Apple Mail freezes entire system

mscoxoh · mscoxoh #1 (**permalink**)

05-10-2008, 08:11 AM

Does anyone else have consistent problems with Apple Mail being open? If I leave the app open on my Mac Mini running 10.4.11 it will eventually freeze the entire system. The mouse pointer will move, but clicking and all keyboard entry fails. I have to force a hard restart. If I'm configured for sleep and the Mail program is left open, it will often freeze in sleep and never wake up, requiring the same hard restart. If I close Mail each time, the machine never behaves this way.

I used Apple Mail on a previous Mini also running 10.4.x and had many lockup problems, and now that I think back, I usually left Mail running on that one, too. I just never correlated the problem with Mail before I got rid of it.

Any help appreciated.

Michael

chaunce322 · chaunce322 #2 (**permalink**)

05-16-2008, 11:34 AM

I'm having an issue in Leopard where Mail quits as soon as it launches. It was working fine a week ago. Not sure what happened...

Sean

Slotype · Slotype #3 (**permalink**)

07-12-2008, 10:31 AM

Hi Sean, I'm having the same since upgrading to 10.5.4. Does it work in a different account?????. If so you may have a corrupt preference for mail.

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mscoxoh #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 09, 2008 Posts: 5	05-10-2008, 08:11 AM Does anyone else have consistent problems with Apple Mail being open? If I leave the app open on my Mac Mini running 10.4.11 it will eventually freeze the entire system. The mouse pointer will move, but clicking and all keyboard entry fails. I have to force a hard restart. If I'm configured for sleep and the Mail program is left open, it will often freeze in sleep and never wake up, requiring the same hard restart. If I close Mail each time, the machine never behaves this way. I used Apple Mail on a previous Mini also running 10.4.x and had many lockup problems, and now that I think back, I usually left Mail running on that one, too. I just never correlated the problem with Mail before I got rid of it. Any help appreciated. Michael
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chaunce322 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 20, 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 152 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro, 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, 750 GB HD	05-16-2008, 11:34 AM I'm having an issue in Leopard where Mail quits as soon as it launches. It was working fine a week ago. Not sure what happened... Sean
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