Mail will not load content on my new MacBook Pro M1 - Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately. ??

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Mail will not load content on my new MacBook Pro M1 - Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately. ??

I have a new MacBook Pro M1 13". I migrated all of my files, apps, etc., from my 2013 MacBook Pro. Mail worked fine there for years. Now, when I open mail messages the images do not appear. The message is: Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately. I did not have this problem on my previous MacBook Pro. What has changed? This is _really_ annoying!

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Apr 29, 2022 11:01 AM

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leroydouglas

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Apr 30, 2022 12:39 PM in response to valpoMac37

valpoMac37 wrote:

Mail will not load content on my new MacBook Pro M1 - Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately. ??

I have a new MacBook Pro M1 13". I migrated all of my files, apps, etc., from my 2013 MacBook Pro. Mail worked fine there for years. Now, when I open mail messages the images do not appear. The message is: Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately. I did not have this problem on my previous MacBook Pro. What has changed? This is _really_ annoying!

if every email you see: "Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately.”

Mail issues loading content in macOS Monterey

I

Open mail app select Mail>Preferences>Privacy disable:

“Protect Mail Activity” /
“Hide IP address” /
“Block all remote content”

Use Mail Privacy Protection on Mac - Apple Support

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valpoMac37 Author

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May 1, 2022 7:50 AM in response to leroydouglas

Thank you for that advice. I was a bit confused about the options in Mail Preferences. Evidently, the Privacy option is new in Monterey; it was not there in Big Sur. I suppose that turning off all those privacy options I am right back where I was all the time before Monterey. Correct?

I think some other mail apps also have such privacy options but they allow the user to delete privacy protection for mail sources that are known to the user, e.g., newspapers and other sources. In Monterey it seems that there is no such option.

Again -- thanks.

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valpoMac37 Author

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May 1, 2022 3:10 PM in response to leroydouglas

One quick follow up; could turning off all of my privacy settings per your suggestion possibly interfere with my iMessages from appearing on my Mac? They were appearing fine. Now I get no iMessages posted to my Mac that appear on my phone. I made no changes to the preferences for messages. Any ideas? Thanks for your help.

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Mail will not load content on my new MacBook Pro M1 - Your network preferences prevent content from loading privately. ??

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