No "unread" mailbox in Mail app?

[Silly John Fatty]

On the iPad there's a default smart mailbox that shows you all your unread mails at once. I find this very practical! I could swear I've had this before, on Mavericks.

But I can't seem to find it anywhere on Yosemite. Where is it? I don't want to create a smart mailbox because I already have many of them and I would like the "Unread" mailbox to be somewhere at the top with other mailboxes like "Inbox", "Send" or "Drafts".

Any ideas? I went through all the settings but can't find anything.

 

[0d085d]

One idea:

If you select the parent Inbox (ie. the big master Inbox with the triangle next to it) you can choose to sort by unread at the top of the column with the messages listed. I think it sorts by date after it's sorted by unread, and if you click on another account's inbox then it still sorts by date, or whatever you had selected.

 

[BrianBaughn]

You can create a "Smart" mailbox using a rule...for unread only.

 

[jbarley]

I don't want to create a smart mailbox because I already have many of them

You can create a "Smart" mailbox using a rule...for unread only.

The OP has already ruled this idea out.

 

[BrianBaughn]

The OP has already ruled this idea out.

I see now. Thanks.

OP: I have two email accounts in Mail and, with the Inbox, Sent, Junk, Trash and Archive sections expanded any folder I create is already halfway down the column.

 

[Silly John Fatty]

One idea:

If you select the parent Inbox (ie. the big master Inbox with the triangle next to it) you can choose to sort by unread at the top of the column with the messages listed. I think it sorts by date after it's sorted by unread, and if you click on another account's inbox then it still sorts by date, or whatever you had selected.

Thanks, I see. It works, but I'd still prefer to have its own mailbox. It's kind of crazy that there isn't such a default mailbox? Especially when you get a lot of mails and then you have many unread mails spread all over your inbox, somewhere way behind, it would be quite useful. That mailbox would require less clicks than the method you mentioned also. Not that I was this lazy, but if the iPad has it, it's weird that the Mac hasn't.

And I could swear I used to have this feature before.