best MAC tutorial channel. everywhere on the web you see a lot of negative reviews about how limited macbooks are in terms of productivity tools while this guy singlehandedly (or team-handedly if that makes sense) makes everything look and feel easy for people like me how have never owned a Macbook and would like to switch to Macs. Thanks man.
Wow! This information is priceless. I personally had only one problem... Gary really talks so fast I have to listen over and over and over again... which is a bit frustrating for me, but it's worth it to learn this invaluable information!
Gary, I learn a lot from you and what I love mostly about your videos is the fact that you waste no time on getting to the point you want to make. Thank you very much.
Thank you Gary for being an Apple legend. Another great tutorial of substantial use. I didn't realise the mail app was so good although I wish it included a calendar sidebar
I know you made this a couple 3 yrs ago but you just helped me understand and fix issues with Mac Mail. And because this video was so informative I'm gonna sign up to keep getting useful tips.
i've been a Windows & Microsoft fan for 19 years (basically since I was 5 y/o), & i transitioned to my first Apple Macbook around August of 2020, along with my first iPhone in Nov of 2020. being a huge computer geek, i felt amateur when i went into Apple's ecosystem, but this made me so much more comfortable. i can't believe now i'm starting to become a power Apple user. thank you! the more I use Apple, the more I don't regret the switch, especially becoming a power user at it. Bootcamp ftw too for gaming
This is so good - I learn something every video I watch. The no-nonsense, concise, well-prepared example-driven approach demystifies the Mac in an easy to follow way. Keep up the good work!
As always I am simply astounded by how much I still don't know about using my Mac and by how much Gary knows about using his! Thanks for the Mail tips Gary!
Wow. Gary, I had to stop your video halfway through to tell you how much I am appreciating your knowledge. I've been struggling, off and on, with mail apps and never even considered Mail, already installed on my MacBook Air, lol. Who knew!!! Thank you, thank you!
Great video, I learnt so much. I'm a long time Gmail user and always stuck to Google'd app and viewing in a browser. Just lately I've started using Mac mail (as per your recommendation to use native apps wherever possible). I can't believe this program has sat on my Mac(s) for years unused. I'm now a real convert, thanks again Gary.
Thank You Gary. One of the best TH-cam channels on Apple products and specially MacBook. Would be grateful if you could create more videos on shortcuts. Would be willing to pay also for advanced shortcuts.
WOW! The sidebar was always confusing me and a nuisance and something I disliked seeing all the time because to me it was sloppy. Thanks for pointing out how to improve and organize the sidebar. I did something similar to you and now the sidebar is much easier to navigate with my favorites. IMO, Mac Mail is tremendous and has improved so much in the last 1-2 years. ✉
Thanks for the tips! I've just set up Mail after not using it for many years. I still don't fully understand (nor do I like - so far) the signature feature. It seems clunky and limited in design functionality compared to Outlook. For example, I've brought in my company logo, but I can't seem to resize the logo to fit my signature block. Would love to see you do a session on setting up signatures, because I'm sure I'm doing something wrong...and all the old nightmares about why I left Mail are creeping back into my head, and I want to like Mail...I really do!
Great stuff! In mail notification, why there is no option for sound? If I want to set up different sound notifications to know from the sound that it’s personal or work email- is there a way?
Thanks Gary for your videos. Its very easy and crisp with appropriate content. It would be great to have a video which can help to show how to maintain the space occupied by these mail apps. All I know so far is that once we setup these mailboxes on Mac, it downloads the mails for each mailbox locally and starts occupying space. This local space later becomes trouble to clear. Thanks in advance.
Man, that was dense! Fantastic stuff. Wish you included a transcript ('cause I have a hard time hearing that fast!). Please explain how to create Smart Mailbox Folder. I think I created it but it's not there...but maybe I just don't know where they live...
do you have a video on email folders? I think I'm doing it wrong and dragging things into mailboxes. I need to store work emails for many years and not sure the best way to do that. Thanks
Excellent tips! I noticed you did not cover rules. Without a doubt this is one of my favorite / most useful functions in Apple mail. It might be worth revisiting in a future tutorial. Thanks again and keep up the excellent work!
Thanks for all the videos. They have been very useful for me coming from PC. Something I really miss is the ability to delay or schedule sending emails with mail. Is it possible? How?
Hi! I am a new subscriber!! I love your channel! Can you please do a video on how to UNGROUP emails on your MacBook? Emails that are sent from the same company but from different departments continue to group together making it very hard to keep track of my emails. This tip would be very very helpful!
