How do I get Mail to go back to the default way of looking?

[Dragoro]

I thought Id try the classic view just to see what it looked like, and when i switched back, its no where near the same as it was. Anyway of going back to defaults or something?

 

[Macksneezie]

I went in to mail preferences then view and unchecked classic view and mine went back to normal.

 

[Dragoro]

Unfortunately mine didn't but no longer necessary

 

[dianeoforegon]

You'll need to resize to show the preview window. Often you can only see the middle pane showing subjects.

 

[Dragoro]

Yeah but now when i click on an email, instead of opening on the right side, i have to double click on it and open it in a separate window.. How do I make it go back to the way it was before?

 

[997440]

If you're missing the preview pane, I came across this thread at ASC that may help you -https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7294415

 

[Dragoro]

Thanks, unfortunately I have no idea what they are talking about when they say rebuild the mail

 

[KALLT]

You might have to drag the email preview panel on the right side back to the left side. It's easy to overlook, but it's the thicker border on the right-hand side of the main window.

 

[Dragoro]

Wish it were that simple

 

[KALLT]

Wish it were that simple

What does that mean? Is the draggable area there or not? Have you resized the entire window? Have you closed the windows, then right-clicked on the Dock icon and selected quit, then reopened Mail?

Try this Terminal command:

killall Mail; defaults delete com.apple.mail "NSSplitView Subview Frames Main Window"; defaults delete com.apple.mail "NSSplitView Subview Frames Main Window Preview Pane"; defaults delete com.apple.mail TableColumns

If it doesn't work: you can reset Mail to its default status (accounts themselves and their settings will remain in tact) with this Terminal command:

killall Mail; defaults delete com.apple.mail

 

[Dragoro]

Thanks Kallt. The border on right was no thicker or darker than the one on the left, but just for kicks i dragged it and sure enough, there was the preview pane.