matsu » slow http://mat.su matsu (n): japanese for pine tree Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:36:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 VACUUMing your mail.app with SQLite http://mat.su/vacuuming-your-mailapp-with-sqlite/ http://mat.su/vacuuming-your-mailapp-with-sqlite/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:12:02 +0000 Pedro Pinheiro http://mat.su/?p=339 Via BoingBoing and Cory Doctorow (who switched to Ubuntu from Mac OS X), a speedup tip for mail.app – pretty easy and fast.

  1. Close mail.app
  2. Backup your mail
  3. Open a terminal window
  4. Go to your mail directory with cd ~/Library/Mail
  5. Start SQLite (which is installed by default) with sqlite3 Envelope\ Index
  6. Clean up your mail DB with vacuum subjects;
  7. Wait for the sqlite prompt to reappear
  8. Exit SQLite with ctrl-D
  9. Open mail.app again and enjoy the improved speed!
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