Hi Brian, Just checking if your problem has been fixed as haven't heard back from you.
Are these Data_Rebuild size 32GB, and Data_Rebuild-1 size 29GB, folders visible in the User's ~/Library/Mail/V3/ folder? If so, I would suspect they are failed rebuilds and can be deleted. 1. Quit Mail first (I take it you have a current BACKUP! just in case) 2. Then delete the Data_Rebuild folders 3. Open Mail and check all is ok. But you do need to clear off some GBs of files from your hard drive, as I also need to on my MacBook Air which only has 90GB free. Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage El Capitan OS X 10.11.5 > On 21 Jul 2016, at 4:00 PM, Brian RISBEY <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, at work at the moment will check these tonight. Thank for checking > back. > > Brian Risbey > 🌊🏊 > > > On 21 Jul 2016, at 13:09, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Has that sorted your problem Brian? > > Where did you see the Data_Rebuild files? > And do you still have these Data_Rebuild files? > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > >> On 21 Jul 2016, at 12:44 PM, Brian RISBEY <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Oh thank you Ronni, some of those are now on my list! >> >> Brian Risbey >> 🌊🏊 >> >> >> On 21 Jul 2016, at 07:42, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Brian, >> >> Are you using Apple Mail version 9.3 El Capitan? If so a couple of things to >> check: >> >> 1. You have ‘emptied the trash folder’? >> Note: Deleting a message in Mail or deleting a folder in the Finder merely >> puts the respective item in the Trash but does not actually delete it. You >> then have to empty the Trash/Deleted folder. >> >> You can set Mail to auto delete items from the Trash folder by: >> >> Going to preferences in Mail >> Click on Accounts at the top >> Click on Mailbox Behaviours >> Set 'Permanently erase deleted items when - ' to a desired length of time >> e.g. One week' >> You can do the same for Spam/Junk Mail >> >> 2. In your ~/Library/Mail folder >> If you see a V2 and a V3 subfolder, the V2 folder is old, stale data left >> from a migration. That could be the source of extra wasted space. You can >> probably delete V2, though I would STRONGLY recommend you save a backup of >> it somewhere to be safe. >> >> 3. Note: A common issue people forget is that the Sent messages folder never >> throws anything away so far a decent period of time this can actually become >> the biggest folder, bigger even than your Inbox. >> >> 4. Finally check the following >> >> In Finder from the Go menu select - Go to Folder >> Type in - ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads >> Then you can use the Finder to delete everything here >> >> The contents of Mail Downloads are all the files attached to emails that >> have previously been found and saved. The attachments will still be in the >> original emails if the original emails still exist. However over time this >> folder will build up a lot of old obsolete stuff. >> >> Kind regards, >> Ronni >> >>> On 20 Jul 2016, at 5:13 PM, Brian Risbey <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> >>> My 1 TB Solid State Drive is 95% full, time for some pruning… >>> I am looking at file sizes and noticed that the Mail Folder inside Library >>> is 77.96GB!, I just went through and removed lots of redundant emails, and >>> I noticed files titled: >>> Data 65GB >>> Data_Rebuild size 32GB >>> Data_Rebuild-1 size 29 GB >>> >>> Does this sound correct? >>> >>> I am not deleting anything in the Library File, just looking. >>> >>> It is Music and Picture that are taking up 570GB that I will prune. >>> >>> Brian > nsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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