Hi Sam, Many thanks for your assistance, unfortunately i have tried all your points but to no avail. i am running mail 4.5 and my mb dont like it !! Any other ideas are most welcome, or i guess i may have to try another program maybe something like thunderbird?
Thanks Dean On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 2:15:08 PM UTC+1, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > Hi Dean > > If you reloaded Mail from the Snow Leopard CD, chances are you're running > an older version. Try the following : > > > 1. Holding CMD while clicking on Mail in the dock will show you where > Mail is running from, it should be in the Applications folder at the top > level of Macintosh HD. If it's running from anywhere else, put Mail in the > trash, then go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Open Mail from there > 2. If Mail is missing, download & reinstall the 10.6.8 combo updater > from Apple and it'll reinstall Mail > 3. Once Mail is in the Applications folder, click it once then push > CMD + i on the keyboard, it'll show you the version number, what version > are you running? > > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] <javascript:> > > On 3 Oct 2012, at 14:10, deano <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > Would any of you kind souls be able to help me ? i have a macbook circa > 2006 (black one) and i am running it on OSX 10.6.8 which is snow leopard. I > recently had an update to do, a security one. After i updated, i can't use > Mail ?? every time i open Mail i get " you cant use this version of mail > with this version of mac os x "?? > I am all for progress but if apple are now forcing me to update to another > version of os x then i dont think my machine is really up for it, which > means i may have to upgrade my machine to a new shiney one! Not altogether > a bad thing but not sure i can afford it. > After the lastest ipad update maps debacle and the iphone 5 release i am > slowly falling out of love with all things Apple. Dare i say it microsoft > seem 'alright !! Apple seem to be getting more 'big brother' by the month. > Or is this just me stressing over my Mail? > Any advice would be much appreciated. > By the way, I have tried to reload Mail from my snow leopard cd, and i > have done my permissions. still no luck. > > Many thanks > > p.s. sorry for the mini rant, but do feel better that i have shared it ! > > Dean > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/gTPZaCKSOcIJ. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javascript:> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/smug/-/GMP2ALx-OlsJ. To post to this group, send an 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/smug?hl=en-GB.
