Does Mail Take up Space on My Computer?

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nemateoz Author

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Does Mail Take up Space on My Computer?

Using iMac 10.6.8

Mail Version 4.6 (1085)

Have more than 20,000 e-mails in my inbox ... 4,000 in sent.

Spanning a period of more than 10 years.

Do these take up space on my computer? TimeCapsule?

If so, doesn't seem to be a problem. 1.59 TB available of 2 TB capacity.

Still, seems all those e-mails should be cleaned up, meaning deleted.

Network provider hasn't notified me that I'm approaching its storage capacity, which I believe it would.

P.S. By the way, that TB used just doesn't seem right under HD Get Info. Only 410.63 GB used. I've got quite a bit of music work (GarageBand) and iTunes, photos, etc. Plus applications. Maybe it's right and that's all I'm using on my HD.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 21.5" screen, 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8GB RAM, 2TB Serial ATA

Posted on Feb 10, 2016 8:49 AM

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Answer 1

Camelot

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Feb 10, 2016 12:14 PM in response to nemateoz

Yes, it uses space.

How much depends on many factors, but you can find out by navigating to the Library folder in your home directory (hold the Option key as you click on the 'Go' menu in the Finder) and checking the Mail folder.

All mail is stored here. If you use multiple email accounts then there will be subdirectories inside your Mail directory for each account.

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Answer 2

nemateoz Author

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Feb 10, 2016 1:01 PM in response to Camelot

Thanks Camelot,

Well then, I apparently have no problem.

My inbox and sent box account for just under 6 GB of space.

I would have thought more (from the videos, music and photos I've received/sent.

Since I've got 1.59 TB available out of 2 TB, I'm not going to worry about it.

Thanks again.

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