and remember kids. As soon as the update is done, turn off this garbage because apple overrides your prefs and turns it back on by default.
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or just lean into it. Take a few minutes and set it up and it actually works pretty well.
Does it? I've been dreaming about automatic email categorization for ages. But I want something beyond "this is your electricity bill". I want for example that an email referring to two separate projects be put in two categories, one per each project.
Mine didn't turn back on when I updated to 18.4. Am I alone in that experience? I was expecting it to turn back on, but it didn't.
How do you get the app icon to show the number of unread emails again?
My main problem with categories on iOS is that the entire email now no longer loads and you have to click “see more” on every one. If there were a way to show the entire email, as in list view, I’d probably use the category feature.
My main problem with categories on iOS is that the entire email now no longer loads and you have to click “see more” on every one. If there were a way to show the entire email, as in list view, I’d probably use the category feature.
Yep. This is a dealbreaker for me. I believe it only does push for iCloud but not the others like yahoo or Gmail.
It's interesting that so many people complain about this when Gmail and other mail apps have been doing this for years, hence the request from users to bring these features to Apple Mail. But I wouldn't call this "going backwards" per se when Apple clearly gives you the option of using categories or the older list view. #EveryonesACritic
Also, as someone who has multiple mail accounts, I have list view turned on for my professional email, and categories turned on for my junk email account (which I'm sure many of us have as well). I find categories useful for that type of email address, especially if you're in any of the 4 categories, just tap on the category you're in and mail will automatically switch to a "hidden" All Mail category. This allows users to easily toggle back and forth between viewing your mail in the order in which it was received vs. categories.
Also, as someone who has multiple mail accounts, I have list view turned on for my professional email, and categories turned on for my junk email account (which I'm sure many of us have as well). I find categories useful for that type of email address, especially if you're in any of the 4 categories, just tap on the category you're in and mail will automatically switch to a "hidden" All Mail category. This allows users to easily toggle back and forth between viewing your mail in the order in which it was received vs. categories.
Apple Mail has been periodically ducky for me for the past several years. Not sure why I still use it, other than it's native, not from Microsoft, and doesn't require a subscription. (My current bane are single messages that suddenly pop up to the top of the inbox despite 'followup' being turned off on all my devices.)
It is all driven by what Cook wants to say during the Keynote. Common sense, good design, usability, bug free timeframe are all thrown out the window. After all, the only important thing is for Cook to look good for his various 30 second appearances during the Keynote.