{"id":28401,"date":"2022-09-15T17:40:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macreports.com\/?p=28401"},"modified":"2022-09-15T17:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T22:41:00","slug":"mail-app-and-emails-take-a-long-time-to-open-on-mac-how-to-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macreports.com\/mail-app-and-emails-take-a-long-time-to-open-on-mac-how-to-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail App and Emails Take a Long Time to Open on Mac, How to Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Sometimes you may notice that your email messages are taking a very long time to load. There are two aspects to this issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Normally, opening the Mail app and reading emails is supposed to be pretty fast. If you are experiencing this issue, your productivity will be affected. This article explains what you can do to fix this. Try the steps below in order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you have more than one email account in Mail? If so, are you having this issue with all of them? If you are having an issue with a particular account, it is possible that the email service is having issues or outages. This may be a temporary issue. If this is the case, you may want to wait. Or you may want to contact the email provider to see if their service is up and running properly. For example, you can find out if the iCloud Mail service is having issues by going to the System Status<\/a> page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s start with this. First, quit Mail by going to Mail<\/strong> > Quit Mail<\/strong> in the menu bar. Then, press and hold the Shift<\/strong> key while opening Mail on your Mac. Does this make any difference? When you start an app with the Shift key pressed, none of your settings will be changed, but the app won’t remember any windows or content that you had open the last time that you used the app. If this does not work, restart your Mac. You can restart your Mac by going to Apple menu<\/strong> > Restart<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If the Shift key tip and restarting do not work, the next step is to ensure that your Mac is up to date. Here is how you can do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n2: Open Mail with the Shift key<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
3: Update your Mac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n