Mail - Classic view in Catalina

Oh yes, thank you Nick.... its really not very clear as was trying to click on the dot or find the dividing bar and I couldn't.. but thank you I will try not to forget this little trick..it was very annoying to lose it...thanks again and have a good day..

I use Apple Mail all the time. The Catalina version of mail is just impossible. Poor functionality, little flexibility. Why???

I actually switched back to Mojave, which wasn't easy, but it was the only way I could do my work. This means that until Apple actually puts Mail back the way it was, I'm stuck with this computer and this OS until the end of time. How is that in Apple's interest?

I called Apple and wrote and registered my thoughts about this big step backwards. But I don't think anything has changed.

Please do write to them with feedback and maybe, just maybe, they'll give us back the full functionality of Mail in Classic view.

As I’ve said before, removing the ability to both choose and ordinate the columns you want to use in Mail is incredibly frustrating and a huge step back in productivity for me.

I am not getting used it: I have to actively work to ignore it so as not to expend an iota more emotional energy than I am already doing for my day to day existence.

Put it back, now, please!

has anyone checked? Is there any hope for macOS Big Sur?

I hate this fake column layout so much!

If they remove the movable, editable, customizable columns from the Finder I'm going to scream bloody murder!

Classic view mail in Catalina doesn't bring up the content of the email. I unchecked Show Side Preview and nothing. I had Use Column Layout checked. Nothing.

I tried the _I_ at the bottom of the screen, held it down for 3 seconds and still couldn't get the detail to show.

Now I have to double click EVERY SINGLE email just to see what it says.

HELP

Just so disappointed about all the things they removed in Catalina. Dumbing down is the proper term for what Apple did to their once-great product.

Cheap keys, no more 32-bit app support, no more sd card slots and regular usb. Keyboard sounding and feeling cheap. Just becoming a toy instead of a professional tool.

So sad…

They seem to have changed how the "dot" at the bottom of the Mail window works. I first dragged the dot down to the bottom of the window and saw only the list of messages. I then tried clicking and holding it for several seconds (which did nothing) for several attempts, holding it for longer and longer times before dragging upwards.

Then I tried holding the "command" key while clicking and dragging the dot up, and the first couple of times it did nothing, but on the third time it reopened a window area in which the selected message is displayed.

Hard to believe this is how it's _supposed_ to work - maybe it's a bug! I'll call AppleCare to pursue further and post what I learn in this Discussion.

You guys are providing info that is in no way, shape or form related to Version 13.4 (3608.80.23.2.2) in which you can't get mail preview or classic look even if you take a big hammer and hammer the app down ...I regret in so many ways ever switching on my hosts to the Catalina OS. So far THE biggest OS X junk in Apple's history!!!

HOW CAN I VIEW TO WHOM I SENT A EMAIL in the VIEWER WINDOW

With Catalina, MAIL has never been the same. In the viewer window, I need to see to whom I sent an email .

The TO/CC label does not reveal to whom the email was sent. I must click on the "TO" which then

Opens up the email in order to view the recipient of the email. This did not happen with the Classic

View of Mail on Mojave. RESTORE MAIL CLASSIC VIEW TO CATALINA.

Yes, and how do I completely turn off the message preview pane in Catalina Mail? The classic view toggled preference is no longer available. This is bad email security practice... auto-opening of messages.

They won'y GAS. This feedback is right on the money if you can't see preview where it is and how to "re-enable" https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-9624

Just a reminder: Apple engineers largely ignore these forums. You (and the rest of us) should give them feedback at https://www.apple.com/feedback/.

You are correct. It is horrible. Send feedback to Apple.

At the top, right above the list, it says sort by. You can pick your column. The only thing actually missing is the column headers themselves. Which is odd because there is space for them.

thank you so much... this was driving me crazy.