Monterey Mail - Hide Default IMAP Folders

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Monterey Mail - Hide Default IMAP Folders

I've recently upgrade from Catalina (10.15.7) to Monterey (12.5) and among many minor (and not so minor) irritations with the latest macOS I've noticed that all my Mail (16.0) IMAP accounts (both gmail and other) now display the default IMAP folders (Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Junk & Bin) within the IMAP folder list. I'm sure that there used to be a way to hide these (they certainly don't appear in Mail (13.4) on Catalina) but this no longer appears possible under either the Mailbox menu or Mailbox Behaviours preference screen.

Any thoughts on a solution would be gratefully received. Thanks

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Aug 2, 2022 4:16 AM

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CP42Kx07 Author

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Aug 2, 2022 5:39 AM in response to Owl-53

Based on your suggestion I've used a workaround as follows:

Create a top level IMAP folder (TOP1, TOP2 etc) within each IMAP account and then move all non-default IMAP folders and sub-folders into TOP1, TOP2 etc. Then add TOP1, TOP2 etc as Favourites.

Obviously this doesn't address the underlying (to my mind unnecessary) change in the way Mail handles IMAP but it is a solution.

Thank you for your input!

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Barney-15E

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Aug 2, 2022 5:16 AM in response to CP42Kx07

The Mailbox list shows all of the server mailboxes under each account.

You can add certain ones to Favorites as P. Phillips noted.

You could create Smart Mailboxes to group the mailboxes you want grouped together.

You can also create Smart. Mailbox folders to group Smart Mailboxes. All of those can be added to favorites.

There is nothing that hides the mailboxes in the account subsection.

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Owl-53

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Aug 2, 2022 4:49 AM in response to CP42Kx07

In your image in original posting what happens when you collapse the small Arrow ?

Example below for illustration purposes only

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Owl-53

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Aug 2, 2022 4:26 AM in response to CP42Kx07

Use favorite mailboxes in Mail on Mac - Apple Support (CA)

Remove a mailbox from Favorites In the Mail app on your Mac, do any of the following:

In the Mail sidebar: In Favorites, Control-click a mailbox, then choose Remove from Favorites.
In the Favorites bar: Drag the mailbox out of the Favorites bar; visual and sound effects indicate it’s been removed.

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CP42Kx07 Author

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Aug 2, 2022 4:37 AM in response to Owl-53

Thank you for the suggestion. I have considered using Favourites but it's not an ideal solution as there is no ability to group favourites and therefore hide / show them by e-mail account. Also, because I have several accounts with numerous folders in each one it would create a very messy and over-full Favourites Bar. This issue seems a strangely retrograde step in Mail.

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Aug 2, 2022 5:46 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thank you. My confusion stems from the fact that one could map IMAP folders to Inbox etc in the earlier versions of Mail. Anyway I've used a workaround as explained above.

Now if only I could deactivate the MacBook Pro M1 AutoBoot and customise the ghastly startup / login screen I'd be happy... 🙄

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Owl-53

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Aug 2, 2022 6:09 AM in response to CP42Kx07

The Auto Boot on M1 / M2 sorry but not possible. Apple Designed to function that way

Change the " Login Screen" can be under Specific Conditions.

Only One User account and Guest User account Disabled plus FileVault also disabled

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CP42Kx07 Author

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Aug 2, 2022 6:12 AM in response to Owl-53

That's how I understood the situation. Unfortunately I use FileVault and also have a user group for my VPN that can't be removed. That's life!

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