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Thunderbird 3 Litters Desktop on OS X

thunderbird-logo-64x64After upgrading to TB3 users on Mac OSX ones finds that a copy of every attachment you open is saved to the Desktop. There is a underlying problem in the Gecko engine causing this, but until then the fix is pretty simple.

  • Click Thunderbird > Preferences > Attachments
  • Select “Save files to..” click “Choose..”
  • Hit COMMAND+SHIFT+G and type in /tmp , Hit GO and then Open
  • Switch back the toggle back to “Always Ask me where to save files”

Now when you open attachments they will go to the /tmp folder.

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4 Responses to “Thunderbird 3 Litters Desktop on OS X”

  1. Ecofinn says:
    March 12, 2010 at 2:36 am

    Thanks for that! Worked a treat. It was driving me insane!

  2. Jim says:
    April 23, 2010 at 5:08 am

    is there a way not to save the attachment anywhere, but just to view it? my concern is that the /tmp folder will get full of unnecessary files.

  3. Keith Page says:
    April 23, 2010 at 5:11 am

    OS X will keep the tmp folder clear as a matter of its operation.

  4. Jim says:
    April 23, 2010 at 5:16 am

    ok, thats good – thank

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