mail on OS Catalina

Since OS upgrade to Catalina I cannot use Mail anymore. I keep on having the following message. All fix tips I could find online require to start Mail as a step 1, which I can't ...

"Mail cannot save information about your mailboxes because there isn’t enough space in your home folder."

MacBook Air

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 10:07 AM

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Barney-15E

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Apr 18, 2020 7:40 AM in response to Charliemorin

I tried many things, but the only solution involved erasing the drive completely, reinstalling the OS, then migrating my data from my Time Machine backup when the Setup Assistant ran after install.

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