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mail app keeps crashing after ventura update any suggestions already tried deleting email accounts and re-adding. All apps are up to date.

mail app keeps crashing after ventura update any suggestions already tried deleting email accounts and re-adding. All apps are up to date.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Feb 8, 2023 6:30 AM

5 replies

Feb 9, 2023 4:13 PM in response to Nilvin

Hello Nilvin,


Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities. We're happy to look into this with you.


Thanks for letting us know what actions you've tried so far. Any chance you've tried quitting the Mail app or even deleting it? This can help determine if the issue is with the app software or related to the accounts linked to the Mail app. If you haven't done this yet, we've included articles for each option. To get you started, steps for quitting the app are provided below.


How to force an app to quit on your Mac - Apple Support

Uninstall apps on your Mac - Apple Support


Force an app to quit

Press these three keys together: Option (or Alt), Command, Esc (Escape).1 Or choose Force Quit from the Apple menu  in the corner of your screen.

How to force quit on Mac: Press Option-Command-Esc

A Force Quit window opens. Select the app that you want to quit, then click Force Quit:

Force Quit Applications window

The Finder is always open, but if it stops responding, you can force it to quit and then open again: Select Finder in the Force Quit window, then click Relaunch. 


Best regards.

Feb 12, 2023 1:31 AM in response to daddysboy

indeed, as Nilvin states in his question, " already tried deleting email accounts and re-adding " ......


I have this problem with an older iMac right now, and trying to fix this before 'upping' to Ventura on 13in MacB.

wish real people were involved in upgrades to give 'fair warning' that such and such will happen if u hav this and that and so on ....... rave on


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