On MacWorld Joe Kissell provides a list of 34 software tweaks that will speed up your Mac.

Mail.app gets a speed bump from reducing the size of your mailboxes, spring-cleaning the Previous Recipients list, reducing the frequency of mail-checks and by adjusting your IMAP settings.

iCal gets faster if you weed out old appointments and events.

You might also want to try rebuilding Mail.app’s database, which worked a treat for me.

Tags: Apple Mail, Apple Mail Tips, envelope index, iCal, imap, mail-check, mail.app, mailboxes, Previous Recipients

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