Spinning ball with Lion 10.7.1?

Since installing 10.7.1 on a MacBook Pro and a MacBook I continually get spinning ball delays of 1-2 minutes. Any ideas?

Interesting, my spinning balls are also very annoying since Lion upgrade, worse it seems since 10.7.2
I would guess my 12Gb would be sufficient, as would my i7 be (0 bytes Page out, so it is enough).
It happens every few minutes, especially when switching tabs in safari. Internet down 120Mb and up 8Mb should also not be the problem (it is not on the windows 7 machine, it wasn't a problem on Snow leopard). The computer is doing nothing (cpu display of activity monitor), but the balls keep on spinning and the web pages stay white for 40-60 sec.
Really annoying

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System Software:
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 451.09 GB (47.76 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
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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)
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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
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(null)
Mail: POST
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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

Lion: Spinning Ball using Mail - Attempting to "clean" all data

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.
Is there anything else I can get rid of?
Any other suggestions appreciated.
Hardware: New Mac Mini (it wasn't preloaded with Mountain Lion)
Lion v 10.7.4
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Still only 4GB RAM (Haven't had a chance yet to install new RAM)
Jim

Please repost on the correct forum, this is an iMac forum. There are forums specifically for Mac Mini users, however the answers will probably still be the same.

I have owned my MacBook Pro for several months. Initially, I did not have any problems. Now I have a problem with Yahoo Mail. I can open my account, but when I try to get at my mail, 2 out of 3 times I get the spinning ball that never stops. Now what?

I have owned my MacBook Pro for several months without having any problems with it. Recently I am having trouble with my Yahoo Mail. I can open it fine, but 2 out of 3 times when I try to actually open a message, the spinning ball comes on the screen and does not stop. Sometimes, I can log out or force quit and come back in to my account and use it. Other times, I run into the same problem. Any suggestions?

Killerfinch wrote:
My new yahoo account nestles comfortably in iCloud on the mine iPad.
No, your Yahoo account is not in iCloud (which only handles iCloud mail), it is in Yahoo, and the Yahoo mail account is on your iPad.
But the MacBook Pro will have none of it! I write this question now as I fear that I will be totally demented very soon and unable to formulate my thoughts clearly!
Get the correct settings for your account from Yahoo and set it up manually.
By the way, I also find the "password" issue problematical. It seems Apple want my Apple password rather than my eMail password. All very confusing.
That would depend on what you are trying to do.

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