/mail

Any ideas for Mail must-force-quit bug after 10.5.2 upgrade?

I've tried many different things suggested on this forum (removing bundles; rebuilding mailboxes; moving Mail folder to desktop for rebuild; eliminating To Dos; creating new Address Book DB). But nothing seems to work. I have to force quit Mail every time. Now it sometimes doesn't check Mail manually either.
What exactly changed in the 5.2 update that could cause so many problems? Mail is becoming intolerable. I'm not a huge fan of Office, but in 5+ years, Entourage never gave me such difficulties. Come on, Apple!
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OK, I found a solution. If possible, use a webmail account to go in and delete your "To Do" folders, if that is what is hanging your Mail application. I did that with one IMAP account, only to have "To Do" items show up under another IMAP account. That account is on my web host, so I converted the account to POP. After that, Mail started working properly again since it was not trying to sync "To Do" items with various IMAP servers.
This problem started after upgrading to 5.2, though I noticed others experienced it with 5.0 and 5.1.
Message was edited by: SPD

Will not upgrade mail database....freezes and must force quit

downloaded lion and mail requires upgrade mail database. Freezes and does not upgrade and must force quit. Try again and same thing happens.
I can get mail from icloud but not thru mail icon on dock. Help!

I think it's safe to say that FCPX wasn't tested throroughly for use on anything.
with that out of the way, there are many variables as to what might cause your problems, but I don't think it's the mac mini as long as it meets the specified minimum requirements (especially the graphics card).
You might try creating a camera archive first and then importing from that.
The other issue might be the file format itself; you might need to use Clipwrap first. Maybe someone who has the same camera can chime in.

Getting beach ball with mail 5.3, must force quite each time. Any ideas?

getting beach ball with mail 5.3, must force quite each time. Any ideas?

Hello pjdsmith,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Here is a good article for troubleshooting email issues. Because there are a number of things that might be causing it, this article is good because it covers a number of possibilities.
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages - Apple Support
Regards,
Jeff D.

Have to Force Quit Mail

Wondering if anyone can help? mail 4.0 under snow leopard will only quit if I just open and close it, If I ck for mail, send an email or delete emails, etc, It will not quit, I have to force quit it, Ive tried to quit up top under mail, and also in the dock where when you click on mail it now shows a quit option, neither quits mail for me, I realize that this is minor compared to what some people are experiencing, bur any help -advice would be appreciated Thanks

Re: have to force quit mail not working right at all
Posted: Sep 3, 2009 7:54 PM in response to: Great Big Radio
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I can tell you what worked for me. The Activity window in Mail(window menu) showed that Mail was trying to sync with something-"...Registering syncing preferences". I went to home/library/Application Support and moved the SyncServices folder to the trash. Restarted and everything seems to be working fine. Mail quits normally.

