[jrpetit]

Nope, did that today.

Changing the temporary location has solved the problem of the invisible controls. I still get "you must save the attachment" prompt when clicking the other arrow on the control.

I would suggest that perhaps a better default temporary location might be in order (like say somewhere in ~/Library). I am using Hazel (a little utility to automate a few different things) to automatically clean up my desktop of certain kinds of files (pictures and movies -- I'd actually forgotten about that movies rule). It turns out that Hazel is deciding your temporary audio file is a movie and helpfully moving it right after it was created.

I'd say that in my analysis, the desktop isn't a great location anyways. It's a temporary file, it shouldn't be on my desktop. I'm sure there's a reason why this is done, but I suggest that this shouldn't be the default behavior of the application. Some people go to great lengths to keep their desktop clutter free.

Thank you for your help.