Just a list of contacts? Any text that is a comma or space-separated list of email addresses should do. But note that if the list is long you probably shouldn't be using a regular email service, but a email newsletter or marketing service.
@@markproulx1472 No, the only way to assign a List name would be to have them all in Contacts. So why not have them all in Contacts? Otherwise, you can just copy and paste the list, or maybe use a Text Replacement to make it easier. But having this small number of people in Contacts makes more sense.
i came here to find a solution to a problem one of my clients is facing sending and receiving mails, i personally don't use MacBook but i think i found a solution without even digging deep . so thank you @Gary
Locally-saved email messages in mailboxes? That's a tough one. I haven't used POP in so many years I'm probably not the right person to ask. Experiment and try things I would guess.
Janice - but how do I get my new e mail symbol in favourites into the toolbar at the bottom it won't just drag in does it have to be selected into applications first confused!
Hi, Gary! Very interesting and useful your video. I would really like to understand how the recent Mail feature that allows us to customize domains in our account works. Do we need to have a previously purchased personal domain? Thank you very much for this content that is always interesting and proposed in such a clear way!
I've got macbook and imac. Any possibility to sinc emails? Every time i have to remember from wich machine i send response to email. it would be perfect if there would be any opportunity to sinc mails between macs.
Hello! Thank you for your helpful videos. Do you happen to have one that addresses slow Mac Mail? The search function has slowed down significantly over the last few months. Thank you.
Hello! Thank you for your Presentation! I hoped to see an explanation of "how to add external email accounts". The problem I have is, "the sent messages" of implemented accounts (like Gmail, Web) are not shown. I need to go to the web browser to see them. Searched all possible threads without a result. Maybe you already made a vid about it. Or there is a small hint? Thank you for taking a lock over my issue.
Gary big FAN hey man I need to know your thoughts 💭 do you think 🤔 with how powerful Apple mail and reminders is that you don’t need something like Mail Butler just curious your thoughts
How do I change the suggested folder mail gives me when moving my emails into my folders. Sometimes it learns and most times it doesn't - have you done a video including this? If so would appreciate a link. Find your videos so useful Gary, thank you.
@@macmost Thanks- that’s what I have been doing but having so many folders it would have made the task easier to be able to control that. No worries- thanks again.
Any top on how to make mac os mail not show pdfs and images in emails body? That is so annoying. Before there was a command in terminal but now it does not work.
Gary love your content I'm a little bit of Mac newby so your tips are brilliant, may I ask you how you reduce the full page default Email to something smaller?
Wow... I'm starting to see the benefits of using apple mail. Mail has gotten better in Big Sur. Do you really use only the mail app or do you use something like spark as well?
Really well done. I have a question: I use a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard (at the time and maybe still there were no options for MAC versions). I am unable to figure out some of the control functions. Is there a tutorial or solution for this?
Do you use Apple Maps over google maps. I have always thought they google apps suck more data off your phone and also cause more battery 🔋 issues. What do you think?
I may have missed it in the video but I was wondering how I would make the email app update my email as fast as my gmail app on my phone and the net update. or at least have the email app at least refresh to show that the email has been looked at? Also are there other gmail Mac apps that would work better?
Just found you, Gary, and this and the 10 tips were both super useful -- and I've used Mail for about 11 years now! I can't find an answer to my specific question anywhere. Would love to see a little video about sidebar FOLDERS and all the do's and don't's. :-) I have 2 different email accounts for work and I manage a lot of different tasks/issues...so I have tons of folders to keep myself organized. At this point, each email account has the same set of folders because there is a lot of cross-over between the 2 emails. But the duplication is making me crazy (and the either the search function sucks or I just haven't figured out how to use it well). I really don't care which email the message started from/to. Is there any reason I cannot / should not just have one set of folders in the primary (as in receives the most emails) account -- let's call it A@gmail.com -- and move emails from B@gmail.com into those folders for organizational purposes?
Gary, Have enjoyed your videos am subscribed. Thanks, With Big Sur I turn the mail filter on but can not view or change the filter criteria. Used to be able to change from unread, has attach ect.
Do you mean the Rules? Not sure what could be wrong, sorry, but don't use them. Using single-client filters or rules only makes sense if you only ever get email in one place (no second computer, tablet, phone). Instead use your email service's server based rules so the rule/filter is applied on the account, not locally.
