Sort by dropdown in Mail

Is the Sort By dropdown in Mail gone in Big Sur? I see it in the View menu but can only see Filter in the main view.

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 8:14 AM

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Posted on Nov 18, 2020 9:06 AM

Howdy,


It sounds like you are viewing your mail with Column View. If so you can click on a column heading to sort by that column.

Note there is a "v" or "^" at the right of the column heading showing the direction of the sort for that column. Clicking on the column heading again reverses the sort.


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Nov 18, 2020 9:06 AM in response to Nevain

Howdy,


It sounds like you are viewing your mail with Column View. If so you can click on a column heading to sort by that column.

Note there is a "v" or "^" at the right of the column heading showing the direction of the sort for that column. Clicking on the column heading again reverses the sort.


ivan

Nov 23, 2020 10:14 AM in response to ivan54

Thank you, but I'm not using Column View. Mail used to have the option to choose Attachments, Date, Flag, From, Size, Subject, To, Unread from the main view screen (with Column View unselected). Now it has a Filter option that defaults to Unread but can be altered to an extent; however, I have to go to the View menu, then choose From (for example) to search my inbox for emails from a particular sender.

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