Why does mail keep creating a new junk mail folder?

Why does mail keep creating a new junk mail folder at the bottom of my folders. This is in addition to the standard junk mail folder.

Hi Michael
Welcome to the forum.
Do you have Stuffit installed and are saving to the desktop?
Because in that case it is Stuffit decompressing the Pages document's package.
Just save to your document folder.
Peter

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There must be some easy explanation for this but there's a weird quirk in Pages '09 that I don't know how to turn off.
Every time I save a document, not only does it save, but it creates a new folder with some new files labeled buildVersionHistory.plist and index.xml and then a subfolder called Quicklook within which there's a thumbnail.jpg.
No idea why it's doing this but it's really clogging up my folders and it seems totally unnecessary. Can anybody help me turn it off?

Hi Michael
Welcome to the forum.
Do you have Stuffit installed and are saving to the desktop?
Because in that case it is Stuffit decompressing the Pages document's package.
Just save to your document folder.
Peter

Old mail keeps coming back? & Junk Mail Delete grayed out.

Issue 1
Old mail, dated from previous months, keeps appearing, mainly in Trash.
I read some Discussion about 'ipurge,' -- I tried it as a Terminal command but said it wasn't there.
I checked with the mail server - Google -- and the emails are not there...
Issue 2
Also, on Mail menu>Mailboxes>Erase Junk Mail is grayed out.....and maybe this happen after starting to use a spam filter (SpamSieve).
I sure wish I didn't get so much spam. My email address must have recently gotten picked up...it's disgusting.

ONE DAY LATER -
From another thread I got the idea to check out these ever returning trashed emails. The idea there was to delete Google's Junk folder.
Did that but it didn't seem to solve the problem although the idea of investigating the Google Mail Server.
That led to discover that after clicking on Trash/Delete for emails they went into a Trash folder -- and stayed there -- and a 2nd trashing was necessary and there was a tab/button saying: DELETE FOVEVER, which sort of implies that Trashed items hang around and require this 2nd trashing, with clicking DELETE FOREVER (see photo).
I'll see what happens over the next few days.

Why is PowerPoint so slow, and why does it keep creating "temp" files ?

This is a recent problem which does not seem to be manifesting in other software (not Word, not Excel for example): my ppt is SLOW SLOW SLOW ! I am working in a very very simple presentation -- text only, black & white, no graphics, less than 15 pages -- and it takes at least 30 seconds to save, ages to open, ages to quit. I'm tired of watching that beach ball rotate !
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Version: 1.0

Why does iCloud keep demanding password when using mail

I am using Mail for my various email accounts but the two imap accounts (AOL and iCloud) frequently get into a mode of demanding the password when Mail is launched. It might take up to 10 inputs to stop 'looping' the demand for the password. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance

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Why does Firefox keep on opening new tabs when I log in to my Facebook account? It only stops when I cancel 4 or 5 tabs already opened.

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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
*Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.<br /><br />
*http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
*http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
*http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
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I have enabled junk mail filtering to move designated junk mail to junk mailbox when it arrives. But it no longer does so. Why not? I am using an iMac with version 10.10.1

I have enabled junk mail filtering to move designated junk mail to junk mailbox when it arrives. But it no longer does so. Why not? I am using an iMac with version 10.10.1

Try resetting the Junk Mail filter. This will start it on a new learning curve. Mail/Preferences/Junk Mail.

What is a mackeeper and why does it keep popping up? I am brand new to mac. carol h.

What is a mackeeper and why does it keep popping up? I am brand new to mac. carol h.

Hi,
For maintenance.
http://mackeeper.zeobit.com/
Check your Applications folder. If you don't want the app, just drag it to the Trash.
IMHO you do not need this utility. Your Mac will do maintenance for you.
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Why does Calendar keep opening my Mail.app to send me email notifications?

Why does Calendar keep opening my Mail.app to send me email notifications? I've disabled any settings that look like they could be used to sending me an alert. I've also read that disabling the email alerts in gmail would also help (since I use 3 gmail calendars in addition to my icloud calendar). Any ideas on how I might fix this issue?

