Apple Mail Crashes after Ventura 13.2

I upgraded to Ventura 13.2 and now my Mail crashes everytime I open it. Is anyone else having this problem? is there a solution?

Posted on Jan 26, 2023 7:40 AM

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Posted on Feb 8, 2023 2:51 PM

Having experienced the same problem with the Ventura Mail App for the last several days and after re-installing Ventura with no discernible positive effect, I stubbled upon this thread. After reading through all the proposed solutions and attendant successes and failures, I tried the following.


  1. Turned off mail for all internet accounts via System Settings => Internet Accounts.
  2. Restarted the Mail App - It opened!
  3. Closed the Mail App.
  4. Reactivated Mail for one of my internet accounts.
  5. Restarted mail - It opened and downloaded new emails!
  6. Repeated steps 3 through 5 for each of my accounts.


The Mail App has been up and running correctly now for about 30 minutes ... fingers crossed!

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Feb 27, 2023 12:42 PM in response to DiZoE

Nope, I do not have a "Cox account" - experiencing the same issues after updating to 13.2.1 on a MacBook with Apple silicone - and this a simple, single, situation just trying to use one single "Exchange" account. When trying to launch Mail if stops at "updating Mail-database"... for a looooooong time (approaching 100h now). No freeze, other apps can be used, network OK, webmail OK, it's just Mail that keeps on doing whatever it does...

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