14.3 Mail.app - Corrupted/Garbled Text When Composing Messages

I have the same problem - so annoying, trying to write detailed emails to clients and it's basically copy and pasting bit of text from further up the email over what I have already written. Currently mail is not fit for purpose - it's quite a fundamental operational need using mail isn't it. Get it sorted Apple! Using MacBook Air with M1 chip and Sonoma 14.2.1

Same here. MacBook Air M1 2020. Upon updating to Sonoma 14.3 (which I had to do because suddenly Netflix wouldn't work unless I did), Mail and Safari both keep "flashing" several lines of text that are what I typed already. It will display the "wrong" text on both sides of the cursor, but it hasn't *really* replaced the text. If I get the screen to resize or otherwise "disrupt" the display it will improve. It's even happening right now in a chatsupport.apple.com window.

At the same time, about 50% of the time I'm trying to visit websites, Safari says "can't display page because you aren't connected to the internet" even though I am connected to the internet. Another person right next to me on a different brand of computer is having no issues.

I hope someone also looks into what's going on between Apple and Netflix that FORCES people to update their OS to the latest version when they aren't even very far behind. Users should have the option of waiting until an OS update has been out for awhile before updating their OS.

Yes, I thought it may be an isolated incident. Not only did it persist in Sonoma (Macbook Air M2) but also on my iPhone 15 version 17.4.

It is past annoying. As the author above notes, three to four paragraphs in and then your text becomes corrupted, you backspace, and it may or may not change back to a few past sentences, and you must start the text over again. Then, it will begin to corrupt again; you either backspace or hit the spacebar, and it is anyone's guesses how much-written text you lose. 1. Could it have something to do with autocorrect because it is happening in the Mail App on MacBook and iPhone? 2. Is anyone using a 3rd party grammar checker, like Grammarly? The bottom line is that its frequency and annoyance need immediate remediation. Has anyone solved this issue?

Happens both on MacBook Air M1 and also on IPhone 13. So far only in the mail app.

I’ve seen the workarounds for MacBook, but are there any work around for iPhone?

Does typing the message in notes and then cut and paste into the email work for either iPhone or MacBook?

Identical garbled Apple Mail problem in 14.3, using a late 2021 M1 MacBook Pro. Note that I'm writing this more than 2 weeks after this issue was first reported, and still NO response from Apple. (Don't they monitor these community forums anymore?) I'm one of hundreds reporting this snafu, which has made one of the most fundamental reasons we have computers -- communicating by email -- a daily battle. Apple, if you're actually reading this, please remember that email is an essential way your customers do business. If you don't want us to take our business elsewhere, fix this already.

Well, downloaded the latest MacOS 14.3.1 on my wife's 27" iMac and my Macbook Pro 14" w/ M1 and the problem with the 'garbled text' rose its ugly head AGAIN. My wife said it was OK, on her machine, until I installed the latest update. So, I have no idea what that means, other than the problem still exists!! Fix this Apple, PLEASE!!! It's very annoying.

It is validating to find this thread and discover that I'm not alone and my computer is not crazy...only the software update to Sonoma is. I can't believe they haven't fixed this problem yet?!!!??? I clicked the update tonight button and pray that this will solve the issue b/c there are no app updates available for mail that I can find.

If anyone knows if there is a patch for this as of 2/25/24, please reply. The other thing that started after Sonoma update is when I'm in word, I will be typing and all of a sudden it won't let me type and the computer beeps with every keystroke, WTF Apple!!!??? I tried to disable sticky under accessibility but it was already disabled.

Same thing on 14 inch M2 MacBook Pro when composing with Plain Text.

Maybe it's happening with Rich Text, but I avoid using that when possible.

Same thing happening to one of my users. 13" M1 MacBook Pro.

I just reported; thanks for the link!

It makes no difference to change the text settings to plain or rich. I tried that and had the same issue!

Same issue here with 14.3. This also happens in Safari text inputs. So far these are the only places I've been able to reproduce the issue.

On an Intel Mac here, by the way.

Pretty embarrassing bug.

Same here, M2 MacBook Air. Turning off predictive text makes no difference. Quite a bad bug.

Experiencing this problem on both my Macbook and iPhone, both which I updated to the latest IOS 17.3.

This is happening to me as well. Absolutely Maddening.

M1 Max Mac Studio. Sonoma 14.3.

I have the same problem in Airmail in two different machines.