On Dec 26, 2008, at 4:08 AM, g3-5-list group wrote: > > == 5 of 5 == > Date: Thurs, Dec 25 2008 3:27 pm > From: Linda > > > > On Dec 25, 2008, at 2:12 PM, insightinmind wrote: >> >>>> >>>> Try upgrading to 10.5.6 first, and then see if you're offered the >>>> Mail >>>> Update 1.0 that was released two days ago? >>>> <http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mail_Update> >>>> >>>> If that fails, his mailboxes should be located in >>>> ~user>Library>Mail> >>>> folder. I believe if you manually double-click on a mailbox file >>>> (one >>>> that ends .mbox) it will recognize it within Mail.app? >>> >>> it seems I may have a problem with the application itself. I am up >>> to >>> 10.5.6. However when you boot Mail up it doesn't complete the boot >>> up. >>> You get a menu but no window. Also it won't quit from the menu you >>> have to do a forced quit. So I think the application is stalling >>> somewhere. Is there a way to fix this? >>> >>> Linda in Ohio >> >> At this point, is Spotlight running? making everything sluggish? >> >> See if "mds" is hogging the cpu with Activity Monitor... > > I have no idea what 'spotlight' is or how to use an activity monitor. > Also as an aside I guess I can no longer run OS 9 anymore. I had it > with panther and occasionally used it with some old apps.
Spotlight is an application in Leopard which works when you use the magnifying glass in the upper right end of the menu bar. I believe it is also what functions when you invoke a Find, such as with the Command - F keys. It replaces the old Sherlock. Anyway, it indexes the contents of your hard drive so that the searches and finds work expeditiously. The indexing process can take time, hours in some cases when one upgrades from a older system or imports data from another computer. One should never turn the computer off or put it to sleep when Sherlock is indexing. Apple has done a very poor job at advising users on how to manage Spotlight. Stopping Spotlight abruptly sometimes can mess up the index and it continues to try endlessly to fix things. Sometimes the only good cure for indexing problems is to invoke specific commands in Terminal, kind of a geeky process. A fresh Archive and Install of Leopard is another, but brute force fix. Activity Monitor is a utility in your Utility folder. Just launch it and look at the CPU activity. See if mds is a heavy user. Back to the original problem with husband's mail. I hope that suggestions from others work for you. Do you have a back up of the Mail contents from before you upgraded? What version OS did you upgrade from? There are cases when upgrading from Panther, say, to Tiger or Leopard, when Migration Assistant does not do its job, and the way to capture Mail contents is to grab the entire Mail library from the old Users folder, copy it to the Desktop of the new OS, launch the new Mail application, and import from the copy. Find the contents at: home>Library>Mail. Good Luck, Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
