I have a smart mailbox with about 60 messages in it. They have all been read, but the notification, next to the smart mailbox, is 9. I have selected all messaged and chosen 'Mark as Read'. I have also 'right clicked' the smart mailbox and chosen "Mark All Messages As Read". I have restarted Mail.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.0
I have the same problem.
When I check on my iPhone (or on the gmail web interface) the messages that are counted as unread are not unread in those other interfaces. In fact, they don't have the blue dot in the Mail.app indicating that they are unread. Only the smart mailbox thinks that they are unread.
Things I've tried:
Sometimes the messages will stop being shown as unread, but soon after new ones will reappear.
Same problem here.
At one point (before 14.5) going to Settings, unchecking the problematic accounts and then re-checking it solved the issue. But with latest version of macOS (14.5) the issue comes back.
Seems to be linked to Gmail and one iMap account on my side. Hotmail and Apple Mail seems to be immune.
Looks like a regression issue...
you can try rebuilding Mail to see if that corrects it.
1. In the Mail app on your Mac, select a mailbox in the sidebar.
2. Choose Mailbox > Rebuild.
Apple Mail Smart Mailbox shows wrong number of unread
