Mail Quits - Not enough space on Home Folder

I'm running Catalina on iMac 2012. Recently Mail quits when loading messages saying Not enough space on Home Folder. I have over 75GB remaining. Tried rebuilding and that did not work. Tried deleting V7 Mail Data folder and that did not work either. Anyone have other suggestions?

Posted on Jul 12, 2021 04:25 PM

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Jul 13, 2021 10:39 AM in response to SoyDoy

Hi SoyDoy,

Thanks for coming to Apple Support Communities for help today with Mail quitting.

Rebuilding was a good step to try.

What happens if you boot into safe mode? This can clear caches. If it works as expected, reboot normally and test again.

How to use safe mode on your Mac

Let us know how it goes.

Have a fantastic day!

SoyDoy Author

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Jul 13, 2021 12:24 PM in response to MichaelB2019

Looks like it is working! Thanks! Should've tried this first!

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