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sj - Oct 13, 2021 1:08:54 pm PDT #25447 of 25488
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I cannot send a microsoft word file either from word or from gmail on my Mac. From word I'm getting this error message: Your default mail client Google Chrome doesn't support attachments. And from gmail Word attachments aren't even showing up as an option. This has never happened before. Help, before I throw my computer out the window.


dcp - Oct 13, 2021 1:26:50 pm PDT #25448 of 25488
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

Where is the .docx file saved? The desktop, or somewhere else?

Using Chrome, once you are signed in to mail.google.com, after you click the Compose button you should get a New Message pop-up window. What happens when you then click the Attach File icon (looks like a paperclip)? I get a dialog box that lets me navigate to whatever file location I want.


sj - Oct 13, 2021 1:46:13 pm PDT #25449 of 25488
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Using Chrome, once you are signed in to mail.google.com, after you click the Compose button you should get a New Message pop-up window. What happens when you then click the Attach File icon (looks like a paperclip)? I get a dialog box that lets me navigate to whatever file location I want.

I get all that but none of my word documents are an option anymore. I gave up and sent it as an attachment from my phone without a problem, but I'm still really annoyed. It's saved to my one drive.


dcp - Oct 13, 2021 1:49:34 pm PDT #25450 of 25488
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

That *is* weird. We don't have Word installed on the Mac I have access to at work, but I used TextEdit to create a quick test file, saved it as .docx, and it showed up in the Attach File dialog just fine.


dcp - Oct 21, 2021 1:25:58 pm PDT #25451 of 25488
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

Updating to Win11. Wish me luck.


Toddson - Oct 21, 2021 1:30:36 pm PDT #25452 of 25488
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

My thoughts and prayers are with you.


dcp - Oct 21, 2021 2:35:54 pm PDT #25453 of 25488
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

So far, so good.

A couple of minor changes that got my attention, but everything seems to be working okay.


meara - Mar 21, 2022 2:14:41 pm PDT #25454 of 25488

Ok someone help me. A recent update means instead of hitting a button at the top of my safari on iPad and seeing a list of my favorites, I now get a menu saying “safari” and how many tabs I have open and a spot for “shared with you” and then bookmarks, I have to clock the bookmarks to get to them. It’s obnoxious. How do I fix this??


dcp - Mar 21, 2022 3:13:54 pm PDT #25455 of 25488
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye

I'm not sure this will get you what you are asking for, but if you go to the Settings app and select Safari, there is a toggle for "Show Favorites Bar," and also a Favorites selector that lets you choose either Favorites or BookmarksBar.


meara - Mar 21, 2022 5:06:03 pm PDT #25456 of 25488

Yeah, I ended up doing that because better than nothing, but basically the button n the menu bar that used to be “tap this and get to bookmarks/favorites” now requires multiple clicks to get there and I find that annoying AF