Hello Experts,
I am a long-time user and fan of Thunderbird (various platforms).
I am currently using Thunderbird v 128.2.3esr (64-bit) on a 2018 Mac Mini (specs below… (lire la suite)
Hello Experts,
I am a long-time user and fan of Thunderbird (various platforms).
I am currently using Thunderbird v 128.2.3esr (64-bit) on a 2018 Mac Mini (specs below). I do not use the Calendar or Chat features of TB. TB is configured to use the "macOS Address Book" (i.e. Mac's "Contacts") - and this is a critical feature for me.
I recently upgraded from MacOS v12.7.6 (Monterey) to MacOS v14.7 (Sonoma).
Now there is a significant delay of at least 10 seconds (sometimes accompanied with the dreaded spinning beach ball) upon starting TB. The sequence is like this:
1) Start TB
2) Primary Password Required dialogue box appears instantly
3) After entering the password and hitting return to sign in TB "Home" window appears but is blank
4) After a 10 second delay (sometimes with the beach ball appearing) the TB window completely opens, populated in the normal manner.
5) TB then seems to operate normally.
I have read article "https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1421395". I can confirm that if I "disable Thunderbird's access to Mac Contacts in Mac Settings" then there is no delay noted in step 4 above. So it seems the delay does result from having TB access the macOS Address Book.
BUT it is a critically important feature for TB to utilize the macOS Address Book (Contacts).
I sync Mac Contacts across devices via iCloud, so TB will have access to the current collection of addresses, and I need only use one application to maintain my contacts.
I can live with the startup delay, disappointing though it is, because I find TB to be the best email application.
I do not know if the same issue occurs with the recently released macOS 15.x (Sequoia) - and I'm not ready or willing to upgrade to that version for a multitude of reasons.
It would be nice if the wonderful developers would investigate and resolve this delay issue.
Comments, tricks, and pointers most welcome.
Thanks.
PS: Does anyone know if this issue persists with macOS 15.x (Sequoia)?
Mac Mini specs:
3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB
32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4