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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: December 23, 2020, 08:18:41 AM »

Lo and behold!  One week later all the above mentioned problems simply disappeared although they never existed at all.  Gremlins?

I do have one current question, however.  Getting pop ups to remove flash from the computer since it is no longer going to be supported.  Legitimate?  DO I remove it?  So  many scams lately both on computer and phone it's hard to know what's real and what's not.  TIA.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 25, 2020, 12:39:02 PM »

Safar 12.1.1.   I will get a screenshot of the AM.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 25, 2020, 07:57:41 AM »

I just checked the activity monitor and one of the things now listed is Techsurvivors.net at over 183 MB.  How is this possible??!!! This was before I even brought up the site.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 25, 2020, 12:40:22 AM »

This is my mailbox setup.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 25, 2020, 12:39:30 AM »

I tried a whole bunch of things from starting up in safe mode, rebuilding mailboxes, and somehow ( don't ask me how) I wound up with about eight thousand messages "loading" instead of being moved, nothing is being moved and mail is not quitting. I still think a lot of memory is being used.  Since I still have not ordered a new computer to replace another one I have, I will take care of memory at that time. I did notice that I have far fewer folders in the mail program on the other computer.  I am going to try to post a screen shot of what icon this one and ask whether I need all of these??? Not sure what to remove and the method to use.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 24, 2020, 07:35:11 PM »

Also note a problem with mail.  Stuck on moving messages. There appear to be close to 400 messages which are stalled on being moved.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 24, 2020, 07:20:05 PM »

Using Safari 12.1.1. Top five items in memory- WindowServer 367.4 MB, Safari Web Content (cached), Safari 200.6, MacUpdate Desktop 169.3, Reminders 162.4. Very little else is open. The only other app open is iClock.  I came back to the computer to discover Mail has quit.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 24, 2020, 11:50:21 AM »

Okay, this makes no sense. Physical memory 8.00 GB. Memory used 7.12 )I don't see how! Swap used 1.40. App memory 1.54 more or less. I don't get a chance to close out much because it's my mail program which keeps quitting at that point. The only screenshots I have are the two I took, one of the message and the other of my email window.

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Tech / Re: MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 24, 2020, 11:43:02 AM »

I tried to post a screenshot of my email program and that's when I got the message that it was too large. yes, it had to do with the limit on the forum. I have 1.56 of 2.21 free. I will have to look up the rest and post again.

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Tech / MAJOR memory problems and apps quitting.

« on: November 24, 2020, 09:05:33 AM »

All of a sudden I am getting more than the usual "this web page is using significant memory" messages, which I have gotten on and off for a long time. Now I am getting application memory messages, on mail ( which then quits) and Safari, which does not quit.  I don't even know how to approach this.  I did look at mail and see tons of different folders, but they have always been there.  I took a couple of screenshots.  The shots of the mail folder do not even show how many there are because somehow I could not scroll down far enough.  Help!  I just got a message that my screenshots are too large!

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Tech / Re: AOL email. Anyone have an answer to this?

« on: November 08, 2020, 05:37:36 PM »

I just posted elsewhere about a new problem with Optimum can to help me with.  All of a sudden my outgoing mail server is "offline".  Once I used a new password for AOL and all was okay, I took the new AIM account I had created offline.  NO problem till this afternoon when that new account totally disappeared from my accounts and I can't send mail from Optimum or AOL. I am ready to tear my hair out.  My other computer is fine, and all the settings on both are the same, but I had not established a new AIM account when AOL said they were changing their settings.  I simply used a password and everything was fine.  Now the new email is gone and the original AOL AND my Optimum amount can not send.  I can sent on the other computer but not this one. Does not make sense.

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Tech / Need help with email account

« on: November 08, 2020, 04:47:11 PM »

Already tried my provider with no luck.  All of a sudden my cable company email (optonline.net) is showing it is offline. I can't send mail.  I can relive it however, and I can receive AND send it on my other computer.  All the settings are identical on both computers. One of the messages I am getting is "The SMTP connection to server “mail.optonline.net” failed.Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent." Can't send from my AOL account either because I guess it is the same server, correct?  SMPT is showing offline. IMAP is okay. Can not log into it. As I said, not a problem on my other computer and all settings are the same. Any answers? TIA

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Tech / Re: AOL email. Anyone have an answer to this?

« on: October 21, 2020, 02:34:49 PM »

Hah!  As for writing down the password- nope.  Did it on one computer, forgot the other. Now I'm having issues on the iphone, but there I may opt to delete and reinstall because I am not dependent on the emails on it.

I have kept AOL because I moved a few times and wanted to make sure my email was constant. I don't like depending  on a provider email and then changing providers.  Any advice?

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Tech / Re: AOL email. Anyone have an answer to this?

« on: October 21, 2020, 01:08:07 AM »

Well, I didn't act on it and just around midnight discovered I had no AOL mail. I didn't delete my mailboxes, but did add a new one. It brought in all my emails, including thousands I had trashed. I then discovered that if I tried to respond to an email using "aol.com" it couldn't send it.  I had to switch and use "aim.com".  Pain in the neck.

Then on my second computer I followed a different route.  On AOL's site you can generate a password- one they give you- a series of letters. I was able to install my original AOL, with no problem.  I then went to the first computer, took the newly formed AOL account offline and tried their "generated" password to bring back my original account.  It is downloading thousands of emails right now, including, of course, all the ones I trashed.

Seems that the easiest way is to generate that password on their site and not have to get involved with aim versus aol!  I think that password ow becomes the permanent password for the email account- but when push comes to shove and  I wind up with a password issue I am sure I will find out!

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Tech / Re: AOL email. Anyone have an answer to this?

« on: October 18, 2020, 10:27:46 PM »

Yes, the email is legit.  I went straight to their site to check it out.  What is strange is that the same situation appears online from 2017 and I was never notified, and nothing happened to my emails.