I have to force quit mail every time I want to shut down my macbook

I know there are several other posts asking the same question but I've been through all of them and I can't find which is the application that is blocking my mail from closing. Here is the diagnostics test I ran.
Last login: Sun Feb 24 08:52:33 on console
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt (0.0.74)
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver (1.0.0)
com.serato.usb.kext (2.3.0)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.6)
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.2.6)
com.rane.driver.sl2.10.6 (1.0.1f3)
com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs (2.5.4)
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfi x|x)/{print $3}'
Password:
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx
com.rim.BBDaemon
com.rane.sl4.daemon
com.rane.sl3.daemon
com.rane.sl2.daemon
com.rane.sixtytwo.daemon
com.rane.sixtyone.daemon
com.rane.sixtyeight.daemon
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.machangout.glims.loader
com.logmein.logmeinserver
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper
com.adobe.SwitchBoard
com.adobe.fpsaud
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'
com.growl.GrowlLauncher
com.logmein.CubbyHelper
com.Eltima.SyncMateServer
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
com.rim.BBLaunchAgent
com.rim.RimAlbumArtDaemon
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.machangout.glims.agent
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent
com.logmein.logmeingui
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher
com.hp.devicemonitor
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.divx.update.agent
com.divx.dms.agent
com.facebook.videochat.Panos.updater
com.divx.agent.postinstall
com.adobe.ARM.de23d1e3aa2d00ce38d73f10fcbdc8dcaaaf6be989610710a1ddda77
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta} * L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
VBoxDrv.kext
VBoxNetAdp.kext
VBoxNetFlt.kext
VBoxUSB.kext
/Library/Frameworks:
AECore.framework
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Abracode.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
Compressor.framework
ContactRender.framework
DSPPublishing.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
FxPlug.framework
GData.framework
GlimsAdditions.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
MacFUSE.framework
MediaServerAPI.framework
MindFortress.framework
NotesLib.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
OSXFUSE.framework
PMPluginsFramework4.framework
Pantomime.framework
PluginManager.framework
ProMetadataSupport.framework
Qmaster.framework
RIM_VSP.framework
RimBlackBerryUSB.framework
SIXTY-EIGHTApi.framework
SL2Api.framework
SL4Api.framework
SixtyOneApi.framework
SixtyTwoApi.framework
Sl3Api.framework
TSLicense.framework
XSKey.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
AdobeExManDetect.plugin
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GlimsAdditions.webplugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
LogMeIn.plugin
LogMeInSafari32.plugin
LogMeInSafari64.plugin
OVSHelper.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.divx.dms.agent.plist
com.divx.update.agent.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
com.logmein.logmeingui.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagent.plist
com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
com.machangout.glims.agent.plist
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist
com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
syncmateStarter.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.aelwriter.plist
com.apple.qmaster.qmasterd.plist
com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.logmein.logmeinserver.plist
com.machangout.glims.loader.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
com.rane.sixtyeight.daemon.plist
com.rane.sixtyone.daemon.plist
com.rane.sixtytwo.daemon.plist
com.rane.sl2.daemon.plist
com.rane.sl3.daemon.plist
com.rane.sl4.daemon.plist
com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
Apple Qmaster.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
JavaControlPanel.prefPane
Launchpad-Control.prefPane
NTFS-3G.prefPane
OSXFUSE.prefPane
Perian.prefPane
SIXTY-EIGHT Audio Control Panel.prefPane
SL 2 Audio Control Panel.prefPane
SL 3 Audio Control Panel.prefPane
SL 4 Audio Control Panel.prefPane
Sixty-One Audio Control Panel.prefPane
Sixty-Two Audio Control Panel.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
SL2SettingsService
SL4SettingsService
SixtyEightSettingsService
SixtyOneSettingsService
SixtyTwoSettingsService
Sl3SettingsService
com.disc-soft.DAEMONTools.PrivilegedHelper
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
/Library/QuickLook:
QuickLookEyeTV.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
AppleHDVCodec.component
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
AppleProResCodec.component
DVCPROHDCodec.component
DVCPROHDMuxer.component
DVCPROHDVideoDigitizer.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutput.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputClock.component
DVCPROHDVideoOutputCodec.component
DesktopVideoOut.component
DivX Decoder.component
DivX Encoder.component
FCP Uncompressed 422.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
IMXCodec.component
Perian.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
Glims.osax
/Library/Spotlight:
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
VirtualBox
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Frameworks:
DotMacKit.framework
EWSMac.framework
MindFortress.framework
PMPluginsFramework.framework
PMPluginsFramework68kAligned.framework
SyncManagerCommon.framework
libical.framework
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Accounts:
V1
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.adobe.ARM.de23d1e3aa2d00ce38d73f10fcbdc8dcaaaf6be989610710a1ddda77.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.9EA69D5D-CAF4-4CF6-8827-CCE 73BEC9A63.plist
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.AD6BE37E-A343-4019-AFF6-B02 3B57BFA11.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
com.facebook.videochat.Panos.plist
org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/Services:
OMCService.service
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null
iTunesHelper, Skype, Mail, Messages, Dropbox, BetterTouchTool, DockView
panoss-macbook:~ Panos$
If someone is able to help me with these I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

