mail 4.5 not upgrading to mail 4.6
anybody else had this issue? 4.5 with the upgrade/update released 19th September is no longer working…
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Apparently, a hosed update. DL and reinstall: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1586
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Unfortunately, no reinstall solve my problem : I tried to erase Mail.app, to reinstall 10.6.8 Combo, then to reinstall security patch, then to repair authorizations and so on, but it still fails : Mail now runs, but didn't display any mail.
I try also to move Library/mail folder, hoping that Mail.app re-initialiaze : it fails too.
I can't turn back to Mail 4.5 anymore, Mail 4.6 didn't launch : what can I do ? 😟
Thanks in advance
I can't turn back to Mail 4.5 anymore, Mail 4.6 didn't launch : what can I do ?
Start anew, installing SL from the install disc, migrate from the current hosed system, and see if Mail (version ?) works. If so, then clone the installation and apply the 10.6.8 update. Check that Mail still works, clone it, and then try the security update.
This happened because if Mail.app was moved from /Applications or placed in a sub-folder there, the update (Security Update 2012-004) couldn't find it and fails for writing new files to Mail. This update updates Mail 4.5 to 4.6, consequently the message that 4.5 is incompatible, since it's looking at the now "old" 4.5 version. See the thread linked below for a fix and some other possible workarounds.
I found that if you actually downloaded the security update that was done through
>Apple< menu (top left) >Software Update<
to your desktop:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1586
and made sure that MacMail was in the application folder, re-installed it and re-started
that MacMail 4.6 comes on-line… solving the 4.5 to 4.6 transition…
I use to download all updates to my desktop but since "Software Update" was introduced I've been using it…
Might be best to try both ways… and always keep a clone copy of your system in case
of an emergency… I've found Carbon Copy Cloner the best for this (http://www.bombich.com/index.html)
as I don't use time machine…
Cheers
…in regards to your comment Baltwo a little better explanation, would assist in understanding, what you are meaning…
unsure as to what a "hosed" is…
Gidehault if you have a backup of 4.5 on a hard drive somewhere, copy it back into your application folder
and repeat the aforementioned solution… downloading the the Security Update, installing it to your hard drive with a fresh restart…
Cheers
macX2.lover wrote:
…unsure as to what a "hosed" is…
Sorry. It's difficult to remember that not all people are versed in American lingo. Answer's here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hosed.
It always helps if posters would show where they're located and what products they're using in their profiles.
…I am more solutions based so the term hosed does not fit into my vocabulary, I work on positives more so than negatives Baltwo…
Hard to tell, since nobody knows where you're coming from or residing. Sorry you wish to keep it a secret.
It's not about keeping it a secret Baltwo, it was more that I was unaware of how detailed profiles were until just now…
Thanks for the follow-up info, mate. Enjoy your summer, down under. Now, if you'd include the machine and OS info, we'd be on the same page. 😉
No worries Baltwo, Have been running multiple machines with multiple operating systems for the past 6-7 years, prior to this have been operating + since 94 (in early days people use to do things for me, nowadays I do it all my self), hence no definitives, as things keep changing and they will continue to evolve am certain…
mail 4.5 not upgrading to mail 4.6