Thank you Jewels, in fact only last night I got the same problem and had to send my attachments in different emails! In desperation I have just installed Outlook and will give it a try, reluctantly, and if it behaves then so be it!
Many thanks again, Cheers, Philippe Chaperon Perth, Australie Occidentale On 28 Aug 2020, at 11:03 am, Julie Bedford <jew...@iinet.net.au> wrote: Hi Phillippe Can’t help you, but thought I would mention that my Mac O/S Catalina - mail often quits on me if for instance I am forwarding an email with a number of attachments. I have to make fresh emails and only attach say two attachments in order to prevent mail from quitting. Jewels > On 28 Aug 2020, at 10:29 am, Philippe Chaperon <laut...@me.com > <mailto:laut...@me.com>> wrote: > > Good morning dear WAMUG’gers, > > I have been having two problems with my, otherwise, trusty iMac and am hoping > someone would have a suggestion for me. > > Computer is: iMac 27” (mid 2010), MacOS 10.13.6 (High Sierra), 20GB RAM > > 1. Mail application V11.5 (3445.9.6) would ‘quit unexpectedly’ whenever I try > to copy part of a text on an email. Hence, if I highlight text and as soon as > I do a ‘right-click’ Mail would quit. It would also quit unexpectedly (boy! > do I love that expression) if I try to delete an attachment which I had > incorrectly included, this problem is a random one. > > Not sure if this is relevant, but I notice that when Mail is launching it > somehow takes over the whole computer, that is other applications do have > problems to work as they should. Once Mail is launched, there is no further > problem. Is that a sign of some deeper problems? > > 2. The ‘copy & paste’ feature seems to be broken on my system. I am not able > to always copy URLs from Safari or Firefox and paste anywhere else. I used to > be able to copy a URL and paste it in an email, but that does not work > regularly. The process of 'copy and paste’ has become a hit-and-miss one. > I did look up for solutions on the Web and one of which was to delete a > specific process listed in Activity Monitor, can’t remember the name of that > process, but this did not work. > > If someone can suggest a solution this will be great. I am desperately trying > not to use Outlook, which currently is my ‘Plan B’ solution!! > > Many thanks & Best Regards, > > > Philippe Chaperon > > "Being the richest man in the cemetery don't matter to me … saying we've done > something wonderful … that's what matters." > Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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