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Hi I am using a Mac Mini (Late 2014) running Monterey 12.7.6. I have two email addresses using IMAP. Recently on opening Mail when e-mail is downloaded only the mail headers are displayed, even for old mail after about 4 or 5 minutes the content becomes visible. At various times during the day this happens when trying to view the inbox content. Can you please help me to stop this?
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Mac mini, macOS 12.7
Quit any apps running in the background that are consuming CPU cycles. It might be that you don't have enough RAM and everything is written to the swap file which can take quite awhile compared to RAM.
I always thought 16 GB of RAM was enough but found out a few years ago it is barely enough. Apple was selling Mac's with 8 GB which I understand they are not doing anymore and 16 isn't really that much more.
Download a app called EtreCheck and run it and see what it can find wrong with your Mac. It doesn't reveal any personal info.
In addition to posting the EtreCheck report — which will provide a hardware and software configuration report — I've also met apps and occasionally macOS itself leaking memory. Launch Activity Monitor app, and check.
I've also met add-on security-related apps that play havoc with performance or stability, and occasionally iCloud Private Relay seems to get snarled and needs to be toggled. EtreCheck will usually show those.
And is this specifically only mail, or are other activities including web browsing also encountering performance problems?
Thanks but I have 16GB of ram on board so I very much doubt that is the answer.
Jeff
Why is my Mac Mail showing only headers?
