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Cannot save Mail messages to desktop

by mkreller Mar 31, 2009 12:39AM PDT

I am using a Macbook Pro using OSX version 10.5.6. I have always been able to save my messages from Mail 3.5 to my desktop but over the last week or so, when I try to do this, it appears to work but no message/document shows up. Not sure where the save stuff is going. I can save the messages as a PDF file from the Print/Save as PDF function. Any ideas as to how I can go back to saving it the way I was doing before.

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by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 31, 2009 1:17PM PDT

I'm currently using mail 2.1 and cannot do what you suggest.
However, I can highlight the text and then drag it to the desktop to form a clipping.

Just dragging the email from the list does nothing.

My 10.5.6 is currently on vacation

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by mkreller Apr 1, 2009 7:24AM PDT

Thanks for the reply. Still not able to do what I could do before.

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