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I have one message in my in-box which will not open. Highlighting it (even by deleting mail above or below it) prompts the rainbow swirl to appear forever and I must force quit. Any ideas?
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If your mail client has a "preview pane" feature like Outlook, Outlook Express, or Entourage try turning this feature off.
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Upgraded from 10.5.8 all the way to 10.6.8 via combo update.
The only app that has been adversely affected is Logic 9.1.4 in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes.
It's really only two items regarding closing and quitting.
Frankly, it seems only the shortcuts and functions under the "File" menu are causing it to either crash or have no effect at all.
All other key commands and menu functions work as expected. AND this is the only app where it happens.
In summary:
cmd+W will not close a window and neither will clicking the X button at the top left of the window. cmd+Q will not quit the app. I must force quit.
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At first, it would launch and pause for a few seconds. The screen would softly flash white and the app would quit.
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Logic would launch and function -- except that I couldn't close a project and required a force quit to exit the app.
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Now, as before, it crashes with the soft white screen blink before I can do anything.
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No solution but there are at least two others reporting problems after the last OS update...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15484085#15484085
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Hi Gang,
Have loved FF for years on my Macs. But for last few months FF will only quit normally maybe 20% of the time; the other 80% I must force-quit it. SOMETIMES it will quit, but I have to wait SOOOOO LONG that I can see the grass growing out my office window. Any ideas? I am using FF 3.6.2 running Mac OS 10.5.8 on hardware PowerMac G5 Dual Processors (which was the last of the PPC processors, before Intel chips came into use). I have plenty of RAM. This machine is running on a restoration from Time Machine, from when my MacBookPro laptop was stolen.

Are you using Clear Recent History to clear any data when you close Firefox?
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions or hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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Using Mavericks Spelling and Grammar in Pages document causes Pages to freeze. Must Force Quit. Mavericks spell checker works OK in Text and Emails. How can I fix this problem?

Using Mavericks' Spelling and Grammar in a Pages document causes Pages to freeze, Must Force Quit. How can I fix this problem?
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I've set up autocorrect instances to change a plain apostrophe with an ending, single curly quote for these words, but they are invariably changed to a beginning, single curly quote mark by Pages. The only way I can get the correct curly quote is to type over the wrong quote manually and hope that I don't have to edit the rest of the word again, as this would cause autocorrect to kick in again and change the quote to the wrong, beginning curly mark again.
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The update seemed to fix all of the issues I had with SL, except for the spinning wheels in Mail, and that Mail will not quit without a force-quit. It will even cancel a restart. Am I the only one left with this issue?

Problem
Here is what is happening. Btw I am using a Dutch version so my apologies if I translate menu-options wrong.
Mail is opened at startup. When I want to quit (CMD-Q) mail, nothing happens and the program gets in a sort of wait state. The system doesn't say that mail is not responding anymore. When I open the Mail-menu several options are greyed-out, including the CMD-Q as if the program is waiting for something. After waiting 15 minutes still the same and the only way to end mail is by using the force quit option.
If Mail is opened and I use the red X to close the window it isn't possible to open it anymore. Stopping the normal way isn't possible either and I am in the same situation as above and need to force-quit Mail.
If I leave Mail open and want to shutdown the computer I have to force quit Mail, because otherwise I cannot shutdown anymore.
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Using the Rebuild menu-option doesn't help.
I have downloaded the complete 10.6.2 dmg-file and re-installed it. This seemed to fix the problem, at least for a little while. But unfortunately after a day the same problem came back
How can this be possible?
Is there anyone out there who has the same problem and knows how to fix this? Would it help to re-install the mailprogram? How do I do this?
This is happening on the new computer of my father. I have convinced him to make the switch from Windows, but this situation is making me feel a bit embarrassed

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I know some folks have already posted about this, but I've yet to find a solution. My mail continues to download the same, previously deleted messages each time I open it. I also have to force quit mail to leave it. It will download new mail from my .mac account while in this condition but will not access my other sympatico mail account. In order to get new mail I have to force quit and reopen the app. I've considered the 'rebuild mailbox' option but all of these annoying messages are in my inbox and there appears to be no 'rebuild' function for the inbox. I've also tried going into my library and manually moving these files to the trash and restarting mail. They appear again. Can someone please offer me a solution to this problem. All I can think of doing now is getting rid of Leopard to go back to Tiger mail.
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Hold the phone. This, apparently, may be a Bell Sympatico server issue after all. I've tried to get in contact with their support people and the message says that they've been having problems. Also, my wife, who only uses .mac mail recieved the same email (that keeps popping up in my inbox) and has had no issues. I retrieved my mail using my newer imac as well and the same problem occured there. Hence, it is probably not an app issue, but a server issue.
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