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342 GB of my MacBook Pro 500 GB disk drive is taken by one file titled 'imap.gmail.com-56FE56F8-0CC4-4BC0-898C-0162BF3F65E0.txt'. It is in the Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Logs/Mail folder. Can I delete this? Is there something I need to change in my imap settings to prevent this? Thank you!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.4)
I wasn't sure how to look at the file & wasn't sure what would happen if I tried to open such a large file. Here is a screen shot. My computer keeps hitting disk space limits, likely due to this file and.or due to my gmail imap set up. I just do not want to delete something that would mess with my gmail. What do you think?
I wasn't sure how to look at the file & wasn't sure what would happen if I tried to open such a large file. Here is a screen shot. My computer keeps hitting disk space limits, likely due to this file and.or due to my gmail imap set up. I just do not want to delete something that would mess with my gmail. What do you think?
shempanderson wrote:
My computer keeps hitting disk space limits, likely due to this file and.or due to my gmail imap set up.
You would be safe to delete all those logs.
Disable log connection activity
macos - Huge Apple Mail Logs (Connection Logging Enabled) - Ask Different
shempanderson wrote:
I trust this solves your problem shempanderson.
Don't forget to empty your trash, reboot if necessary to recover your HD/ SDD free space
From terminal.app you can get a quick look of your Disk space, copy and paste:
df -H
Good computing !
It is hard to believe a 342GB txt file—did you look at it?
what is the modified date? If it is outdated I do not see how this is necessary.
An archive of some sort.
Can I delete HUGE Mail log file? 342 GB