Thanks, Gary. I've been using Macs since 1990 (Classic) and yet I learn something new from every video of yours that I play. Thank you for these great and informative videos. One issue with my Mail has been bothering me for the last few years and I can't find a solution. 90% (yes, some do work as I expect them to, but most don't) of attachments that come to me never download into Mail. All I get is an icon saying Downloading ... and the file never downloads. It sorta hangs there as "Downloading". If I go to my mail provider (e.g. Gmail) the attachments are there and I have to download them separately and they work fine. I've tried searching for solutions to this, without success. Any idea what's going on with Mail in these cases?
Thanks! I recently started using Apple mail. When you attach a pdf or a photo, it inserts that into the body of the email. Can’t we just insert it as an attachment only. Without full Preview inside the body of the email?
No, there is just the one way. Note that how it appears to the recipient depends on which email client they have (app, device, etc) and their settings. You never have full control over how basic email and attachments look at the other end. Just add the attachment to the bottom of your message if you like and then it is up to the other person.
Hi Gary. My mail arrives in my inbox and is already marked as read vs unread. I use mail on an iMac. What setting is causing this and how do I change it?
Hello Gary, got a question. How do you find files in Mac Mail that are Large files ? How do you find files that have huge attachments and you want to Delete these files to make some room ? Where in preference would you find this ?? Thank you!!!!
You can simply view a mailbox and sort by size to find the largest ones. Or, you can create a Smart Mailbox and limit it to messages with attachments and then sort the results by size.
Nice video with good tips. Thank you. I have an issue that has bugged me for many versions of MAC OS; I am currently running Mojave. In the Mail app, Preferences>Accounts>Mailbox Behaviors, I have settings so the trash gets emptied when I exit the app. The problem is, this doesn't happen all the time. There have been many occasions where I exit Mail and restart it and see the Trash still has emails. If I stop Mail again and restart it, again the messages are gone. Why doesn't this happen consistently? Thanks
Not sure why it isn't working all the time for you. Maybe something fixed since your older version of macOS? Either way, I don't see it being a big issue.
Gary…in my Mac Mail in Bi Sur I don’t get the badges next to the individual mail boxes. I’ve tried everything to get them to show up. Is there a setting I’m missing?
You really can't. At least not easily. My recommendation is to avoid images in signatures anyway. Including an attachment in every single email you sent will raise your bandwidth use, raise the bandwidth use of everyone you send email to, slow them down (especially while on mobile) and can be a general annoyance to the recipient. Just keep it simple.
@@macmost Thanks. This ? isn't about a signature, which I don't have. Let's say I want to email you a song file, along with a small pic of the original album cover and some text about the song. I just drag the .jpg of the album cover right into the compose email window, easy enough, and I position it to align left. This leaves a lot of free space to the right of the image, which is where I'd like to insert both my text and the song file, but I can't find a way to put anything to the right of the image (except another small .jpg). If I put my cursor to the right of the image and start typing, I see a blinking vertical line running along the right edge of the pic, but any text I try to add drops down to the very bottom of that line. So what I'm asking is how to insert text so it's "next to" the image. Is that possible? Hope that's more clear.
@@issadad Not with the Mail app, no. There aren't advanced layout tools like that. You can definitely do it with HTML documents in email, but I don't think any major consumer email app lets you compose emails like that.
@@macmost Ok, thanks. Supposedly you can create a floating text box in Word, then insert that box into an email in any position. But I couldn't get that to work for me. How wd you feel about another bigger question re: your tip on moving DRAFTS down to On My Mac. I need help figuring out how to do that, as Google is sending me email alerts that I've used 90% of my Google storage, and all I have with Google is one Gmail account. (I also have an iCloud address but Mac stores that nit Google). The problem is: In my MacMail window, all my self-made folders archiving old emails (which I should convert to Smart Mailboxes) show on the Left column UNDER "On My Mac." But when I go into Mail Prefs - Accounts - Mailbox Behaviors - then click Drafts Mailbox (just like you do in your video), down drops a very long column, where I see all those same folders, all indented under GOOGLE. Scrolling all the way down, I see On My Mac (not indented), with only one item under it, another file called Drafts, which could be a duplicate or a recovered folder. So there's this discrepancy between what shows in Mail Prefs and what shows on the Left in the Mail window. As a result, being an idiot I don't know which to trust and where these folders actually live, or if Google is backing them up, which might be causing my storage issue. As you advise, I'd like to have every folder that I created myself -- all mail except the main folders (INBOX, SENT, JUNK, TRASH) -- live On My Mac only, but I couldn't quite see on your video HOW you did that. Sorry about this, please feel free to ignore it. And thanks regardless.
