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Jules HL Author

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37 points

Mail - Classic view in Catalina

Am i dreaming, or have they fully removed Classic view? It's no longer in preferences. You can now select "Use column layout" and "Show date and time" in the View dropdown, but the "sort by" remains a drop in the top right, rather than the columns becoming clickable in the active view. So to actually sort by something is now at least 3 clicks rather than one. Has anyone figured out how to undo another incomprehensible design-dumbing-down decision? Or is that it: we pretend our insanely expensive laptops are ipads now? Every single update provides a depressing development for anyone who has owned a mac since they were actually macs......... our baby just woke up from the machine gun fire coming from this ridiculous "pro" keyboard.....

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Oct 22, 2019 12:03 AM

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Bidge

Level 1

21 points

Posted on Oct 29, 2019 2:42 PM

I agree. I don't do iPads (the rest of the family does), I do big spanking desktops, but for years now the software that drew to me the Mac ecosystem is getting dumber and dumber.

The changes to how we sort and view our mail make no sense to me. It's a deliberate dumbing down on the options we have.

Classic view is the only way I use mail, never ever liked the replacement viewing mode.

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Apr 25, 2020 6:24 AM in response to tangentially

It's preposterous. How may feedback be sent, @tange?

Gal 220

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May 23, 2020 7:25 PM in response to Stephen Pollak

Stephen,

As someone else asked:

Did you find a good alternative to apple mail?

Gal 220

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May 23, 2020 7:26 PM in response to Nick Barnett2

Nick,

Did you get an answer from Stephen about a good alternative to Apple mail?

JACQ9

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Jun 3, 2020 5:31 AM in response to Nick Barnett2

Hey Nick, thanks for the reply but I can’t even do that.. is it still possible to preview messages Underneath in Catalina? I’m beginning to think not.. the dot doesn’t do anything for me???!

JACQ9

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Jun 3, 2020 5:35 AM in response to Nick Barnett2

It’s like I have no preview, even if I format to the side?

gormur

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11 points

Jun 16, 2020 8:42 AM in response to Tracy McCarthy

Thank you Tracy,

I have been spending hours on this stupid "bug" I really appreciate your help.

Gal 220

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Jul 21, 2020 6:54 PM in response to Tracy McCarthy

Your message was so funny I had to come here and tell you..

Jul 21, 2020 7:54 PM in response to Gal 220

;)

Jul 27, 2020 2:30 AM in response to Daniel Kaplan

Done!

Jul 27, 2020 2:59 PM in response to Andrew Jung

Lol. We passed the mid-coast and sailed to Catalina! Next stop: Baja by way of Zuma!

Jul 27, 2020 5:31 PM in response to Andrew Jung

Sorry: I thought Big Sur was a funny. I had not heard about the next OS landmark.

Aug 5, 2020 11:17 AM in response to Daniel Kaplan

Shouldn’t the last two comments be a different topic? It seems different than the original poster’s issue.

SIPAnkh

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43 points

Aug 11, 2020 1:11 PM in response to marite_P

Agree with your comment 10000% Catalina version of mail is total garbage!

Aug 24, 2020 10:00 AM in response to Jules HL

also - is there no way to add a TO column to the top of a saved email? I've got stuff filed in folders and it would be helpful if I could add the TO column to help identify the email....UGH

Aug 25, 2020 1:43 PM in response to Daniel Kaplan

We know. But the forums are a great place to vent and to know that we are not alone in our frustrations with these changes and to learn or share possible acceptable hacks if any are discovered.

Mail - Classic view in Catalina