I'm running 3186 on a MacBook with OSX 10.4.8 and am experiencing Mail app hanging when attempting to add an attachment to a new mail message. Why aren't I posting this to the Apple Mail forum? Well this only happens when Parallels is installed and not running any VM. Uninstalling Parallels fixes the problem. I have tried this on a fresh install of OSX 10.4.8 with the same result. Has anyone experienced the same problem?
I just began to have the very same problem yesterday morning. They way I worked around this problem (until I get a response from my tech support email) was by going into System Preferences->Network. Pick Network Port Configurations and uncheck the two Parallels Ports found there. "Parallels Host-Guest" and "Parallels NAT". Click the apply button and poof the problem with Mail and attachments is gone. I was also experiencing iChat problems with Hanging and that is gone now as well. I don't like that I can't get on the internet in Parallels now, but this will have to do until a fix is discovered. EDIT: I just downloaded version 3188 and it did not fix the problem. P.S. There are many others on the Apple forums that are experiencing this as well.
Bump Never got any info from Parallels tech support. (Not surprising) Anyone find a way to fix this yet?
I have a similar problem. I can add attachments, but it takes about 30 seconds to attach a 50KB PDF doucment. Ditto for jpg's. Also replying to emails is painfully slow before the reply screen appears. The only way I have fixed it is to use Entourage.
I was having the same problem with email attachments... I seem to have fixed it by turning off both the "Enable DHCP scope for host-only networking" and "Enable DHCP scope for shared networking" options in Parallels preferences. I also disabled the 2 Parallels network interfaces. I am now only using the "Bridged" ethernet option. FYI - the same problem returned after I installed VMWare fusion beta 3, it went away again after I uninstalled vmware...
I made the Network settings changes you recommended and now Mail is wicked fast in attaching attachments and replying. However, unlike you, I am still able to get on the internet using XP under Parallels. Just wanted to confirm that Bdodds remedy worked like a charm. Build 3214 does not fix this problem. Does release 3 fix it?