@@issadad I doubt drafts is your problem. But set it to On My Mac/Drafts if you want to avoid having drafts saved to Gmail's server. Saving everything else locally probably isn't a good idea unless you only have one device (no phone, no second computer or tablet) and have a good backup system in place. Instead, why not go to the Gmail website and take a look to see why your storage is full. Maybe search by size there and see if you have a few huge messages, etc.
No. If you have professional reasons you need to schedule email, then probably best to look for a pro email service that has that as a feature. Otherwise, just set a reminder to send that email at that time.
Hello Gary. Do you use the column view or you don’t prefer it? Do you use side bar or favourites at the top? I was wondering are there any keyboard shortcuts for: triaging the emails (moving up and down in a thread and from a thread to another),moving emails to folder. Would love to be able to add snippets or follow ups to my emails (macOS Monterey). Wondering if we can change default keyboard shortcuts to something else, would it work?
I don't use column view. I use the regular sidebar, though favorites at the top is a good option too. I use the keyboard shortcut for Archive for everything and never move anything to folders. See th-cam.com/video/WxJ1J9RhfQU/w-d-xo.html
Mail videos helpful but I’d like to know if I can organise my mail, by sender, in Smart Folders and then delete the original from my inbox. Because I need to keep some emails for future reference my inbox is bursting! Kathy
Great video Gary. I have a question if you don't mind. Is there a way to automatically send all mails from the block contact list, directly to trash folder, instead of the junk one? Thank you in advance!
You can set up any rules you like, but I suggest doing it at the server level (iCloud, Gmail, etc) not using the client for that. Chances are you use more than one client, right (Mac, iPhone, iPad for instance?)
best MAC tutorial channel. everywhere on the web you see a lot of negative reviews about how limited macbooks are in terms of productivity tools while this guy singlehandedly (or team-handedly if that makes sense) makes everything look and feel easy for people like me how have never owned a Macbook and would like to switch to Macs. Thanks man.
Gary is astounding. He explains more than what even apple can give. He is a master of his craft; well done, Gary.
The moment when Mac Tip #20 started ....... Life-changing moment! Thank you!
Wow! This information is priceless. I personally had only one problem... Gary really talks so fast I have to listen over and over and over again... which is a bit frustrating for me, but it's worth it to learn this invaluable information!
You can change the speed on TH-cam videos. th-cam.com/video/E526ZO5ia7M/w-d-xo.html
Gary, I learn a lot from you and what I love mostly about your videos is the fact that you waste no time on getting to the point you want to make. Thank you very much.
Thank you Gary for being an Apple legend. Another great tutorial of substantial use. I didn't realise the mail app was so good although I wish it included a calendar sidebar
I know you made this a couple 3 yrs ago but you just helped me understand and fix issues with Mac Mail. And because this video was so informative I'm gonna sign up to keep getting useful tips.
i've been a Windows & Microsoft fan for 19 years (basically since I was 5 y/o), & i transitioned to my first Apple Macbook around August of 2020, along with my first iPhone in Nov of 2020. being a huge computer geek, i felt amateur when i went into Apple's ecosystem, but this made me so much more comfortable. i can't believe now i'm starting to become a power Apple user. thank you! the more I use Apple, the more I don't regret the switch, especially becoming a power user at it. Bootcamp ftw too for gaming
You're a wealth of valuable knowledge, Gary. We appreciate you!
This is so good - I learn something every video I watch. The no-nonsense, concise, well-prepared example-driven approach demystifies the Mac in an easy to follow way. Keep up the good work!
As always I am simply astounded by how much I still don't know about using my Mac and by how much Gary knows about using his! Thanks for the Mail tips Gary!
Gary, your videos contain more useful content per minute than anyone else on TH-cam. Thank you!
Agreed!
Wow. Gary, I had to stop your video halfway through to tell you how much I am appreciating your knowledge. I've been struggling, off and on, with mail apps and never even considered Mail, already installed on my MacBook Air, lol. Who knew!!! Thank you, thank you!
There’s always something I find I didn’t know about. Love these videos.
Great video, I learnt so much. I'm a long time Gmail user and always stuck to Google'd app and viewing in a browser. Just lately I've started using Mac mail (as per your recommendation to use native apps wherever possible). I can't believe this program has sat on my Mac(s) for years unused. I'm now a real convert, thanks again Gary.
