Mail app: Missing badge for unread mails on macOS 15.4

[chris4565]

Hey guys,

I have some issues regarding the badge on the Mail app icon that's supposed to display the count of unread mails: Since updating to macOS 15.4, it's sometimes missing. I've had 2 instances already when I had an unread mail in my mailbox but there was no "1" badge. The weird thing is that I also manually tested it by sending myself a mail from another account and then it worked.

So it seems like this feature is semi-broken for me since updating. Is anyone else also having this issue? Thanks!

 

[Nermal]

I haven't updated yet, but that sounds like they've ported the iOS bug over to the Mac!

 

[Morac]

You need to change the 2 general preferences in the Mail app to show the unread count and notifications for all inboxes. The update automatically changes it to only show for the primary category, so by default the badge will only show up for emails it deems “primary” which is why sending yourself an email works.

Change General settings in Mail on Mac

In Mail on your Mac, change options for checking for new email, downloading attachments, searching emails, and more.

support.apple.com

 

[chris4565]

You need to change the 2 general preferences in the Mail app to show the unread count and notifications for all inboxes.

That's it, thanks so much! I don't get it at all why Apple changed this, even though I disabled categories... Makes no sense to me but now it's back to how I want it, thanks again!