Great suggestion, Alex. I will have to remember that as a troubleshooting suggestion as well for gmail.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com 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 4:58 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > On Feb 9, 2014, at 4:43 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> 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, j...@macfortheblind.com >> 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 <blindga...@gmail.com> 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. >>> Who knows maybe tomorrow the computer will actually work, but that doesn't >>> help me get the assignment done that I need to get done today. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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