To add to this, switching accounts would be pretty easy, from a message storage perspective at least. You need only create the folders you want on your new account, then move or copy all your messages over right from within the Mail app on the Mac or iOS device.
Did you try a clean install yet? Most of my problems disappeared after I did that, and I'm only noticing sluggishness now that I have Xcode, Mail, Pages, Text Edit, Safari (with 6 tabs), YoruFukurou, and VMWare (inactive) open all at the same time. If I close things and only have some apps open, I get even better performance. -- Have a great day, Alex [email protected] On Feb 9, 2014, at 4:43 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > > A few things here. > > > firstly, I understand frustrations and annoyances that get to someone at > times. However, remember to put things into perspective. I have had no > issues like your experiencing on any of my three Macs and the only couple of > people I know having mail issues have the common denominator as Gmail being > part of the problem. So, to say that you can't recommend Macs because of > inconsistencies is quite drastic. You are dealing with a situation that is > either system specific or gmail specific. That has little to do with the > overall experience of Mavericks most people are having. No, Mavericks isn't > perfect, but it ain't Windows Vista or Windows 8 either by any stretch. > > Now, with that said, I would do one of 3 things. > > 1. If you have an external drive to play with, install a completely clean > version of Mavericks onto a blank partition. Then, set up your Gmail account > first and see how it runs. If it is all right, then try adding things to > that install and see what happens. If you find that that install runs in a > stable environment, then you probably want to do a clean install on your > regular system disk. If you still have problems, well guess what? It's not > the Mac or Mavericks, but, instead, is gmail or some configuration of gmail > you have set up. > > 2. If you don't have an external drive, you still might want to just do a > clean install anyway. I'm a big believer in clean installs for any new > operating system. > > 3. If the Mail is your biggest problem and suggestion 1 is either not > possible or just not practical with your schedule, as I know you are quite > busy,, you could install Mountain Lion on an external drive to do mail and > then use Mavericks to access Numbers and Pages. > > The first alternative will give you the ability to mess with gmail, at > least. > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, [email protected] > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Feb 9, 2014, at 4:24 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yesterday everything worked fine, so today if I have mail open I can't use >> any other programs on my computer or mail causes VoiceOver to be so choppy >> you can't understand a thing. Switching from gmail is not an option as I >> have years of mail messages archived, and everything worked fine on Mountain >> Lion. I don't want to go back to Mountain Lion as I need to use Numbers for >> work and Numbers had gotten unusable under Mountain Lion. What really pisses >> me off is some days the computer works fine, and the next without being shut >> off or put to sleep it is unusable. Even a restart doesn't fix the problems. >> Since starting to write this message, I have been interrupted five times >> with busy busy errors. I have spoken to Apple Accessibility and they know >> nothing. Not sure how in the world Apple could have released Mavericks with >> these kinds of bugs and then claimed they fixed everything. Just very >> frustrating. I have been a long time Apple boy and suggesting them to >> everyone but will never again suggest a Mac to anyone, as they used to be >> consistent and now are as unreliable as a PC. Sorry just had to vent. And >> yes, I have run disk repairs and still no fix. 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