There are only two useful categories in my book: junk that I never want to see (marked junk by other users) and everything else. I have to go through everything else anyway, it doesn’t help me if they’re separated further into different inboxes. Tags and snooze is all I need to stay organized. Being able to add notes would also be nice.
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Revamped Mail App With Built-In Categorization Comes to Mac and iPad
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I am using the beta version of macOS 15.4 that went out to developers today, and it’s not there, at least on my Mac.
It still sucks though, especially when you are receiving emails from someone who uses Outlook.
Following the recent iOS update, the Mail application on my iPad is experiencing a significant synchronization issue, resulting in emails failing to load or synchronize.
Are you guys marking all your messages as read and then still seeing the unread messages badge on the icon? I’ve been getting that since the release of iOS18 and it’s driving me mad. I have to go into the app and manually pull down to trigger a re-sync. The app gives no indication of when it has finished syncing too which means sometimes I have to do it multiple times. 😫
Not the biggest fan of Windows 11, but outside of Windows - Microsoft is writing some fantastic software right now. I wish they would have stuck with 7, just like I wish Apple had stuck with Snow Leopard. Turns out 2009 was peak desktop.
This has been a problem FOR A LONG TIME!!! The mail app needs a complete re-write, it is so buggy. Also, the search, while improved, is still pitiful.
Plus - I want to be able to turn off ALL JUNK MAIL filtering. Not sure why this is not possible.
As for the categories - I turn the off. I manage it myself. Not one family member I know has kept this on. Everyone I know at work also hates it and has asked for help in getting rid of the categories.
If they really want this, they should have the 'All' category first on the list. Then, if I want to filter them, let me pick the one I want to see.
Agree all the way around. Outlook -- especially on the PC -- is just a pleasure to use, and extremely powerful. I greatly prefer MacOS and Apple hardware, but I feel that Apple is not keeping up on the software side.
Does Mail in macOS 15.4 beta keep the "View/Use Column Layout" feature?
As long as Column layout still exists, and I can turn off the Categorization features, I'm good.
As long as Column layout still exists, and I can turn off the Categorization features, I'm good.
One of the first things I'll turn off. Right after ensuring Apple Intelligence is still turned off.
Not specifically about this topic, but until I saw the large Mail app icon in this article, I never notices the tiny "Apple Park, California 95014" on the envelope before.
this categorization feature is a piece of junk. I had a samsung phone that I was waiting for my bank app to send an sms OTP and it never worked. After struggling I found out there was a hidden "JUNK" inbox that the SMS APP has been sending my Bank OTP message to.
I just want an emails with set reminders to leave my inbox view until the assigned reminder time occurs. Seems basic. It would be such a useful feature in maintaining inbox zero.