Try holding down the command key while dragging the application to the desktop. Let go of the key and the mouse button, then do it the other way: hold down command and drag the app back to your desired folder.
Not saying this IS the solution to your problem, but "failure to update" is a common issue, and this always works for me. hth On 13 May 2021, at 22:02, mailmate-requ...@lists.freron.com wrote: > Send mailmate mailing list submissions to > mailmate@lists.freron.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mailmate-requ...@lists.freron.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mailmate-ow...@lists.freron.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mailmate digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Big Sur problem (Randall Meadows) > 2. Choosing fonts and sizes (Dave C) > 3. Re: Big Sur problem (Bill Cole) > 4. Re: Choosing fonts and sizes (Steven M. Bellovin) > 5. Re: Choosing fonts and sizes (Dave C) > 6. Re: Choosing fonts and sizes (Glenn Parker) > 7. Re: Choosing fonts and sizes (davecc0000) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 19:51:19 -0600 > From: "Randall Meadows" <randy.mead...@not-pc.com> > To: "MailMate Users" <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: [MlMt] Big Sur problem > Message-ID: <bd62e9d7-a180-4539-bcac-f812f4a2c...@not-pc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed > > I just received a new machine; downloaded a new copy of MailMate (5673), > but copied two items: > • ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate > • ~/Library/Preferences/com.freron.MailMate.plist > from my old computer (running Catalina) to this new one. > > I'm now getting the message: > "Software Update Disabled > MailMate is running on a read-only filesystem and can therefore not be > updated." > > I don't believe this to be true (although this is my first experience > with Big Sur 😡 so who knows) since the application itself lives in a > folder in my home directory (~/Applications/, where I put *all* > non-Apple applications, and I've not experienced any issues with those > [yet]). > > Any suggestions? > > > randy > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 19:35:07 -0700 > From: Dave C <davec2...@gmail.com> > To: MailMate Users <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: [MlMt] Choosing fonts and sizes > Message-ID: <8eb1d456-1d09-4718-8a18-ed881190e...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; > markup=markdown > > In the Inbox window, the column head “Date Received” shows only > dates. I know it can be set to show time for today’s received > messages, but I can’t figure out how. > > Also, I can set the font used when creating a new message and displaying > a received message, but not how to set the application font (used in the > menus, and in the “To:”, “Subject:”, and “From:” fields of a > new message). Surely this can be customized? > > Thanks, > Dave > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 22:39:00 -0400 > From: "Bill Cole" <mmlist-20120...@billmail.scconsult.com> > To: "MailMate Users" <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: Re: [MlMt] Big Sur problem > Message-ID: > <e89bf935-ee8e-43ac-96b8-3f3de8252...@billmail.scconsult.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; format=flowed > > On 2021-05-13 at 21:51:19 UTC-0400 (Thu, 13 May 2021 19:51:19 -0600) > Randall Meadows <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > is rumored to have said: > >> I just received a new machine; downloaded a new copy of MailMate >> (5673), but copied two items: >> • ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate >> • ~/Library/Preferences/com.freron.MailMate.plist >> from my old computer (running Catalina) to this new one. >> >> I'm now getting the message: >> "Software Update Disabled >> MailMate is running on a read-only filesystem and can therefore not be >> updated." >> >> I don't believe this to be true (although this is my first experience >> with Big Sur 😡 so who knows) since the application itself lives in >> a folder in my home directory (~/Applications/, where I put *all* >> non-Apple applications, and I've not experienced any issues with those >> [yet]). >> >> Any suggestions? > > Fix the symlink at ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Messages to > point to either: > > 1. ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Messages.noindex if you have > not set a "Custom Location" for your Messages folder. > > 2. Wherever your Messages folder actually lives, after copying them > there from the old system. > > > > > -- > Bill Cole > b...@scconsult.com or billc...@apache.org > (AKA @grumpybozo and many *@billmail.scconsult.com addresses) > Not Currently Available For Hire > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 22:59:39 -0400 > From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <s...@cs.columbia.edu> > To: MailMate Users <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: Re: [MlMt] Choosing fonts and sizes > Message-ID: <0b4a938a-f100-4cc5-b134-97f7df00e...@cs.columbia.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > On 13 May 2021, at 22:35, Dave C wrote: > >> In the Inbox window, the column head “Date Received” shows only >> dates. I know it can be set to show time for today’s received >> messages, but I can’t figure out how. > > Make the column wider by dragging the column sides. > > —Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.freron.com/pipermail/mailmate/attachments/20210513/f343b32c/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 20:06:21 -0700 > From: Dave C <davec2...@gmail.com> > To: MailMate Users <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: Re: [MlMt] Choosing fonts and sizes > Message-ID: <6b9ab913-bd5f-4d73-844d-97b4a79d8...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; > markup=markdown > > Anyone know the name of the font used in the Mailboxes menu? > > Thanks, > Dave > > -=-=-=- > >> In the Inbox window, the column head “Date Received” shows only >> dates. I know it can be set to show time for today’s received >> messages, but I can’t figure out how. >> >> Also, I can set the font used when creating a new message and >> displaying a received message, but not how to set the application font >> (used in the menus, and in the “To:”, “Subject:”, and >> “From:” fields of a new message). Surely this can be customized? >> >> Thanks, >> Dave > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 23:24:03 -0400 > From: Glenn Parker <glenn.par...@comcast.net> > To: MailMate Users <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: Re: [MlMt] Choosing fonts and sizes > Message-ID: <691225c2-4e3b-43bb-9aae-378375eaa...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > On 13 May 2021, at 23:06, Dave C wrote: > >> Anyone know the name of the font used in the Mailboxes menu? > > Do you mean the main menubar menu and popup menus? Those are controlled > by the OS and are not customizable (at least not by MailMate). > > If you mean the listing of mailbox sources and folders in the left > column of the main window, then that can be customized. Bring up the > font selector with View->Choose Font…, then click on any item in the > list of mailboxes. The font selector will show you the current font > setting. Adjust the font to your liking, but be sure to choose a font > that has both a “Regular” and a “Bold” style. > > Glenn P. Parker > glenn.par...@comcast.net > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.freron.com/pipermail/mailmate/attachments/20210513/ae155540/attachment-0001.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 22:02:35 -0700 > From: davecc0000 <davec2...@gmail.com> > To: MailMate Users <mailmate@lists.freron.com> > Subject: Re: [MlMt] Choosing fonts and sizes > Message-ID: <055b8cc5-733c-47a0-aa74-fa8434cc6...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I did that. Today’s emails still say “Today”. Before I migrated to Big Sur, > today’s messages showed a time in that column. > > Dave > >>> In the Inbox window, the column head “Date Received” shows only dates. I >>> know it can be set to show time for today’s received messages, but I can’t >>> figure out how. >>> >> Make the column wider by dragging the column sides. >> >> —Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> mailmate@lists.freron.com >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.freron.com/pipermail/mailmate/attachments/20210513/70d0e535/attachment.htm> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > > > ------------------------------ > > End of mailmate Digest, Vol 122, Issue 21 > ***************************************** _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate