Create an email and save it (instead of sending it), the go to the draft folder, copy that draft (command,c) and try to paste it (command v) to create multiple versions of that email and the mail app dies every time. I do this to create multiple copies for mass emails which brings me to problem 2, the Mail app cannot send to multiple email addresses.
OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
This has been really bothering me. I came up with this solution and have tested it. I hope it works for you too.
This problem appears in quite a few threads on the Apple forum, so I will cross post.
I've not seen this solution anywhere else, or anything similar.
I'm happy for you to share this, once you've tested it, and you can follow on http://twitter.com/philipchapman
GOOD LUCK!
Same issue here.
Nr.1: mail app crash whenever I try to duplicate saved draft
(as a bonus, it doesn't always save the latest draft -> I am writing an e-mail, cancel it, it asks if I want to save it, I say yes and when I check the draft it's saved without my few last changes, sometimes only a word, sometimes a whole paragraph)
Nr.2: I need to send an e-mail to 5 addresses. Before Maverics - I created the mail, then copied the addresses from a document (e.g. excel) and pasted to TO field and sent. After Maverics - I cannot copy the addresses to the TO field, because mail app thinks it is only a one long address "johny@xy.commum@xy.comdad@xy.com" and returns an error message. What has changed? And why?
Same issue here and it is unbelievable that basic testing was not done by Apple on this upgrade. Copying a draft and sending to multiple email addresses via a copy-and-paste method is fundamental. I hope somebody at Apple is given some serious reprecussions for this onerous error.
Indeed, that does crash mail. I've never done that in my life as a workflow, so I hadn't come across it in 10 years.
Nevertheless, I sent feedback to Apple. Which is probably a good idea, as they don't necessarily read these discussion forums.
Hi just found a work around....
Rather than save the email content in drafts... Save the content as a signature... Then just choose the signature you would like instead of the draft....
This seems to work better...
My work around is to save the mail as normal into the draft folder on your mac. Then drag and drop the draft into the drafs folder on icloud. Then drag and drop it back into the original draft folder and the ctrl c and ctrl v works again without a crash.
Brendan's solution works for me and is very very simple. While the draft was on a folder On My Mac (did not have a draft folder, created a new one), I tried to copy and paste - no crash, but no mail appeared. However, the pasted draft DID appear in iCloud drafts! And copying and pasting within the iCloud drafts folder worked perfectly. I have not yet tested if this continues to work after a mail quit, logout, restart, etc, but this is an excellent workaround. Thanks Brendan!
Philip
Does the above work-around works for Outlook for Mac?
I fails to use it beyong step 5. Indeed in the step 5, I could not find an option of Message>Copy to.
There is an option Message>Move and I exercised that option and it worked and created a copy of message in draft but thereafter step 6 does not work. Can you please check it and confirm?
In Yosemite, Apple chose amazing way of fixing this by:
1) cmd-C, cmd-V no longer works in the drafts folder.
It just beeps for error and do nothing.
2) Duplicate drafts (identical) shows up as a single copy in the draft folder
I have multiple copies of mails in the drafts folder, created with the Mail in Lion, but if I open them with Mail in Yosemite, they shows up as a single copy. If I open the folder in iCloud.com, they do show up as multiple copies.
Open the email in drafts folder, save. It should make another one with today's date.
Open the SAME older email (not the one it just copied), Save. It should make another copy.
Open the same email, save. It should make another. And so on.
I'm on El Capitan (10.11.5)
this is ridiculous I copy and paste within my drafts folder to create multiples of a specific email and CRASH!!! Help
me too
Hi, I am having this problem as well... have any of you managed to resolve it ?
still the same! tried a lot of things but to no avail!
Mail app: copy and past in draft folder kills the mail app every time
