speed up your Apple Mail app

I found a good tipp for fasten up your email application in mac os x with an easy trick:

open Terminal
cd ~/Library/Mail
sqlite3 Envelope\ Index
vacuum subjects;
press Control-D to leave sqlite3

thanks to hawkwings.net for the tipp
http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/

2 Responses to “speed up your Apple Mail app”

  1. oliver ruhm, wz-bfg says on March 14th, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    thanks for the tip! i actually did not find out in which terms my mail speeded up, but my trust for lovely systems knows no end.

  2. phranck says on June 19th, 2007 at 11:36 pm

    Not the latest kick, but this can also be done even shorter:

    $ sqlite3 “~/Library/Mail/Envelope Index” vacuum

    The hole same thing in just one line.
    Wild greetings from the german side of ‘Lake Constance’… (-:

    :wq!
    phranck

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