Thank You Gary. One of the best TH-cam channels on Apple products and specially MacBook.
Would be grateful if you could create more videos on shortcuts. Would be willing to pay also for advanced shortcuts.
I've done a few over the last few years. See th-cam.com/play/PL1bsBsPtN-9QzsuW41NdqHHQ4Tuu3Lvrb.html plus I have a course at courses.macmost.com
Absolutely great job - agree that you pack more useful and easy to understand info into each minute .. super.. Thank You..
Love Mac mail tips please keep ‘‘em coming falling in love with Apple Default apps.
This is fantastic. So many tips in such a short video. You made using mac mail so fun and productive. Saved so much time. 😁
Wow - what a difference this makes - I get crushed sometimes when I have to go to my mailbox. thank you so much!
Another fantastic tutorial Gary! Is there a limit in Mac Mail on the number of email addresses you can Bcc in a single email? Thanks!
Useful Tips and Tricks, thank you Gary.
Thanks Gary, some very useful info to save me time.
Great advice and really useful tutorial. I do have to keep pausing and rewinding to keep up with you though! 😆
You can slow down or pause TH-cam videos as needed. See th-cam.com/video/liZTyiy9NnU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Gary. A couple of real gems there!
WOW! The sidebar was always confusing me and a nuisance and something I disliked seeing all the time because to me it was sloppy. Thanks for pointing out how to improve and organize the sidebar. I did something similar to you and now the sidebar is much easier to navigate with my favorites. IMO, Mac Mail is tremendous and has improved so much in the last 1-2 years. ✉
wow the last one is fantastic !!
This is incredible, thank you so much
You're my go to guy... best ever. Thank you
Thank you Gary. As has been the norm, I found what I needed help with in this video, sorting by date to clean up some old stuff.
As many Apple Mail Tips and tricks videos I love ❤️ these ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️🙌
Wow, a ton of great tips here. thanks a ton Gary!
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Thank You excellent tips without extra yakking!
Thanks for the tips! I've just set up Mail after not using it for many years. I still don't fully understand (nor do I like - so far) the signature feature. It seems clunky and limited in design functionality compared to Outlook. For example, I've brought in my company logo, but I can't seem to resize the logo to fit my signature block. Would love to see you do a session on setting up signatures, because I'm sure I'm doing something wrong...and all the old nightmares about why I left Mail are creeping back into my head, and I want to like Mail...I really do!
Great stuff! In mail notification, why there is no option for sound? If I want to set up different sound notifications to know from the sound that it’s personal or work email- is there a way?
Thanks I needed that!
the first thing I do when I open youtube is to search for your videos. thx a lot
Thanks Gary for your videos. Its very easy and crisp with appropriate content.
It would be great to have a video which can help to show how to maintain the space occupied by these mail apps. All I know so far is that once we setup these mailboxes on Mac, it downloads the mails for each mailbox locally and starts occupying space. This local space later becomes trouble to clear.
Thanks in advance.
Thank you Gary !
I love your videos I just wish you could go a little slower.
Thank you, for a very informative video!
Excellent explanation !!!
Thank you.
Just curios how to stop mail client to mark emails as read when selection changes while reading pane is on.
This is very informative and great knowledge - any chance you could explain how to deal with junk mail.
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Very useful. Thank you
You are the Mac master.
Thanks - great tips, quick and informative. Really helpful.
Really helpful, highly recommend !
Man, that was dense! Fantastic stuff. Wish you included a transcript ('cause I have a hard time hearing that fast!).
Please explain how to create Smart Mailbox Folder. I think I created it but it's not there...but maybe I just don't know where they live...
Thanks, Gary!!!
Great and Thanks!
Gary do you like Apple Mail better then Gmail? Do you find it easier to use default apps
do you have a video on email folders? I think I'm doing it wrong and dragging things into mailboxes. I need to store work emails for many years and not sure the best way to do that. Thanks
Excellent tips! I noticed you did not cover rules. Without a doubt this is one of my favorite / most useful functions in Apple mail. It might be worth revisiting in a future tutorial. Thanks again and keep up the excellent work!
Thanks for all the videos. They have been very useful for me coming from PC. Something I really miss is the ability to delay or schedule sending emails with mail. Is it possible? How?
You'd need to be using a third-party app/extension or a professional email service to do that. Mail Butler I think does it, but I'm not sure.
