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  1. Red_Tiger

    Accessing Archived Mail from a different Mac

    Hi Guys, Just wanted to pick your brains on a conundrum I am currently facing. My MacBook Pro 15” late 2011 has had its logic board fail again (5th time). Long story short apple want to see proof of purchase as I am currently working with their customer service team to potentially remidy the...
  2. I

    Why cut-n-paste image into Apple Mail will get auto converted to TIFF sometimes?

    I have this hair-pulling frustration dealing with images cut-n-pasted into Apple Mail from websites. You would expect cutting a jpg/png image from the web into a blank Apple Mail would stay as original jpg/png format, but no, Apple Mail will convert it to TIFF behind your back and render the...
  3. M

    Mail software lost search in: subject, from, content

    There is only the magnificent glass left. No dropdown menu. No options what are they (can't see them as they're gone :-D ). Subject, From, Content Been googeling for about two hours now .. I feel all alone Thank you
  4. J

    Emails from 2016 to Present Disappeared?

    Hey everyone - Apologies if this has been discussed. A family member asked me for help, as her emails from 2016 to present suddenly disappeared in the Mail app Inbox on her iPhone 6s as well has her old iPad Air. The emails (from Gmail) are still visible in the Gmail app as well as on her iMac...
  5. T

    Question About Managing Lots of Mail Accounts

    Hi, I have like 9 accounts that I want to manage properly. I was wondering which is better, to forward all accounts to 1 email and create aliases for these emails so that I can email back using that 1 main account or is it better to register each account individually into one client...
  6. elnbrg

    Mail bug

    Multiple "On My Mac" folders with the same contents after adding 1 or more POP3 account in Mail. Anyone knows how to fix it? https://www.dropbox.com/s/pdwzmvnjwmr1fmu/Screenshot%202019-04-04%2008.49.11.png?dl=0
  7. PinkyMacGodess

    What triggers email rules in the Mojave Mail app?

    I thought I had it figured out. I'd use my fastest/newest machine to filter out junk mail with some Rules, and I'll be danged, the rules aren't being triggered for some reason. Simple rules too. Yet, if I remote in to the 'rule mac', and right click and 'Apply Rules', the messages disappear...
  8. adammusic

    Mail drop not working...

    I’m trying to send a bunch of photos using maildrop. Under 5gb. I tried sending from aol to @me.com From @me.com to @me.com Both fail to send in the outbox. Little red exclamation point next to it. Says file size was over standard email limit. 27mb. But maildrops limit is 5gb. So even though...
  9. L

    Mail not fetching over mobile data

    Hi, i’m not getting email notifications unless on wifi, however my mail and fetch settings I believe are set to receive notifications over mobile data. How can I enable for gmail emails to fetch automatically over mobile data too? what is interesting is that at the bottom of the first...
  10. V

    MBP 5,5 Owner Dilemma

    Hey guys, I am hoping for some advise as I am in a bit of a predicament. I currently own a MacBook Pro with following specs: Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz Memory: 8 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Capacity: 240.06 GB (SSD Drive) System...
  11. J

    3 period ellipsis

    Mojave 10.14.3 New problem I am encountering in mac Mail. I was always able to insert a 3 period ellipsis with no problems before. But since updating to 10.14.3, when I type 3 periods in a row, anywhere either in a phrase, or in the middle or at the end of sentence, the 3 period ellipsis is...
  12. Vandal.

    Offline backup of your emails?

    Hey guys, I'm trying to keep a local backup of my emails (iCloud & Gmail) without moving them out of the cloud, as I would do with the archive function in Mail. Is there any workaround or software to do this? Thanks, V
  13. I

    MacOS Mail - wrong quotation marks

    This is a weird one. I'm using "smart quotes" (aka curled quotes) in Mail, as in other apps -- as I have for years. Suddenly under Mojave, I find that in Mail the opening quotation mark is coming in curled in the wrong direction, like this: You can see in Pages on the left the way it should...
  14. R

    @mac.com address defect

    Hey, since approx. two weeks my @mac.com-adress isn't working properly. This means I can only receive mails on irregular basis. The sender gets an automatic "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender" as answer. I've attached an example below from a test a did two hours ago. Has anyone experienced...
  15. gavinrsa

    Bounce Mail for El Capitan

    This is a bounce mail script written for automator, below... tell application "Mail" repeat with eachMessage in input bounce eachMessage end repeat end tell end run This script does however NOT work in El Capitan. Does anyone know what script works for el Capitan to Bounce...
  16. F

    Is there a way to change language in the mail app without changing system language?

    I'm from Denmark and keep my system language in Danish. When I reply to emails with the Mail app, it makes that blue text that says something like "On the 9th of December, X wrote:" - except, it writes this text in Danish. Is it possible to change the language in the Mail app so this text is...
  17. elnbrg

    Archive folder in Mail

    When setting up multiple POP3 accounts in macOS Mac (10.14.2), I see duplicate or more Archive folders 'On My Mac' with the same contents. If I delete a messages in one of them, it gets deleted in another one, so these 2 folders have the same contents and the same source of contents. If I set...
  18. mikezmac

    They have the mail, messages complications on the iphone but . . .

    OK They have the mail, messages complications on the iphone 'watch' app under 'My Faces' when you edit your watch face.However if you assign them they don't show up on the apple watch. They do not show up on the apple watch, it lists them as off/blank.
  19. I

    How to create keyboard shortcut to enable dark mode in Mail?

    Hi, I am trying to see if there is a way to create a keyboard shortcut that enables me to toggle 'dark mode' off and on in the 'Mail' application. I understand how to create basic keyboard shortcuts, but the problem I am having is the command to enable/disable dark mode in Mail is nested in...
  20. L

    Copy mail rules from MBP to Mac pro problem

    Hi, My MacBook pro has 10.13.6 on it, my mac pro has 10.12.6 on it. Trying to copy the rules from my mac pro to the mbp. I have copied the files 'rules active state.plist' and 'synced rules.plist' over to the MacBook pro, restarted mail but the rules have not copied. Any ideas? I did it...