“If your Apple Mail doesn’t seem to be searchable and/or has become so slow it seems to hang your Mac — or even displays incorrect email content, then it’s time you attacked the problem: it’s time to rebuild and reindex your Mailbox,” Jonny Evans writes for Computerworld.
“Mac users depend on Apple Mail for day-to-day email use, but as those messages come in and go out your Mailboxes will become bloated,” Evans writes. “When they do, Mail’s performance will suffer and you’ll find that even something as simple as downloading new messages takes an age.”
“Before we begin: Delete messages inside your Deleted Items and Spam folders; Delete messages you no longer need; Update to the latest version of Mail,” Evans writes. “Now you’ve done that we may be able to improve things using these two tips…”
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