Addressing mail

[marysville]

Upon a display of a new Mail form, there use to be an icon for accessing Contacts, now that no longer appears. With that old display one could go through Contacts clicking names to be added to the address in the new mail form.
Now, is seems that the only way to send a group message is to click on a group in Contacts and all therein are added. But that is not what I need to do, my address spread around many Contact groups, but not all of any one group.

 

[Weaselboy]

Upon a display of a new Mail form, there use to be an icon for accessing Contacts, now that no longer appears. With that old display one could go through Contacts clicking names to be added to the address in the new mail form.
Now, is seems that the only way to send a group message is to click on a group in Contacts and all therein are added. But that is not what I need to do, my address spread around many Contact groups, but not all of any one group.

Click the little blue plus at the right of the To: field and you will get a dropdown where you can pick what addresses or groups you want. Is that what you are after?

 

[marysville]

Click the little blue plus at the right of the To: field and you will get a dropdown where you can pick what addresses or groups you want. Is that what you are after?

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Thanks, and yes it is.
But, boy how much more inconvenient this is from the former way.

 

[BrianBaughn]

You can also add the "Address" button to the new message window with a right-click and "Customize Toolbar". Not there by default.

 

[marysville]

You can also add the "Address" button to the new message window with a right-click and "Customize Toolbar". Not there by default.

Thanks, but:

I may be particulary dense today, but I cannot get the "head" icon to appear in the tool bar of the new message window.
It does now appear in the main Mail Window, but as I said, not in the new message window.

 

[Bruno09]

First, open a "New Message" window.

Then, right-click the tool bar of this window and "Customize Toolbar".

 

[marysville]

First, open a "New Message" window.

Then, right-click the tool bar of this window and "Customize Toolbar".

Thanks.
But still does not work. Also, on a Mac there is no right-click, as far as I know.
Also, now it seem the Icon of the head silhouette says it "sends the address of selected messages to my address book." It does not access the address book.
I'm still lost.

 

[MacNewbie03]

You can right click by holding down the Control key and then clicking with your mouse.

 

[BrianBaughn]

If you ARE using a mouse, you can enable the right click in System Preferences>Mouse.

You're missing out on a good many features of the Finder and other applications if you're not using the "right click".

 

[driftless]

I am having a similar issue: not being able to add all of the addresses within a group to an email. Any thoughts?

 

[Bruno09]

Hi,

Mail / New message, click the "head" icon :



to get this window :



Within a group, select one address, then Cmd + a to select all, then click on the "To :" button.

 

[driftless]

The "head" icon has been replaced with a blue + in Mavericks.

 

[Bruno09]

It still exists on Mavericks, the above screenshot is on Mavericks...

Right click, "Customize toolbar", add the head icon.

See Post #6.

 

[driftless]

Click the little blue plus at the right of the To: field and you will get a dropdown where you can pick what addresses or groups you want. Is that what you are after?

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That does not allow my to pick a group, just emails individually.

 

[Bruno09]

You can select what you want within a group : a single address, or several addresses, or all (Cmd + a). Then click the "To : " button.

Works flawlessly for me.

I mean by using the head icon, not the blue "+" button.

 

[driftless]

It still exists on Mavericks, the above screenshot is on Mavericks...

Right click, "Customize toolbar", add the head icon.

See Post #6.

I don't seem to have that icon and it is not an option when I am in "customize toolbar".

 

[Bruno09]

Are you on Mavericks, or Yosemite ?

 

[driftless]

Are you on Mavericks, or Yosemite ?

Duhh, this Mac is on Yosemite. Sorry. The group addressing feature disappeared with the upgrade.

 

[Bruno09]

Yes it did

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6601915?start=0&tstart=0

 

[Bruno09]

Try this : in a new message, in the "To :" field, type in the name of the group, hit Enter.

(this works on Mavericks and is supposed to work on Yosemite).

 

[driftless]

Try this : in a new message, in the "To :" field, type in the name of the group, hit Enter.

(this works on Mavericks and is supposed to work on Yosemite).

That worked! Thanks!

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote:
[[ Also, on a Mac there is no right-click, as far as I know. ]]

Macs have had "right clicks" for twenty years or more.

Do you have a MacBook or do you use a mouse?

On a MacBook, go to the Trackpad pane in System Preferences.
Click "Point & Click".
Be sure there is a checkmark in the "Secondary click" option
Now LEFT-click directly under (drop down menu) and choose "Click in bottom right corner".
The bottom right corner of your trackpad now activates right-click (as it SHOULD).


For a Mac with a mouse, go to the Mouse pane in System Preferences.
Make sure the "Primary mouse button" option had a dot in the "Left" radio button.
If so, right-click is working. Try it.