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I upgraded to Monterey yesterday and my iMac has been stuck in the mail upgrade all night long - cannot open my mac mail app - what is going on? This is a terrible upgrade so far if I cannot get into my mail on my iMac
iMac 21.5″ 4K, macOS 11.5
Hey maryalicefromnashville
We understand after upgrading to macOS Monterey, you're have't been able to access the Mail app due to it upgrading. If you haven't already, we suggest force quitting the app and then restarting the the computer.
If you continue to have issues, boot into safe mode. Once in safe mode, open the Mail app. If it works, reboot normally to see if it is resolved.
Let us know if any of this helps. Take care.
I just tried this and it worked. Go into settings click on Internet Accounts and uncheck all your Mail boxes except iCloud, be sure you uncheck Mail only, leave Contacts, Calendars, etc. as is. Then go back to the Mail Import window and try again. If the window is stuck a restart should clear it, then try again. If it clears as mine did (the mail window appeared) go back to settings and click Internet Accounts and recheck all the Mail boxes and you hopefully you'll be good. I was pleasantly surprised. Good luck!
I have the same problem. Nothing I have tried has worked, Mail just hangs on the upgrade screen, been that way for hours now. This upgrade Sucks! It's slowed down a fast IMac and Turned it into a slug of a machine. How do I go back to Big Sur? I have been using Macs for work , for many years, this is without doubt the worse OS to be released. It's not ready and is really slow and annoying, might as well have windows 10, it's that bad!
Did you replace your boot drive with a 3rd party drive? That will trigger the firmware issue requiring the original Apple drive being installed for the upgrade which includes the firmware. Then you can swap out the Apple drive for the 3rd party drive and install Monterey.
If you still have the original Apple drive in the Mac this post will self destruct in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, ……………
19,000. It's just started working, after 5 hours of waiting. Having read some other forums, and Apples website info, seems I need to take my Imac to a store, for a firmware upgrade! Seriously, why? I don't have the time and theres not a store, anywhere near me, it's 2 hours to the nearest store! Madness.
martin wells1 wrote:
19,000. It's just started working, after 5 hours of waiting. Having read some other forums, and Apples website info, seems I need to take my Imac to a store, for a firmware upgrade! Seriously, why? I don't have the time and theres not a store, anywhere near me, it's 2 hours to the nearest store! Madness.
When Monterey was installed, any Firmware ( Boot ROM updates ) ) would have been included within the Monterey Installation.
Apple has ceased to offer Firmware ( Boot ROM updates ) Updates as a Standalone for many many years.
There are reports appearing on the ASC Forums regarding failed installation of Monterey on older Qualifying Apple Computers. In most cases this is related to having a NON Apple Original internal drive ?
The EFI Boot ROM included in Monterey is verifying for Original Apple Drive and if not found , may Balk or fail to upgrade to Monterey.
Reports indicate the EFI BOOT ROM is Required to Flash the Computer and is a requirement for a Successful Monterey Installation.
I have the same issue, and I wish that I had never upgraded to Monterey. I did reinstall Big Sur, but the problem is still there, and I cannot search for anything in my inbox. I gave up, and I am using Microsoft Outlook with fewer headaches. This OS is simply awful!
UPDATE: It only worked a short time and then no more... reverted back to the issues.
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Previously posted: Thank you gdesign14!!! This worked for me. It did require a restart but now seems to work correctly.
What I did from gdesign14 post: I just tried this and it worked. Go into settings click on Internet Accounts and uncheck all your Mail boxes except iCloud, be sure you uncheck Mail only, leave Contacts, Calendars, etc. as is. Then go back to the Mail Import window and try again. If the window is stuck a restart should clear it, then try again. If it clears as mine did (the mail window appeared) go back to settings and click Internet Accounts and recheck all the Mail boxes and you hopefully you'll be good. I was pleasantly surprised. Good luck!
After hours on the phone with Apple Support, I was told I had to go to a store, so tried "uncheck internet accounts", "launch Mail", "recheck internet accounts", "relaunch Mail", and it appears to be working. Thank you!
Yes, I upgraded to Monterey a month ago and Mail is now bad in several ways: search takes much longer or doesn't work at all even when you're searching with the full email address for an email the week before, emails appear with no content in them and everything is much slower :/ Please bring the previous version back as it was much better!
How much Mail was stored on the computer before the upgrade to Monterey ??
Have seen a few other persons with 45,000 or 30,000 emails and it took a long time to process.
Thank you for the Advise I tried everything and nothing was work, except what you explained. Thanks !!
go to settings internet uncheck mail
I can not get my email since the upgrade yesterday
monterey mail upgrade is STUCK!
