Reinstall Mac Mail?

Pacifist

(If I had a penny for every time I'd posted that link....)

 

Pacifist is great, but before you do that find a file named com.apple.mail.plist and drag it to the Desktop. In most cases, this has the same effect as reinstalling an app. Since Mail is quite integrated within the system, fully reinstalling it may be more problematic than it sounds.

Why do you want to reinstall it? Have you tried opening it up in a new user account to see if whatever problems you're having carry over?

 

And If I had a quarter every time I laughed at a PC!-so sompletely irrelevent,I know...

 

Ahh...the basic help from MJ. He helps lots of people on these forums. Be grateful.

In a differentcase,

you should do this. Mail is integrated with Photo Booth, address book, iPhoto, and Safari. You could screw these up if you actually reinstall it using Pacifist. You may end up installing OS X again, and we know you don't want to.

 

You dragged the application to the trash? If so, did you empty the trash?

If the answer is yes to both questions, then Pacifist is worth a try.

 

If you've already deleted it then ignore my earlier post. Just use Pacifist to reinstall it from the OSX disc.

In future, try removing a relevant PLIST (or preference) file before completely deleting and reinstalling an app. In most cases, it has the same effect but is much quicker and simpler to reconfigure.

 

did you get a reply

read your post i have the same problem did you get a reply???


if so can you share???? gggordon2@verizon.net

 

You needed 300MB of space? How ridiculously small is your HD? 8GB?