How to speed up your Airmail app - Airmail for macOS
If you Airmail app is running slow, there are following methods to speed it up; either through account
specific settings (only applicable to a specific email account), or universal settings (applies to app in
general).
Open the Airmail app
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Go to the Advanced Tab
Advanced Graphics Option:
Deselect "Animations and Transparency" to disable Advanced Graphics. This will only take effect once
you restart the app
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These settings only applies to a specific account. If you have multiple accounts, these changes have to be made per account.
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Select the settings icon of the account you want to edit.
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Under the More Tab
Folders Refresh: Set this to a longer timing
Download: Deselect "Attachments" (This will stop the automatic download of attachments)
Reset Account: Click on Clean Message Cache. This will reset and re-initialise the account.
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specific settings (only applicable to a specific email account), or universal settings (applies to app in
general).
Universal App Settings
Open the Airmail app
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Go to the Advanced Tab
Advanced Graphics Option:
Deselect "Animations and Transparency" to disable Advanced Graphics. This will only take effect once
you restart the app
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cda391d2-f5f9-4dc6-bec0-935bb2d9a44e/4f080310-dae9-4f4b-8d8e-3d7397cfbbec.png)
Account Specific Settings
These settings only applies to a specific account. If you have multiple accounts, these changes have to be made per account.
Open Airmail Preferences (⌘,)
Select the settings icon of the account you want to edit.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cda391d2-f5f9-4dc6-bec0-935bb2d9a44e/d9401921-75e6-42ba-a391-d0fa0abb6860.png)
Under the More Tab
Folders Refresh: Set this to a longer timing
Download: Deselect "Attachments" (This will stop the automatic download of attachments)
Reset Account: Click on Clean Message Cache. This will reset and re-initialise the account.
![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/cda391d2-f5f9-4dc6-bec0-935bb2d9a44e/f8c1ffa3-8423-4950-90e1-2b3f82cf7091.png)
Updated on: 01/12/2019
Thank you!