My 2009 iMac has been having Apple Mail problems for some while.
Apple no longer provides help for this.
Nor does it sell a large-screen iMac with Apple chips.
I need a large screen so that I can increase the type's point size and thus see it well.
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
You can always get a MacMini or Mac Studio & a monitor size of your choosing, but...
Start with this if IntelMac...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors, what path is Drafts Mailbox set to?
Setting it to an On My Mac Drafts box generally cures it if you don't need Drafts sent to other devices.
Try setting to an On My Mac Box.
Are you using any Mail Rules?
You can always get a MacMini or Mac Studio & a monitor size of your choosing, but...
Start with this if IntelMac...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Mail>Preferences>Accounts>Your Account>Mailbox Behaviors, what path is Drafts Mailbox set to?
Setting it to an On My Mac Drafts box generally cures it if you don't need Drafts sent to other devices.
Try setting to an On My Mac Box.
Are you using any Mail Rules?
Yikes..
Try one of these two…
You can use Drive DX to possibly get a better view of Drive health…
https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx
Thanks to Jack-19…
It may be wise to run SMART Utility to check the drives' health.
Would a MacMini work with a generic monitor?
Yes any monitor practically, & I’d get a cheap USB KB & Mouse...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B7GV802?
Windows Win key = Mac CMD key or ⌘
Windows alt key = Mac Option key or ⌥, also called alt key on Mac sometimes.
I'm having software problems in my MacBoo… - Apple Community
Yet again, thanks for your kind help.
I set the Mail Preferences to "On My Mac," but when I close out of Preferences, the setting vanishes.
Am I doing something wrong?
I would get a Studio Monitor in a heartbeat, if Apple didn't charge $5,000. Buying another computer – and a keyboard – starts to add up to "real money," as Illinois Sen. Everett Dirkson used to say. . . .
Safe mode did not help.
Now I get messages, "Apple Mail was unable to save message," when I hadn't asked it to save anything.
Sometimes when I try to write a message, my iMac moves very slowly. Increasingly, a spinning beach ball appears.
Many thanks for Drive DX and SMART Utility.
Both found no problems at all.
I'm beginning to think that this problem may be too obscure to find/solve, absent the resources of the Apple CEO.
I try to take good care of my tools and equipment.
But waiting for a large-screen iMac with Apple chips. . . maybe is simply no longer viable.
The spinning beach ball makes me uneasy.
Your kind help is much appreciated.
Inability to upgrade after purchase.
Inability to boot from external drives if internal SSD fails.
Wifi problems on MacMinis.
$800 screen problems on newer iMacs, can't remember if it's just M1s, or M2s & M3s also.
MacOS headed in directions I don't need or want.
Cost of purchasing all new SW for Apple silicon.
BDAqua said:
"Inability to upgrade after purchase.
Inability to boot from external drives if internal SSD fails.
Wifi problems on MacMinis.
$800 screen problems on newer iMacs, can't remember if it's just M1s, or M2s & M3s also.
MacOS headed in directions I don't need or want.
Cost of purchasing all new SW for Apple silicon."
To which I replied, "So what would you recommend?"
Wow, there was only 1 post showing before, niw I|see eleven‽
To answer the question, I'd have to buy a used Intelmac from a good source, despite the supposed speed advantages of Apple Silicon, I might even buy one without a T2 chip, like...
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Apple_Systems/Used/Macs_and_Tablets
I don't know what "Mail Rules" are.
Would a MacMini work with a generic monitor?
I'm afraid to buy any new Mac. :(
Why so?
My Apple Mail is saying, "saving 330 or 477 drafts." There are four messages in my draft mailbox. What does this mean?