@@macmost thanks for the quick reply. Mailbutler works, but they charge 10 bucks /month and I belive is not worth it. Any free suggestion?
@@ignaciosamacoitz3100 Just keep it to a minimum and set yourself reminders as to when to send those kinds of emails.
So others have said, very useful, always useful, good presentation
Hi! I am a new subscriber!! I love your channel! Can you please do a video on how to UNGROUP emails on your MacBook? Emails that are sent from the same company but from different departments continue to group together making it very hard to keep track of my emails. This tip would be very very helpful!
Great stuff as usual. Is there a way to create distribution lists that doesn’t require use of Contacts?
Just a list of contacts? Any text that is a comma or space-separated list of email addresses should do. But note that if the list is long you probably shouldn't be using a regular email service, but a email newsletter or marketing service.
@@macmost Thanks for the speedy reply. To clarify: I have occasion to send recurring emails to a small list of people (
@@markproulx1472 No, the only way to assign a List name would be to have them all in Contacts. So why not have them all in Contacts? Otherwise, you can just copy and paste the list, or maybe use a Text Replacement to make it easier. But having this small number of people in Contacts makes more sense.
i came here to find a solution to a problem one of my clients is facing sending and receiving mails, i personally don't use MacBook but i think i found a solution without even digging deep . so thank you @Gary
Thank you for your tutorials, I have a question. How to migrate POP3 mail from old Mac to another MAC without use time machine?
Locally-saved email messages in mailboxes? That's a tough one. I haven't used POP in so many years I'm probably not the right person to ask. Experiment and try things I would guess.
@@macmost thanks for your suggestion 👍🏼
Such a good video 🙌🍾⚽️🥇
These are excellent suggestions!
Hi Gary; thx for your content. Pls advise whether I can change my default mail to gmail?
Thanks for the video and tips!
Thxs.. very useful
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Janice - but how do I get my new e mail symbol in favourites into the toolbar at the bottom it won't just drag in does it have to be selected into applications first confused!
Hi, Gary! Very interesting and useful your video. I would really like to understand how the recent Mail feature that allows us to customize domains in our account works. Do we need to have a previously purchased personal domain? Thank you very much for this content that is always interesting and proposed in such a clear way!
Hi, great video! QUESTION: How do you get your signature to automatically populate one every email without manually selecting it (OS Ventura)
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I've got macbook and imac. Any possibility to sinc emails? Every time i have to remember from wich machine i send response to email. it would be perfect if there would be any opportunity to sinc mails between macs.
Hello! Thank you for your helpful videos. Do you happen to have one that addresses slow Mac Mail? The search function has slowed down significantly over the last few months. Thank you.
Hello! Thank you for your Presentation!
I hoped to see an explanation of "how to add external email accounts". The problem I have is, "the sent messages" of implemented accounts (like Gmail, Web) are not shown. I need to go to the web browser to see them. Searched all possible threads without a result. Maybe you already made a vid about it. Or there is a small hint?
Thank you for taking a lock over my issue.
Gary big FAN hey man I need to know your thoughts 💭 do you think 🤔 with how powerful Apple mail and reminders is that you don’t need something like Mail Butler just curious your thoughts
How do I change the suggested folder mail gives me when moving my emails into my folders. Sometimes it learns and most times it doesn't - have you done a video including this? If so would appreciate a link. Find your videos so useful Gary, thank you.
There's no way to force a suggestion. Just don't use them if you don't find them useful. It is easy to drag and drop to the left sidebar instead.
@@macmost Thanks- that’s what I have been doing but having so many folders it would have made the task easier to be able to control that. No worries- thanks again.
@@lizguille If you have that many mailboxes, maybe consider an alternative: th-cam.com/video/WxJ1J9RhfQU/w-d-xo.html
Any top on how to make mac os mail not show pdfs and images in emails body? That is so annoying. Before there was a command in terminal but now it does not work.
Have the same problem
Gary love your content I'm a little bit of Mac newby so your tips are brilliant, may I ask you how you reduce the full page default Email to something smaller?
Wow... I'm starting to see the benefits of using apple mail.
Mail has gotten better in Big Sur.
Do you really use only the mail app or do you use something like spark as well?
I just use Mail. Have for 20 years. I seem to be able to handle my high volume of email without a problem.
Just subscribed. Great content. Keep up the good work :)
Hello, Gary. Great Video. Many of these tips/tricks do not work in my Mac Mail. Im running Big Sur with Mail version 14.0 What gives?
