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10.5.6 OS X Update (Mail) Fix
Yesterday I wrote a long post venting about the issues that 10.5.6 has brought to me and to my Macbook Pro. I was having a problem with mail crashing every time I loaded a message with an attachment. Well, I am delighted to report that the issue has been fixed thanks to a user by the name of Til-Berlin on the Apple discussion forums:
In the end I found out that I have two Mail.app on my HDD. Apperently I was using a old updated (which reports also as 3.5). Deleting it and using only the one at /Programs solved my issue. I believe this is the application file from the Combo Update.
~ Til-Berlin (Link)
I looked at the version of Mail I was using from my Dock icon (Mail Menu > About Mail) and noticed that my version was 3.5 897.2/903.3. This is the problem. The current version of Mail is 3.5 903.3 only! I did a quick spotlight search on my mac to find 2 versions of Mail, one was the currupt one that I was using, and one was the good version (3.5 903.3.) I removed the bad one (3.5 897.2/903.3) and then added the good one to my dock, and opened it up. IT WORKED!
Til-Berlin suggested to reinstall the combo update after all of this, but I didn’t have to do this.
I hope this helps everyone who is having problems. You can check out my other post with fixes and details on the problem here: http://atlchris.com/582/os-x-1056-i-hate-you/
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10.5.6 completely brought my Macbook to its knees. I installed it, then after reboot, it would not get past the blue screen. I had to connect it to another Mac in Target Disk Mode and delete a few files to get it to work. What a pain in the rear.
Hi, I have a Mail problem too after the update 10.5.6 – where are the cool sounds ? Plungg when receiving mail and the Whoooosh sound when sending mail ? I do not find them anymore ??
Greetz
Bart
My guess would be, that your preferences were lost. Try setting up the sounds again through the mail preference panel.
Even after the updates, my Mail app is “Version 3.0 (912.1/930.3)” — and there's no other Mail app copy on my system.
I'd like to know how I could manually get/install Mail 3.5 from somewhere…
Apple released a fix that actually FIXES the issue. (I've tried purging configuration and reinstalling the 10.5.6 combo update neither of which worked.. I still have version 3.2 (919/930.3) )
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mail_Update
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh . That was exactly my problem !! Two Mail applications in the same Applications folder !
Deleted the old one and … it now loads all the attachments ok !!
Thanks a lot for your help !!! That was great !
I am using OS X 10.6 plus Mail v4.0. I get a crash every time I attach anything. Cant's find any old copies of Mail…
So I bought POwermail for $50… and that crashes too when I attach anything.
Been using Mac's for 25 years and never had such unreliability.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
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