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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / December 2007mail.app deletes
Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I can't figure out how to get it back. What key is doing this? It isn't delete. What key or key combination will get it back? ^V doesn't work. Is there some way to turn off this "feature?"  SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > What key or key combination will get it back? ^V doesn't work. > Is there some way to turn off this "feature?" Did you mean Command-V, for the Paste command? That would only work if you deleted using Cut (Command-X) first. What should work for you is Command-Z, Undo. In fact, that's what may have caused your deletion in the first place, since it will undo whatever the last thing you did in a specific app. Now, normally I'd say it's difficult to accidentally press the same two-key combination on a regular basic, but the two keys _are_ adjacent, and some keyboards are pretty sensitive, so who knows? Signature<http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://bogart-tribute.net> Tribute to Humphrey Bogart > > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > press the same two-key combination on a regular basic, but the two keys > _are_ adjacent, and some keyboards are pretty sensitive, so who knows? Thanks a bunch. Even if ^Z (I use '^' for command, although it usually means control, at least in Unix) isn't causing the problem, it could be the way to correct it. I'll give that a try the next time it happens. SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > > > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > > > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > means control, at least in Unix) isn't causing the problem, it could be > the way to correct it. I'll give that a try the next time it happens. Okay, ^Z will definitely delete something I just wrote, but applying ^Z again will not restore it. Apparently you cannot undo an undo, at least not directly. Also, the best I can remember, I am always doing something with my right hand when this happens, but I don't know what and I have never been able to force it to happen in order to find out. Undo definitely does what I am experiencing, so some key combination is duplicating that. Now, is there a way to undo an undo? SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > Okay, ^Z will definitely delete something I just wrote, but applying ^Z > again will not restore it. Apparently you cannot undo an undo, at least [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Undo definitely does what I am experiencing, so some key combination is > duplicating that. Now, is there a way to undo an undo? There is a menu item called "Redo Typing" that appears after an undo that restores the stuff you just undid. Now, I just have to wait for this to happen to me again to see if this is the cure. SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > > Undo definitely does what I am experiencing, so some key combination is > > duplicating that. Now, is there a way to undo an undo? > > There is a menu item called "Redo Typing" that appears after an undo > that restores the stuff you just undid. Now, I just have to wait for > this to happen to me again to see if this is the cure. You beat me to it. Yes, Redo (Shift-Command-Z) will undo an undo in Mail. Signature<http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://bogart-tribute.net> Tribute to Humphrey Bogart > > Okay, ^Z will definitely delete something I just wrote, but applying ^Z > > again will not restore it. Apparently you cannot undo an undo, at least [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > that restores the stuff you just undid. Now, I just have to wait for > this to happen to me again to see if this is the cure. I prefer to use the menu in these cases to that I can see whether "Redo" or "Undo" is highlighted, and take it from there. SignaturePaul Sture Sue's OpenVMS bookmarks: http://eisner.encompasserve.org/~sture/ovms-bookmarks.html > > > > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > > > > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Undo definitely does what I am experiencing, so some key combination is > duplicating that. Now, is there a way to undo an undo? Are you referring to control-z or command-z? Control-z is written as ^z and command-z is usually just spelled out because people don't want to go to the trouble of finding a typeable clover leaf symbol. Command-z and ^z have different behaviors. Command-z will always undo the previous change in Mail.app (and most other apps). I don't know what ^z does. > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > What key or key combination will get it back? ^V doesn't work. > Is there some way to turn off this "feature?" Command-Z does an undo of the previous change. You might; however, be better off writing long emails in a word processor and frequently saving your document. That way, if you do need to recover text, its as easy as simply quitting out of the document without saving it, then opening it again. > Command-Z does an undo of the previous change. You might; however, be > better off writing long emails in a word processor and frequently saving > your document. That way, if you do need to recover text, its as easy as > simply quitting out of the document without saving it, then opening it > again. You can frequently save a message in Mail as you're typing. Signature<http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/musings.cgi> Muckraking T-shirts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://bogart-tribute.net> Tribute to Humphrey Bogart > > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > simply quitting out of the document without saving it, then opening it > again. Command-S works fine in Mail. There's no need to use a word processor... SignatureHelp improve usenet. Kill-file Google Groups. http://improve-usenet.org/ On Dec 15, 2:05 pm, Robert Peirce <b...@peirce-family.com.invalid> wrote: > Every once in a while I will be writing an e-mail and will hit some > unknown key that deletes a large part of what I have just written, and I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] > rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] Or Filess>Undo. |
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