Thank you! But is there a way to keep the search text field open permanently? I hate this extra klick.
Really well done. I have a question: I use a Microsoft ergonomic keyboard (at the time and maybe still there were no options for MAC versions). I am unable to figure out some of the control functions. Is there a tutorial or solution for this?
Control = CTRL
Command = Windows key
Option = Alt and Alt GR key
Do you use Apple Maps over google maps. I have always thought they google apps suck more data off your phone and also cause more battery 🔋 issues. What do you think?
I may have missed it in the video but I was wondering how I would make the email app update my email as fast as my gmail app on my phone and the net update. or at least have the email app at least refresh to show that the email has been looked at? Also are there other gmail Mac apps that would work better?
Just found you, Gary, and this and the 10 tips were both super useful -- and I've used Mail for about 11 years now! I can't find an answer to my specific question anywhere. Would love to see a little video about sidebar FOLDERS and all the do's and don't's. :-) I have 2 different email accounts for work and I manage a lot of different tasks/issues...so I have tons of folders to keep myself organized. At this point, each email account has the same set of folders because there is a lot of cross-over between the 2 emails. But the duplication is making me crazy (and the either the search function sucks or I just haven't figured out how to use it well). I really don't care which email the message started from/to. Is there any reason I cannot / should not just have one set of folders in the primary (as in receives the most emails) account -- let's call it A@gmail.com -- and move emails from B@gmail.com into those folders for organizational purposes?
Gary, Have enjoyed your videos am subscribed. Thanks, With Big Sur I turn the mail filter on but can not view or change the filter criteria. Used to be able to change from unread, has attach ect.
Do you mean the Rules? Not sure what could be wrong, sorry, but don't use them. Using single-client filters or rules only makes sense if you only ever get email in one place (no second computer, tablet, phone). Instead use your email service's server based rules so the rule/filter is applied on the account, not locally.
Thanks, Gary. I've been using Macs since 1990 (Classic) and yet I learn something new from every video of yours that I play. Thank you for these great and informative videos. One issue with my Mail has been bothering me for the last few years and I can't find a solution. 90% (yes, some do work as I expect them to, but most don't) of attachments that come to me never download into Mail. All I get is an icon saying Downloading ... and the file never downloads. It sorta hangs there as "Downloading". If I go to my mail provider (e.g. Gmail) the attachments are there and I have to download them separately and they work fine. I've tried searching for solutions to this, without success. Any idea what's going on with Mail in these cases?
you are just amazing
Great video 👏👏👏
Thanks! I recently started using Apple mail. When you attach a pdf or a photo, it inserts that into the body of the email. Can’t we just insert it as an attachment only. Without full Preview inside the body of the email?
No, there is just the one way. Note that how it appears to the recipient depends on which email client they have (app, device, etc) and their settings. You never have full control over how basic email and attachments look at the other end. Just add the attachment to the bottom of your message if you like and then it is up to the other person.
🎖Subbed. Awesome info. Using my first-ever iMac (PC user since 1980s). Thank you!👩🏾🦳👏🏽
Hi Gary. My mail arrives in my inbox and is already marked as read vs unread. I use mail on an iMac. What setting is causing this and how do I change it?
Hello Gary, got a question. How do you find files in Mac Mail that are Large files ? How do you find files that have huge attachments and you want to Delete these files to make some room ? Where in preference would you find this ?? Thank you!!!!
You can simply view a mailbox and sort by size to find the largest ones. Or, you can create a Smart Mailbox and limit it to messages with attachments and then sort the results by size.
Greate video, there was a lot of information there.
Nice video with good tips. Thank you. I have an issue that has bugged me for many versions of MAC OS; I am currently running Mojave. In the Mail app, Preferences>Accounts>Mailbox Behaviors, I have settings so the trash gets emptied when I exit the app. The problem is, this doesn't happen all the time. There have been many occasions where I exit Mail and restart it and see the Trash still has emails. If I stop Mail again and restart it, again the messages are gone. Why doesn't this happen consistently? Thanks
Not sure why it isn't working all the time for you. Maybe something fixed since your older version of macOS? Either way, I don't see it being a big issue.
Gary…in my Mac Mail in Bi Sur I don’t get the badges next to the individual mail boxes. I’ve tried everything to get them to show up. Is there a setting I’m missing?
Do you mean unread counts? Could be your email service isn't sending those.
Hi Gary, Can you change the pane colour in Mail?
