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Issue with Mail app after upgrade
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I'm having the EXACT same problem!
...and I had thought my decision to go with an "Upgrade" install, instead of a "Clean", was going so well!
Posted in the Lion thread about this, no response. I have tried repairing permissions, repairing the keychain, and restarting, all to no avail. I have two user accounts on my machine, and this happens with both, so I'm perplexed as to what the issue might be.
Someone, help us!
...and I had thought my decision to go with an "Upgrade" install, instead of a "Clean", was going so well!
Posted in the Lion thread about this, no response. I have tried repairing permissions, repairing the keychain, and restarting, all to no avail. I have two user accounts on my machine, and this happens with both, so I'm perplexed as to what the issue might be.
Someone, help us!
Have you tried the Recovery HD or the Lion Internet Recovery (no idea if it'll help)?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
Still waiting...
I've posted this over at the Apple Discussions forum. More people there are chiming in with the problem, but there have been no solutions as of yet!
Anyway, here's the link, in case you want to follow along there, as well.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189729
I've posted this over at the Apple Discussions forum. More people there are chiming in with the problem, but there have been no solutions as of yet!
Anyway, here's the link, in case you want to follow along there, as well.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189729
Thanks! I did the restore, reinstalled the system, mail app still crashes at migrating data...
Had to wait a couple of days with this install...
On the other hand, had never encountered such a buggy upgrade yet.
sash
Not sure what you mean. All of my accounts were IMAP, I didn't save anything locally that wasn't on the IMAP folder.
I do seem to vaguely remember the "On My Mac" on the sidebar, but I'm not sure.
I had the same problem and here is how i fixed it.
1. Quit Mail.app
2. Open terminal and run
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a -v /Users/username/Library/
to make the Library folder visible as it is hidden as of 10.6.7
3. Go to /Users/username/Library/Mail and delete everything in V2 folder
(copy the contents so you don't loose emails)
4. System Preferences -> Internet and wireless -> Mail,Contacts & calendars (new on Lion)
5. Remove all accounts
6. Open mail. It should start normally now and will be empty
7. Add all accounts for Mail,contacts & calendars
8 Copy your emails back to their folders (Mail will replace all deleted folders as new one. You just copy the contents)
1. Quit Mail.app
2. Open terminal and run
/Developer/Tools/SetFile -a -v /Users/username/Library/
to make the Library folder visible as it is hidden as of 10.6.7
3. Go to /Users/username/Library/Mail and delete everything in V2 folder
(copy the contents so you don't loose emails)
4. System Preferences -> Internet and wireless -> Mail,Contacts & calendars (new on Lion)
5. Remove all accounts
6. Open mail. It should start normally now and will be empty
7. Add all accounts for Mail,contacts & calendars
8 Copy your emails back to their folders (Mail will replace all deleted folders as new one. You just copy the contents)
You guys are not going to BELIEVE what the solution is.
I tried it, though, and it worked for me.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189729?start=15&tstart=0
I tried it, though, and it worked for me.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189729?start=15&tstart=0
We must have posted at the same time, I didn't see this before my reply above.
The solution that worked for me (and others) is a bit easier, even though it seems daft.
I tried restarting it at first for 6-8 times and did not work for me so i decided to do something else. I have 7 email accounts on Mail and maybe that is why it did not 'magically' fix itself
I've finally managed to import my mail (and start up the Mail app), but mainly by manually adding the mailboxes... At the same time, I've tried to import the same stuff in Outlook (2011), and it went without any problem. I'm not using the latter though, just experimenting.