Spinning Ball using Mail in Lion - Can I strip all?
[Reposted from iMac Community]
I've read dozens of threads on the Spinning Ball Syndrome with Lion and Mail. I've tried all of the suggestions and still no luck.
My case is unique, and should be simple to solve - because I never set up any mail accounts and am willing to delete ALL mail files.
Sometimes I get the spinning ball and have to force quit.
When I start the Mail app, sometimes it doesn't even appear as an app starting up, but I can use command-tab to switch apps and find it.
I would appreciate anyone's help:
Can I REMOVE ALL mail data files and start "clean"?
Background:
Used a Mac Mini for 3+4 years as a music media station. NEVER set up any mail accounts on the machine.
Upgraded through a few OS generations up to Lion.
Bought a new Mac Mini about a week ago.
Before migrating data to the new machine, I updated all software, verified and repaired disk permissions, and ran fsck -yf in single user mode on the source.
Then I migrated the data to the new machine using migration assistant, including user settings.
Updated all software.
I've verified permissions, repaired them. Verified the hard disk. No errors. And I've removed files that were mentioned in related threads.
- Removed
/Library/Preferences/
com.apple.mail.plist
com.apple.mail.plist.lockfile
No change
- Went to
/Library/Mail/V2 (that was the only folder)
Clicked on Maildata and removed everything except for:
accountsplist
messageruleplist
No change
Please see the attached screen shot of my /Library/Mail/V2 directory. Everything looks stripped and recent.
Any other suggestions appreciated.
Hardware: New Mac Mini (it wasn't preloaded with Mountain Lion)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Still only 4GB RAM (Haven't had a chance yet to install new RAM)
Thank you.
First, when I opened Mail, I got the following message, and I selected "Don't Restore"
Yes, there is a pattern and error cycle. Please see below (replacing my username with foobar)
9/14/12 12:50:09.872 PM Mail: Using V2 Layout
9/14/12 12:51:42.214 PM Mail: POST /Info.woa/wa/XMLRPC/accountInfo?username=foobar (FAILED), httpStatusCode:-1, errorType:106 (domain=AYErrorDomain, code=2), transactionState:5, txnId:E67F253F-6CED-4D96-BEFC-CAB9D1D177B9, auto-retries=0, manual-retries=0
9/14/12 12:51:42.214 PM Mail: AOSKit ERROR: Failed to get mail props (doBypassCache=0, [email protected], passwordProvided=1), mailInfo=
(null)
Mail: POST
Mail: AOSKit ERROR: Failed to get mail props
The above repeats 3x
9/14/12 12:56:18.181 PM Mail: *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenuItem initWithTitle:action:keyEquivalent:], /SourceCache/AppKit/AppKit-1138.47/Menus.subproj/NSMenuItem.m:317
Invalid parameter not satisfying: aString != nil
0 Message 0x00007fff91d25ef8 -[MFAssertionHandler _handleFailureWithPreamble:description:arguments:] + 116
1 Message 0x00007fff91d2608e -[MFAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 185
2 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd24879 -[NSMenuItem initWithTitle:action:keyEquivalent:] + 145
3 Mail 0x000000010e0627f4 Mail + 30708
4 Mail 0x000000010e061eae Mail + 28334
5 Mail 0x000000010e061932 Mail + 26930
6 Mail 0x000000010e05ecea Mail + 15594
7 Foundation 0x00007fff90c86d0e __-[NSNotificationCenter addObserver:selector:name:object:]_block_invoke_1 + 47
8 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8ecf87ba _CFXNotificationPost + 2634
9 Foundation 0x00007fff90c72fc3 -[NSNotificationCenter postNotificationName:object:userInfo:] + 65
10 Mail 0x000000010e05d161 Mail + 8545
11 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd124e3 -[NSApplication _postDidFinishNotification] + 212
12 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd12249 -[NSApplication _sendFinishLaunchingNotification] + 78
13 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd10f10 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleAEOpenEvent:] + 242
14 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd10c71 -[NSApplication(NSAppleEventHandling) _handleCoreEvent:withReplyEvent:] + 330
15 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8ed42541 -[NSObject performSelector:withObject:withObject:] + 65
16 Foundation 0x00007fff90ca97c7 __-[NSAppleEventManager setEventHandler:andSelector:forEventClass:andEventID:]_block_invoke_1 + 101
17 Foundation 0x00007fff90ca874e -[NSAppleEventManager dispatchRawAppleEvent:withRawReply:handlerRefCon:] + 283
18 Foundation 0x00007fff90ca85dc _NSAppleEventManagerGenericHandler + 105
19 AE 0x00007fff8a702c25 _Z20aeDispatchAppleEventPK6AEDescPS_jPh + 200
20 AE 0x00007fff8a702b03 _ZL25dispatchEventAndSendReplyPK6AEDescPS_ + 38
21 AE 0x00007fff8a7029f7 aeProcessAppleEvent + 250
22 HIToolbox 0x00007fff92ac6d7d AEProcessAppleEvent + 102
23 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd0e07d _DPSNextEvent + 1247
24 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd0d735 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 135
25 AppKit 0x00007fff8cd0a071 -[NSApplication run] + 470
26 AppKit 0x00007fff8cf86244 NSApplicationMain + 867
27 Mail 0x000000010e13352c Mail + 886060
9/14/12 12:57:49.873 PM Mail: POST /Info.woa/wa/XMLRPC/accountInfo?username=foobar (FAILED), httpStatusCode:-1, errorType:106 (domain=AYErrorDomain, code=2), transactionState:5, txnId:311982BF-9A37-4545-B7A1-D0968C83E832, auto-retries=0, manual-retries=0
Mail: POST
Mail: AOSKit ERROR: Failed to get mail props
The above repeats 3x, then repeats the following error again.
Mail: *** Assertion failure in -[NSMenuItem initWithTitle:action:keyEquivalent:],
I no longer use my foobar@me account. Where do I delete that forever?
Thank you,
Jim
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