~/Library/Application Support/Address Book/MailRecents-V4.* ~/Library/Containers//Data/Library/Application Support/Mail All files, settings, and configurations will be destroyed, effectively rendering Apple Mail back to factory settings. System files will remain intact but all mail-related data will be destroyed. Reinitialize mail and configuration settingsĭisclaimer: This will delete all mail and configurations from Apple Mail.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, any data you rely on is worth having it backed up to (at least) another device regularly. Note: The following troubleshooting steps are more focused on regaining access to Mail, not with data recovery of email messages. For those times when you've seemingly broken Apple Mail and there's no hope in sight, the steps below-some extreme-may be the difference between getting Mail working again or not.
