Why is Apple Mail rearranging my mailboxes after I manually move them.

I use apple mail to access about 7 email addresses. I have always manually moved them in my Inbox to the order in which makes sense for my workflow and that has always worked.

Now, every time I log-into mail on my MacBook, the inboxes are arranged in a very random order. HELP! the OCD in me is going crazy!

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Oct 18, 2019 5:20 AM

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Posted on Jul 7, 2020 11:44 AM

I just got off the phone w/ Apple support on this. While this did not appear to be a known issue for them, here is what they had me do:

Go to System Prefs>Internet Accounts

Uncheck "Mail" for each of the accounts I use in Mail

Recheck "Mail" for each, but in the order in which I want to see them in my master inbox

Close and reopen Mail


So far, this is working but I need to monitor this throughout the day to see if it holds up. Fingers crossed.

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