Solution to hanging mail when responding to certain emails
I've had this annoying problem for a couple of months where I would get the spinning wheel of death when I would try and respond to certain emails. I've read multiple posts and suggestions and tried almost all of them to no avail. I finally read a tech note describing problems that some programs may have when a particular font is corrupted. So, this is what I did and it solved the problem:
1. I opened the font book application (in your applications folder) and examined each and every font for signs of corruption. They all looked perfect. But I did notice that some font styles (bold, italics, etc...) were duplicated. The ones that have duplications appear with a small dot next to them.
2. I opened each font with a dot next to it (click on the little arrow on the left of the font) and disabled one of each duplicated font style (typically the one that did not have a dot next to it).
3. restarted mail (after having to force quit it) and I was able to reply to the problem emails.
Hope this is useful to some other's out there who've been experiencing the same problem.
Cheers y'all,
ramo
Cltrl/Alt/Delete for Task Manager, look under processes tab for firefox.exe, highlight and hit delete key. Then search for other instances of firefox.exe and delete them too. Close Task Manager and click on your Firefox icon and it should come up. This happens to my wife when she is frustrated and just closes Firefox outright and then immediately tries to reopen it. The Task Manager has not had time to close out firefox.exe
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"Try Disk Utility
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*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
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