Further to the tip on cleaning out obsolete files from your Mail folder, the newest version of Onyx automates this process. And it seems to do it better. Running the “clean obsolete files” option this morning reduced my Mail folder further from 355 MB to 322 MB. I guess it found files that I overlooked when I cleaned the folder out manually using the Apple tech note. It will also clean out your Mail attachments folder.
Of course, Onyx does more than this. Its creator describes it as “a maintenance, optimization, and personalization utility. It also makes it possible to configure certain hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, and Safari, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, preview the different logs and CrashReporter, and more.”
It’s free, and you can download it from the Titanium Software web site.
Hey, great tip! I didn’t know that was part of the new version. Thanks.
[...] Onyx beats Cocktail because it’s free and it beats TinkerTool because it is more Mail.app-friendly; it can clean obsolete stuff out of your Mail and Mail Downloads folders. [...]