Having ridiculously long lag on Mail app

jamesryanbell · Dec 19, 2012, 10:29 AM

I'm running the latest version of Mountain Lion on a late '10 MBA 11" with 4 GB of RAM and an OWC Sata II 240GB SSD. I've even wiped it and started over. Mail lags horrifically. Like up to five seconds sometimes. It's like it has to catch up every now and then. I'll be typing an email, and it'll just stop for several seconds...and then the whole sentence I've been typing will appear quickly as if it's being typed. The worst part though is scrolling through mail. It takes several seconds for *any* email to appear in the pane when I click it. Any ideas? The only other app that behaves like this is Wunderlist (and it's even worse...complete lag 100% of the time as I type).

jamesryanbell · 03:23 PM

Still no guesses?

It's getting worse now. Only seems to be with the mail app and Wunderlist.

I've never seen anything like this before on any mac I've ever owned.

-- Ryan

B... · Mar 28, 2013, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jamesryanbell

Still no guesses?

It's getting worse now. Only seems to be with the mail app.

-- Ryan

Could you perhaps try an SMC reset? Search for it on google and tell me if it helps at all.

jamesryanbell · Mar 29, 2013, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by B...

Could you perhaps try an SMC reset? Search for it on google and tell me if it helps at all.

I will try this and post back to the thread with the results. Thanks.

jamesryanbell · May 7, 2013, 09:22 AM

Didn't help. :/

jamesryanbell · May 14, 2013, 10:43 AM

Already done a complete wipe, and started over. Same thing. Starting to wonder if it's the OWC SSD.

JonLa · May 14, 2013, 11:02 AM

Have you tried a different Mail provider and checked that it's not your mail account settings that are causing the delay?

jcbauerca · May 14, 2013, 01:04 PM

Try unchecking the autodiscover box. That helps me.

jamesryanbell · May 15, 2013, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jcbauerca

Try unchecking the autodiscover box. That helps me.

How do I do that?

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Originally Posted by JonLa

Have you tried a different Mail provider and checked that it's not your mail account settings that are causing the delay?

I have five accounts I'm using. It seems to be the same on all of them. I appreciate the input though.

JonLa · May 20, 2013, 05:56 AM

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How do I do that?

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I have five accounts I'm using. It seems to be the same on all of them. I appreciate the input though.

Good to rule it out. I used to have persistent lag when accessing both gmail and exchange accounts with large numbers of read messages remaining in the inbox - it would spend minutes hanging while it refreshed the cache and connected to the account. For gmail I restricted the IMAP messages to 1000, which is a pain when I want to find old messages, and for the exchange account I moved to Outlook, sadly.

splitpea · May 20, 2013, 08:16 PM

Mail.app is known to work best with each mailbox limited to 1000-ish items. Have you filed away your old mail?

jamesryanbell · May 21, 2013, 10:48 AM

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Mail.app is known to work best with each mailbox limited to 1000-ish items. Have you filed away your old mail?

Never. I have 15k messages.

whooleytoo · May 21, 2013, 11:26 AM

I've 12K messages in one mailbox, and 35K in the other, and it works fine (albeit it's a little sluggish on my G5 at home). I certainly amn't seeing anything like the OP.

I was going to suggest it might be due to a drive spinning up, but obviously with an SSD that's not the case.

You could try rebuilding your mailboxes; but if it's happening across several mailboxes, that might not be it either.

Dec 19, 2012, 10:29 AM	#1
jamesryanbell macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2009	Having ridiculously long lag on Mail app I'm running the latest version of Mountain Lion on a late '10 MBA 11" with 4 GB of RAM and an OWC Sata II 240GB SSD. I've even wiped it and started over. Mail lags horrifically. Like up to five seconds sometimes. It's like it has to catch up every now and then. I'll be typing an email, and it'll just stop for several seconds...and then the whole sentence I've been typing will appear quickly as if it's being typed. The worst part though is scrolling through mail. It takes several seconds for any email to appear in the pane when I click it. Any ideas? The only other app that behaves like this is Wunderlist (and it's even worse...complete lag 100% of the time as I type). __________________ Mac Mini Quad-Core i7 Server 8GB RAM MBA 11.6" w/OWC 240GB SSD 27" Cinema Display iPhone 4S 64GB, Apple TV3
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jamesryanbell Thread Starter macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2009	Still no guesses? It's getting worse now. Only seems to be with the mail app and Wunderlist. I've never seen anything like this before on any mac I've ever owned. -- Ryan __________________ Mac Mini Quad-Core i7 Server 8GB RAM MBA 11.6" w/OWC 240GB SSD 27" Cinema Display iPhone 4S 64GB, Apple TV3 Last edited by jamesryanbell; Mar 29, 2013 at 03:23 PM.
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jamesryanbell Thread Starter macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2009	Didn't help. :/ __________________ Mac Mini Quad-Core i7 Server 8GB RAM MBA 11.6" w/OWC 240GB SSD 27" Cinema Display iPhone 4S 64GB, Apple TV3
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jamesryanbell Thread Starter macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2009	Already done a complete wipe, and started over. Same thing. Starting to wonder if it's the OWC SSD. __________________ Mac Mini Quad-Core i7 Server 8GB RAM MBA 11.6" w/OWC 240GB SSD 27" Cinema Display iPhone 4S 64GB, Apple TV3
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splitpea macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Among the starlings	Mail.app is known to work best with each mailbox limited to 1000-ish items. Have you filed away your old mail? __________________ What's the point of a sig showing the system I owned in 2006?
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May 14, 2013, 11:02 AM	#7
JonLa macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2009	Have you tried a different Mail provider and checked that it's not your mail account settings that are causing the delay?
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May 14, 2013, 01:04 PM	#8
jcbauerca macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2008	Try unchecking the autodiscover box. That helps me.
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May 21, 2013, 11:26 AM	#13
whooleytoo macrumors 603 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cork, Ireland.	I've 12K messages in one mailbox, and 35K in the other, and it works fine (albeit it's a little sluggish on my G5 at home). I certainly amn't seeing anything like the OP. I was going to suggest it might be due to a drive spinning up, but obviously with an SSD that's not the case. You could try rebuilding your mailboxes; but if it's happening across several mailboxes, that might not be it either. __________________ Mac <- Macintosh <- McIntosh apples <- John McIntosh <- McIntosh surname <- "Mac an toshach" <- "Son of the Chief"
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