Q: macOS 10.12 Sierra and Mail 10: smart mailbox not working
Hi folks,
after macOS 10.12 Sierra update the Mail 10.0 smart mailboxes don't work anymore.
Case: Create a smart mailbox that displays all messages (inbox, sent, archive, etc.)
The smart mailbox selections see below:
In OS X 10.11 El Capitan: all messages have been selected correctly
In macOS 10.12 Sierra: only old messages before update date are selected.
What has been tried out to fix: delete smart mailbox and re-create from scratch > to no avail.
thanks for helping out.
wolf
MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12), MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011)
Posted on Sep 26, 2016 5:57 AM
Hi folks,
update: the indexing service (mdworker) runs initially for a very long time. Afterwards indexing starts regularly after each system startup.
My take on this is: if you use the new storage management feature called Storage Management (Macintosh HD/System/Library/Core Services/Applications) that allows for allocating older files to be automatically uploaded to iCloud while more recent content remains on your HD. This of course is also true for mailboxes. So if you have mailboxes loaded with a couple of GBs Storage Management supposedly checks what can be uploaded to iCloud and what remains locally on your HD.
This explained it to me and solved my issue.
Hope this helps.
wolf
Posted on Sep 30, 2016 12:14 AM
