Inotice it a bit. My mail still crashes when reading some message but I have come to the fact thatmail is refusing to render some messages correctly and I have to live with it. I do notice a slight speed increase. I can hear when it's working as the hard drive activity increases a big deal.
S On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Jon Cohn wrote: > Did you notice a speed difference? Between the upgrade to the new > SnowLeopard and the fact that I don't regularly exit Mail, I was not sure if > there was a difference. Certainly I am having VO do a couple busy remarks > when opening mail. > > Jon > > On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Yeah works good. >> >> S >> >> On 07/01/2011, at 6:49 AM, annelie robledo <acer2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> I was wandering whether you have gotten this to work. I have tried >>> automator but it is pretty intimidating. >>> On Jan 3, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> I came acroos this and tried to follow these steps except I can't get past >>>> the first one. They might have been using an older automater app. I have >>>> to do it from the command line every month but I really don't know if >>>> tht's efficent and if I'll remember. lol. >>>> >>>> anyway here are the directions. >>>> >>>> Speed Up Apple Mail (Mail.app) Instantly >>>> User-Submitted Article >>>> You may have noticed your Apple Mail slowing down. It takes forever to >>>> open, load email, and even gives you the spinning pinwheel beach ball of >>>> doom. You maybe have tried deleting and pruning your email with no luck. >>>> Fear not! There's a little known way to optimize your Mail.app database so >>>> that Mail will run much faster. You don't even have to delete anything! >>>> This article will show you how to automate the process so your Mail >>>> database is automatically optimized every month - keeping your email >>>> client as fast as possible. >>>> Difficulty: Moderate >>>> Instructions >>>> . 1 Open Automator. If you've never used it before, it can look >>>> intimidating. Don't worry though, we're going to be using really basic >>>> functions. If it asks you to select a starting point for a new workflow, >>>> just select "Custom". Under the actions pane on the left hand side of the >>>> app, click "Utilities". Find the "Run AppleScript" function and drag it >>>> into the workflow (right hand side of the window). Delete any text that >>>> pops in there, and replace it with: tell application "Mail" to quit >>>> . 2 Find the "Run Shell Script" function and drag it below the >>>> AppleScript you just added. This is where we're putting the function to >>>> actually vacuum the database. In the script window, delete any default >>>> text and instead type: sqlite3 ~/Library/Mail/Envelope\ Index vacuum; >>>> . 3 Find the "Launch Application" function and drag it below the Shell >>>> Script you just added. This is the final function for our workflow. From >>>> the drop down box, select the application "Mail". Go ahead and click the >>>> "Run" button in the upper right hand corner to make sure everything works. >>>> . 4 Go to "File" in the menubar and select "Save as Plug-In". Give you >>>> plug-in a name, and then set it as an iCal Alarm. When you hit the Save >>>> button, iCal should open. >>>> . 5 Set the day and time for your plugin to run. More importantly, >>>> change "repeat" to "Every month" and "end" to "Never". Click the "Done" >>>> button and quit iCal. Your Mail client will now be vacuumed monthly. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks all >>>> >>>> >>>> Sarah Alawami >>>> >>>> MSN: marri...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> Website: http://music.marrie.org >>>> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >>>> podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >>>> podcast mobile http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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