Hi Philippe
You might like to buy the digital book Take Control of Apple Mail
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Kind regards
Marcus 
Marcus Harris
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> On 28 Aug 2020, at 1:08 pm, Philippe Chaperon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>> 
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