Pane color? Do you mean the background behind things in Mail? There's no way to set the color, but you can switch to Dark Mode.
thanks
Thank you! How do you add a text box next to a picture?
You really can't. At least not easily. My recommendation is to avoid images in signatures anyway. Including an attachment in every single email you sent will raise your bandwidth use, raise the bandwidth use of everyone you send email to, slow them down (especially while on mobile) and can be a general annoyance to the recipient. Just keep it simple.
@@macmost Thanks. This ? isn't about a signature, which I don't have. Let's say I want to email you a song file, along with a small pic of the original album cover and some text about the song. I just drag the .jpg of the album cover right into the compose email window, easy enough, and I position it to align left. This leaves a lot of free space to the right of the image, which is where I'd like to insert both my text and the song file, but I can't find a way to put anything to the right of the image (except another small .jpg). If I put my cursor to the right of the image and start typing, I see a blinking vertical line running along the right edge of the pic, but any text I try to add drops down to the very bottom of that line. So what I'm asking is how to insert text so it's "next to" the image. Is that possible? Hope that's more clear.
@@issadad Not with the Mail app, no. There aren't advanced layout tools like that. You can definitely do it with HTML documents in email, but I don't think any major consumer email app lets you compose emails like that.
@@macmost Ok, thanks. Supposedly you can create a floating text box in Word, then insert that box into an email in any position. But I couldn't get that to work for me. How wd you feel about another bigger question re: your tip on moving DRAFTS down to On My Mac. I need help figuring out how to do that, as Google is sending me email alerts that I've used 90% of my Google storage, and all I have with Google is one Gmail account. (I also have an iCloud address but Mac stores that nit Google). The problem is: In my MacMail window, all my self-made folders archiving old emails (which I should convert to Smart Mailboxes) show on the Left column UNDER "On My Mac." But when I go into Mail Prefs - Accounts - Mailbox Behaviors - then click Drafts Mailbox (just like you do in your video), down drops a very long column, where I see all those same folders, all indented under GOOGLE. Scrolling all the way down, I see On My Mac (not indented), with only one item under it, another file called Drafts, which could be a duplicate or a recovered folder. So there's this discrepancy between what shows in Mail Prefs and what shows on the Left in the Mail window. As a result, being an idiot I don't know which to trust and where these folders actually live, or if Google is backing them up, which might be causing my storage issue. As you advise, I'd like to have every folder that I created myself -- all mail except the main folders (INBOX, SENT, JUNK, TRASH) -- live On My Mac only, but I couldn't quite see on your video HOW you did that. Sorry about this, please feel free to ignore it. And thanks regardless.
@@issadad I doubt drafts is your problem. But set it to On My Mac/Drafts if you want to avoid having drafts saved to Gmail's server. Saving everything else locally probably isn't a good idea unless you only have one device (no phone, no second computer or tablet) and have a good backup system in place. Instead, why not go to the Gmail website and take a look to see why your storage is full. Maybe search by size there and see if you have a few huge messages, etc.
Hi Gary great video, can we schedule mail in apple mail app
No. If you have professional reasons you need to schedule email, then probably best to look for a pro email service that has that as a feature. Otherwise, just set a reminder to send that email at that time.
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Hello Gary. Do you use the column view or you don’t prefer it? Do you use side bar or favourites at the top? I was wondering are there any keyboard shortcuts for: triaging the emails (moving up and down in a thread and from a thread to another),moving emails to folder. Would love to be able to add snippets or follow ups to my emails (macOS Monterey). Wondering if we can change default keyboard shortcuts to something else, would it work?
I don't use column view. I use the regular sidebar, though favorites at the top is a good option too. I use the keyboard shortcut for Archive for everything and never move anything to folders. See th-cam.com/video/WxJ1J9RhfQU/w-d-xo.html
Mail videos helpful but I’d like to know if I can organise my mail, by sender, in Smart Folders and then delete the original from my inbox. Because I need to keep some emails for future reference my inbox is bursting! Kathy
Great video Gary. I have a question if you don't mind. Is there a way to automatically send all mails from the block contact list, directly to trash folder, instead of the junk one? Thank you in advance!
You can set up any rules you like, but I suggest doing it at the server level (iCloud, Gmail, etc) not using the client for that. Chances are you use more than one client, right (Mac, iPhone, iPad for instance?)
@@macmost Yeah right. Thank you for your quick response. I' ll try to find the rule for that.