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Mail error message

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

Mail comes up but error message then appears and tells me to quit mail. Plenty of storage space, deleted mail down to the bare bones, and still get message and problem. Fixable?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Dec 2, 2021 5:01 PM

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Posted on Dec 14, 2021 9:37 PM

Hi 3catsOhio,


You may need to restart your Mac, after deleting files, to see any change.

If needed:

You might want to check the overall storage situation on your iMac.

Seems a Mac needs at least 50Gb free for the Operating System to continue operating smoothly.


See used and available storage space on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/11.0/mac/11.0


How to free up storage space on your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996


Optimise storage space on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/11.0/mac/11.0


Hope this helps :-)

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Dec 14, 2021 9:37 PM in response to 3catsOhio

Hi 3catsOhio,


You may need to restart your Mac, after deleting files, to see any change.

If needed:

You might want to check the overall storage situation on your iMac.

Seems a Mac needs at least 50Gb free for the Operating System to continue operating smoothly.


See used and available storage space on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/11.0/mac/11.0


How to free up storage space on your Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206996


Optimise storage space on your Mac:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/11.0/mac/11.0


Hope this helps :-)

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