I loved Mail.app after switching to SSD a few years ago. Near-instant local search and a large set of smart mailboxes made for a fast and highly personalized workflow in a native retina desktop app. Email bliss.
Unfortunately, Apple began syncing Smart Mailboxes via iCloud in Mavericks, and the Smart Mailboxes saved on iCloud became corrupt. This corruption causes Mail.app to crash on launch when it tries to fetch and apply remote settings, and affects every computer that uses iCloud.
Senior support at Apple confirmed it's an iCloud issue and passed it to support engineering to resolve, which have been MIA. Issue remains open after 2 months, during which I've tried every alternative desktop email client and found them severely lacking - some are highly functional, some have pretty graphics and typography, none both. (to tie this back to the original article, I ran the Mail Pilot preview a couple months ago)
Heed my warning - iCloud will wreck the things you hold dear.
Unfortunately, Apple began syncing Smart Mailboxes via iCloud in Mavericks, and the Smart Mailboxes saved on iCloud became corrupt. This corruption causes Mail.app to crash on launch when it tries to fetch and apply remote settings, and affects every computer that uses iCloud.
Senior support at Apple confirmed it's an iCloud issue and passed it to support engineering to resolve, which have been MIA. Issue remains open after 2 months, during which I've tried every alternative desktop email client and found them severely lacking - some are highly functional, some have pretty graphics and typography, none both. (to tie this back to the original article, I ran the Mail Pilot preview a couple months ago)
Heed my warning - iCloud will wreck the things you hold dear.
/rant.