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Mail keeps creating inboxes

I use Apple Mail on both my MacBook and iPhone to sync with my IMAP account and have recently acquired a problem:
Although I don't use the To Do function in Mail, Mail has been creating an Apple Mail To Do folder in my iPhone/MacBook folder list. At first this was at the top level of the hierarchy, same as my other mail folders. I deleted it when first noticed and have attempted to delete again since (perhaps foolishly), and now Mail keeps creating new copies of the "Apple Mail To Do" folder, only… each time it is nested inside two, three, four, five(!) "Inbox" folders.
Looks like this:
- INBOX
- ....INBOX
- ........INBOX
- ............INBOX
- ................INBOX
- .....................Apple Mail To Do
This set of folders sits in alpha order within my main list of folders, it's separate from the real Inbox that sits at the top of my folder list.
When I attempt to delete all six folders I get a message saying that the various INBOXES don't exist. When I delete just the To Do folder, the INBOX folders are deleted as well. (Until the whole thing is recreated!)
Incidentally, my IMAP Path Prefix in Mail.app's preferences is set to: INBOX
So I suspect if I were to change that to blank, then the nesting would (maybe?) stop.
All the same, can anyone explain this behaviour (it's fairly recent, following a decent period where I wasn't plagued by To Do folders at all)? Why would it be nesting multiple "INBOX" folders, rather than just one?
What can I do to get the To Do folder to stay away?

This solution does not delete the AppleMail Todo mailbox but provides a workaround that keeps those annoying subfolders out of your inbox and prevents them from "breeding."
(Note: In my case this issue began only after I started using an iPhone. I am using a 3rd party IMAP server provided by Network Solutions WITHOUT SSL. I cannot say the following is a universal workaround.)
The wage-donkey I spoke to at Apple Tech support- "Tier 2" no less - INSISTED this is not a problem caused by mail.app, but rather it was a server-side issue. He said the folder in question MUST exist on the server and is being pushed to the mac every time the IMAP mailbox is created in mail app. Rather than attempting to trouble-shoot the issue, he adamantly argued his point until I hung up.
You can attempt to prove his point for him by trying the following:
1) Log on your mail server via web browser and delete the offending folders.
2) move ~/Library/Mail and ~/Library/Preferences/apple.mail.plist to the trash.
3) Disconnect computer from the internet.
4) Set-up IMAP account manually.
5) Relaunch mail.app.
The application will request permission to create an Apple Mail ToDo folder in the newly created Inbox.
(It would seem Mail.app is designed to automatically create the ToDo mailbox and place it on the server, which it cannot do without an internet connection. One would assume a "Tier 2" Apple Support technician would know this. He didn't.)
6) Hit cancel to deny Mail.app's request.
The server-side folders that should normally appear in a mailbox OUTSIDE of your inbox should now all be contained WITHIN the mailbox. This should include a Gray folder called "ToDo" with a subfolder mbox (youraccountname)
7) Quit mail.app
8) Restore your internet connection.
9) Relaunch mail.app. It will make the same request as step 5. Click ALLOW.
Mail.app should move all of the folders from your inbox to a server-side subfolder containing the Gray ToDo folder and the subfolder "mbox (youraccountname)."
DO NOT delete this folder. You can open it without consequence. You should no longer have the issue of subfolders breeding in your inbox every time you reboot.
To further test the mai.app-side/server-side argument, I deleted the entire mailbox from the server and created a new one before trying the above steps. Same issue. The folder in question is almost certainly created by mail.app and not residing on the server. Though I cannot isolate the cause, I'm confident it lies somewhere in the combination of SSL settings, iPhone integration and mail.app.
In my experience, Mac Tech Support has not helped solve a real problem since OS 9. In one instance a mac "genius" suggested my mother wipe her drive and reinstall the OS to solve her airport problem. It turns out all he had to do was turn off Interference Robustness in her airport settings. User message boards know more collectively than any Tech Support Associate I have ever encountered. Apple doesn't want to take your call so take the hint and stop calling.

Aperture keeps creating a new empty library in my Pictures folder

Hi, I am a noob with Aperture, so forgive me if this seems like a stupid question. I have searched through the manual, threads here and Apples help pages but have not found my problem described or my question addressed.
First the problem:
I have set preferences in Aperture to set up and point to the Library on my External Firewire Drive. I exited as instructed and went back in the program and my new library came up without issue. I was able to import files from camera, iphoto, and some from files relatively easily and created new projects for them w/o much trouble. I closed the program and did not use it until the next day.
When I opened the Aperture from the dock the next day, a BLANK library greeted me pointing to my picture folder of my Mac user account. Sure enough I opened my pictures folder under my user account on the finder and there is a brand new Aperture library without any files in it. I checked my Firewire hard drive and (thankfully) the Aperture library I created there is still intact. When I clicked on the aperture library icon in my firewire drive, the program opened with my library listed. I then closed it, opened Aperture from the dock again and it opened to my firewire's drive library again...
So now I'm thinking this must have been a weird glitch. I deleted the Aperture library in my pictures folder on my user account and thought that would be that as the program continued to perform well all day...opening my created library when I opened from the dock each time...
Then, again the next day, I open Aperture and am greeted with a blank library...again pointing at my picture folder in my user account...sure enough the Aperture library icon is back in my pictures folder!
Does anybody know why this keeps happening. I want the default library to be the one I created on my firewire drive, but it keeps creating a new empty library in my user account picture folder, and defaulting to that when starting the program from the dock.
I am the only user account on this computer and the only person using the Aperture program.
Short of creating a desktop shortcut to my wanted firewire drive library and starting Aperture that way, is there any other workaround...as the blank library in my pictures folder keeps coming back even if I delete it.
Now the question:
If I want to create 2 different Aperture libraries (not 2 projects, but 2 distinct libraries) on my firewire drive, is there any way to access one then switch to another within the main program without having to go all the way out and start up by selecting the icon from the wanted one to do so?
Thanks for your anticipated help and (hopefully) your patience with a noob user.
Intel Core Duo iMac 20" Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GHz/2GB 256VRAM

