Mac Mail Does Not Save Drafts

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Mac Mail Does Not Save Drafts

Precisely the same issue as RBurgos1962 in their thread from just a few months back, except I don't even get the luxury of a "Save To Drafts" dialog box.

Prior to Ventura, if I drafted a letter and, say, rebooted before hitting send, the email would always be available to finish off in a window. It would just automatically save to draft.

Now it just disappears. The draft email may be floating around in the background, waiting to be finished while I get distracted, but once Mail is closed, there is no offer to save, and when it reopens, there is just a blank email waiting... utterly devoid of all my efforts.

So to recap, I can open Mail, start a new email, input some text with an addressee and subject line, all ready to hit "Send", close Mail, reopen, and it is all blank.

What is the story?

Mac Mail Does Not Save Drafts - Apple Community

iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.3

Posted on May 18, 2023 7:57 PM

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dialabrain

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May 19, 2023 12:01 AM in response to lazy_atom

You're welcome. Sorry it didn't help but at least you're up to date. 13.4 contains a number of security and other fixes.

You could try booting into Safe Mode then restart normally. Sometimes that will fix anomalies.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

If that doesn't work, perhaps someone else will have an idea.

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dialabrain

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May 18, 2023 8:16 PM in response to lazy_atom

lazy_atom wrote:

So to recap, I can open Mail, start a new email, input some text with an addressee and subject line, all ready to hit "Send", close Mail, reopen, and it is all blank.

What is the story?

I don't know what the story is. That's not what happens with my Ventura installs. Drafts are saved when I quit Mail or even restart in the middle of composing an email.

Update to Ventura 13.4 if you haven't already.

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lr151

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Nov 11, 2023 2:16 PM in response to lazy_atom

Same issue. I thought I had some kind of virus. Text of my emails disappears if I open another window sometimes disappears on my iPad if I touch the screen. In the past, this work was saved in Drafts. Drafts does save some emails, but it is random.

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