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catalina mail column view

In the new Mac osX CataIina I cannot find a way to change the columns viewed in Mail. You used to be able to change the field widths and add columns from the View/Columns menu. How can I accomplish this now?


Also, what does the black background TO next to the email title mean?




Posted on Oct 7, 2019 3:26 PM

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Hallelujah, Mail Column View, as it was, is back with Big Sur! I joined the Beta Program and installed the Beta version of Big Sur and I can confirm that the column view is restored to its original grandeur. Any information that you desire is available and sortable by the same.

Maybe Apple did realize they made a blunder with Catalina and maybe they do listen to us. Possibly it was a major software change and took a lot to restore it.

I only wish they would have let us know they planned to restore Mail so we would have not had to spend so much time writing to this post and sending service requests. Also, in the introductory clip for Big Sur, it would be nice if they highlighted the return of the column view as originally designed.


A message to Apple:

"Please do not be so distant from your loyal customers and fans!!!". You could have responded to this thread to give us hope.


Posted on Aug 8, 2020 7:24 PM

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Oct 23, 2020 12:06 PM in response to Don MacQueen1

I definitely had to move over to the dreaded Outlook, just to get column view and sent mail configs back. The downside is that Outlook for the Mac doesn't have markup capabilities, which I use all the time. So I literally have to mark up images and PDFs in Pages and then copy them over to Outlook.


Looking forward to the day that Apple gets rid of the amateurs on its MacOS developer team and replaces them with some seasoned pros.

Nov 15, 2020 9:26 AM in response to Bidge

Bidge wrote: "Big Sur OS has given us back a mail more like we were used to.


We now have column view again, those columns can be adjusted in width and sorted via column."


Does that in include local mailboxes "on My Mac"?

Can you select what columns to display?

When copying sent mail to a mailbox 'on My Mac' can I again see who the mail was sent to not just who sent it?


These are some of the features I was hoping would return with Mail with Big Sur.


Thanks in advance for any answers,

Nov 15, 2020 9:38 AM in response to moonlander33

Just a few weeks ago got through the hassle of upgrading my iMac to Catalina (with 3-4 unsuccessful attempts) and switching to Outlook mail app. So now I will take my time, sit back and read all the reports about Big Sur "quirks" (and bugs?) and await a Version 11.1.0 or such before I do anything. Also just got a new MacBook Air with Catalina for travel and will be keeping both Macs consistent in OS.

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