The setting is in Aperture-->Preferences. Just select the library you want to use, then exit the Prefs. Quit Aperture. Relaunch. It will use the library you selected.
If you double clicked on a library to open Aperture, it will make that setting in Prefs for you so the next time it should open that library again (assuming it's available at the time, not sleeping as externals often do).
Mark

Why do I keep losing signatures in Apple Mail after I select a signature in Preferences?

Why do I keep losing signatures in Apple Mail after I select a signature in Preferences?

When you connect your Mac back up to the Exchange server, it will “sync” what is on the server to your Mac, losing all those older emails. Don’t reconnect until you have moved them.
To move them, Drag them from the Exchange folders on Mail and into an iCloud folder. The emails will then be stored on iCloud instead of on the exchange server.
You could also just create mailboxes on your Mac and drag them into that. They wouldn’t be accessible to other devices, but you’d have them on your Mac.
To create new Mailboxes, Click the Add ( + ) button at the bottom of the Mailbox list and choose New Mailbox…
You can choose where that folder is stored, either under On My Mac for a local mailbox, or in your iCloud account which will make a folder on the iCloud server.
In the future, you need to start moving your emails to those independent mailboxes as you file them, and set up a rule that will move anything older than 50 days into a “catch-all” Mailbox you create on that same location (either On My Mac or iCloud). Mail Preferences, Rules.

Why can't I create a new note on my iPad?

Why can't I create a new note on my iPad?

tammy313 wrote:
the options in the tool bar at the bottom are not highlighted and it does not respond to my touch.
You are talking about the forward, back, mail and trash can icons in the Notes App - correct?
I've gone through restarting it and followed the instructions from the person last week.
Have you restarted the iPad - is that what you mean? Have you quit and then restarted the app? Quit the app, and restart the iPad. It's worth a try.
Double tap the home button and your recent apps will appear at the bottom. Hold down on the Notes app icon until it begins to wiggle. Then tap the minus sign to quit the app. Then tap the screen. Now restart the iPad.
Carolyn explained this above (restart) but here it is again....
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No apps are running.
Connection set to "when needed"
I haven't installed any new apps.
Email not configured.

Host name of 131.228.18.5 is em1x-5.lhr.messaging.nokia.com
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Why does viber keep asking me to set up again? I have it up about 3 times now and if I don't have my mobile when overseas will be unable to retrieve the sms code. I am using an ipad mini

Why does viber keep asking me to set up again when I have already set it up about 3 times and used it successfully. Will be overseas without my mobile and will be unable to retrieve the sms code to set it up if this happens when I am away so should I reinstall it ?

ISSUE FINALLY RESOLVED!!!!!!
So, it turns out, I had to restore the iPhone...with a twist! Here are the steps:
FIRST BACK UP YOUR DEVICE
1. Go to the library (Hold option, click on "go" in the finder, then go to library)
2. Go to your iTunes folder in this Library (not application support, the main iTunes folder)
3. Go to the iX software folder (i.e., iPhone software, iPad software, etc.) and delete the file in this folder
4. Hook up the phone and then click on restore iPhone.
At this point, it will redownload the entire OS again. You must then restore the iPhone. As it is downloading the iOS, you can disconnect and use your phone for probably however long you want (I did the restore the same day as the download) and when you are ready you can hook up the phone and restore it.
THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP FOLLOWS:
And one many may dislike. Upon restoring the phone, you MUST select "Set-Up as new iPhone"
You need to make sure you've backed up EVERYTHING elsewhere. 3rd party, non-apple/icloud apps will lose data through this method, and you'll lose all texts, your call history, and super old voicemails. The upside is that, if you've backed up, then you can just restart the process if you forgot something. But seeing as how the popup was interfering with my ability to use iCloud (I couldn't sync anything, such as calendar events, reminders, etc., unless I had gone into mail to sign in to iCloud), it was totally worth it....no more popups.
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