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YvonneinSonoma - 30 Nov 2007 16:44 GMT

In the last week or so an odd thing has happened, lately at least once a
day. While in Mail I do something; close a message, click between
mailboxes, I haven't found a correlation and suddenly the entire app
disappears and I find myself in the iCal (or other open app) window.
Mail is still open (it didn't quit or crash) and the menu bar is there
at the top (Mail, File, Edit, etc.) but clicking on any item item won't
bring the app back. Absolutely nothing is visible and the only way to
bring it back is restart. Anyone with this problem? TIA.

MacBook Pro
10.5.1
Mail 3.1

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gtr - 30 Nov 2007 16:57 GMT

> In the last week or so an odd thing has happened, lately at least once a
> day. While in Mail I do something; close a message, click between
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> 10.5.1
> Mail 3.1

Check disk with Disk Utility, correct permissions. That sounds broken.

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YvonneinSonoma - 30 Nov 2007 17:02 GMT

> > In the last week or so an odd thing has happened, lately at least once a
> > day. While in Mail I do something; close a message, click between
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
> Check disk with Disk Utility, correct permissions. That sounds broken.

I forgot to say I did that already yesterday. And it happened again
this morning. But I'll try again. Thanks!

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Tom Stiller - 30 Nov 2007 18:33 GMT

> In the last week or so an odd thing has happened, lately at least once a
> day. While in Mail I do something; close a message, click between
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> 10.5.1
> Mail 3.1

This is a known symptom when using Spaces. If you are, disabling Spaces
should bring the window back, at which point you can re-enable Spaces.

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YvonneinSonoma - 03 Dec 2007 05:26 GMT

> > In the last week or so an odd thing has happened, lately at least once a
> > day. While in Mail I do something; close a message, click between
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> This is a known symptom when using Spaces. If you are, disabling Spaces
> should bring the window back, at which point you can re-enable Spaces.

Thanks, Tom. I'm don't have Spaces enabled but I've read on the Apple
forums that Spaces sometimes is the culprit. Automatic syncing with
.mac is also a culprit, especially syncing preferences, so I'm trying
turning off syncing preferences as well.

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