Mail app won't open
Mail app won't open from icon -- any ideas
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Mail app won't open from icon -- any ideas
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
Hello,
Not certain, but this can fix myriad Mail problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move this folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reboot.
If that doesn't do it and you can afford to redo all your Rules, try these & reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist.backup
Note, in 10.5 & up /Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/ may or may not exist.
Thanks -- I was able to fix it myself with some further fiddling. Turned out to be as simple as a forced quit, turns out computer wouldn't shut down either and a reboot.
Thanks for posting the solution. May help others with the same problem.
Cheers, Tom 😉
Hello BDAqua: I used your notes to try to repair my macbook pro version 10.6.8. I just noticed the note at the bottom that says it may not exist, and it doesn't. Can you please let me know how I could get my mail icon back? I appreciate your help. Thanks 🙂
Mail app won't open