Apple Mail Cut & Paste Problem...

Ditto on your problem.

Basically it's like EVERY thing that can go wrong, IS going wrong. It's like Mail is melting down!

Start tweeting and facebooking everybody.

If you have Applecare ....... CALL it in!!!!!!!!!

seriously.

we have word processing since the dawn of the cmputer age. this seems like a rather minor bug. i'm having the exact same problems, with some custom signatures (also complete mails disappearing when i change the signature, which renders the workaround uselss), copy/paste does not behave as it should.

apple, fix this. pretty please. fast.

same problem. This was bad in Snow L and was one reason I upgraded to Lion figuring it was some issue with my unique world and would go away with a system upgrade. Wrong. I don't use any signatures but very routinely have what I am pasting jump to a different location, generally one or two lines above the target. It is irritating and generally leads to retping the text.

Same problem here. Just submitted a bug report to the Mail team referencing this thread.

In order to provide as much relavent info as possible to help them, could everyone check to see if you're running any mail plug-ins or add ons and post here. I'm using a plug-in called Letter Opener (opens windata.dat files correctly), but I was using it long before this off-position paste bug surfaced back in June/July.

Hi, I'm running Mail straight as it is no plug-ins, no add ons. Been using signatures for years and depend on them. This problem has suddenly occurred in June/July of this year, 2011. It is so ridiculous, frustrating, wasting so much time that unless the problem is solved VERY SOON by APPLE I'm seriously needing to think about leaving Mail and finding a functioning alternative.

Same problem here, also since updating last summer (running Snow Leopard).

I can confirm that the problem goes away when signature is eliminated; in my case, signature is same font/size as message text, contains a web link (complete with http, etc.), and has a short solid line above and below signature (made of understrikes, as in _______ ). No plugins or enhancements, no graphic in signature.

100% repeatable: Create two messages with the same paragraph or two of text in them, one with a signature and the other without. Copy a word or two from middle of paragraph and try to paste it into another location; the email with a signature will insist on pasting text into a new line no matter where you place the cursor.

Mail.app version 4.5, OS 10.6.8, quad-core MacPro.

Found a possible work-around:

Open a new email and set signature option to "none" in popup menu (right-side, just above message window).

Type and edit your email.

When ready to send, add a couple of returns after message and THEN choose a signature from popup menu.

NOTE: If you do some editing and leave the cursor anywhere within text when selecting a signature, strange things happen, which kinda confirms the issue is entirely signature-related.....

Still, though haven't bothered trying that (probably as uncomfortable as copy-paste to pages and back anyway) and despite your afford (well noticed and appreciated) it's just a work-around from a User - but I wanna see some Pro action here. And an update like NOW. Really. BASIC and self-solving was eighties, I'm not into all that anymore. Anyhow, who's precious "private time" is valued more? The programmers or the customers/buyers? Same same, I expect more from a company selling supposingly prime products at a prime price range.

It annoys me, that all I read is next iPad bla here and future bla TV there. I'm in for work and you're constantly wasting my time Apple, you're all consumers now and apparently neglecting professionals or the ones, simply relying on their Mac as a working and computing environment. Think it's time you cut some benefits, order Pizza like in the old days and keep your staff in. And if not, don't come wining when all over sudden now one needs your fancy gadgets anymore and all you have left, well had, WAS us. I don't buy it.

Raja - Curious if eliminating TypeIt4Me solves the problem or not. Have you had a chance to test it? I'm unfamiliar with it, but it appears to function somewhat like a signature, at least insofar as inserting text. If you get a chance..... thanks!

I experience the same paste bug with Notes.

The suggestion to create a new note with no formatting does not work for me.

The suggestion to "Paste with Styles" (Cmd-Option-Shift-V) works.

I do not have a problem pasting in regular email messages, but I have Compose: Message Format set to "Plain Text".

Wondering if anyone seeing a potential related situation when sending an email with a signature ....... it seems that any email I send with a signature is taking 2-3 times as long to send (sometimes longer). I'm not talking about BIG signatures either - just with a few sentences that may be formatted more than "normal" text and no pictures, etc.

I am fairly certain this is directly related to those with signatures versus just plain text.

Anyone experience this?

Also, WHERE is someone from Apple? Can't ANYONE from Apple chime in on this ...... even just to say "hi" and say that these posts are at least being observed?

Pages has an issue with cut/paste, too, as I discovered a few days ago while editing an address on a letter - think I saw a post about that around here somewhere. You might look for (or start) a thread regarding Notes. Such a basic operation, strange that there'd be similar issues across so many apps....?

As for delays with/without signatures, haven't noticed any difference. ATT DSL "stalls" just the same either way.

;-)

Easy enough to test tho, just send yourself a pair of emails, yes?

I have the same problem. This is a SEVERE BUG. Can someone from Apple find a fix and release and/or post?

It doesn't just happen with Cut and Paste, but also when using backspace to delete a carriage return --all of a sudden the line below moves several lines up!

Extremely annoying.