Thunderbird 140.0.1esr incompatible with MacOS 10.15.7
As a long time (more than 15 years) user of Thunderbird application, I regularly update this app on my computers (5 of them) running on MacOS, some on MacOS 10.15.7 and other on 14.7.6. Before the last update to TB 140.0.1esr, I was using the version 128.11.1esr on my computers without any issue. But, following the installation of TB 140.0.1esr on one of my computers running MacOS 10.15.7, I notice a strange behavior of the application: (1) the application was running slower than the previous version, (2) when I try to close the application, I receive the system message that this "application quit unexpectedly", (3) the diagnostic test of my system shows that the CPU time is used at about 35% by the TB application. I had to completely remove the TB 140.0.1esr and painfully reinstall the previous version (128.11.1esr), due to the corrupted user profile! Now the TB 128.11.1esr runs normally and required about 0.3% of CPU time. So it will be imperative to look upon the compatibility of TB 140.0.1esr with MacOS 10.15.7. I did not try to install this update to my Mac M2 machines, following my issues with Mac intel machines. Thanks for any reply, G.Roy
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Hi Gilles, for the time being I advise to stay with TB 128.11.1esr as your "working" TB and its profile. For testing TB 140.0.1esr in a new profile proceed as follows: • install version TB 140.0.1esr on your Desktop and not in the applications folder • in a Finder window open the user library and rename the folder "Thunderbird" to "Thunderbird-work' • now start TB 140.0.1esr which will create a new folder "thunderbird" in your user-library and a new virgin profile xxxxxxxx.default-release. Set up one of your accounts, preferably an IMAP account • test v140.0.1esr whether or not there is the same abundant CPU consumption including TB "quitting unexpectedly" • if TB 140.0.1esr works flawlessly in its own new profile we conclude that there is something in your old TB 128-esr profile which is incompatible with TB 140.0.1esr.
When you want to return to work with v128 in your usual profile, quit TB 140.0.1esr, open your user-library, rename "thunderbird" to "thunderbird-140" and "Thunderbird-work" back to "Thunderbird". Then start TB 128.11.1esr which will open in your usual working profile....
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Hi Mapenzi, Thank you for your useful reply. I still experience issues with TB 140.0.1esr and it is very time consuming doing test because of the wild behavior of this release. After taking a look at the TB Desktop release channel, I notice a new TB.esr release on July 22nd (TB 140.1.0esr). I will try this new release to see if there a normal operation under MacOS 10.15.7. More in the coming days...
gilles.g.roy said
I still experience issues with TB 140.0.1esr and it is very time consuming doing test because of the wild behavior of this release.
Do you use TB 140.0.1esr with your old TB 128.11.1esr profile or did you create a completely new profile ("from scratch") to test version 140.0.1esr ?
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