Mail Settings Window Maximized

My Mac Mail Settings window is suddenly maximized as seen on screenshot


  • I can't press the "once-green-fullscreen" button as it is grayed-out
  • I can move, mimimize, but I can't resize window
  • Clearing cache, preferences and saved application state for com.apple.mail didn't solve anything


Please help!



Posted on Jul 29, 2024 5:53 AM

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Posted on Jul 29, 2024 7:16 AM

I have found a problem and therefore the solution too.


By mistake I have pasted my signature (with small print) into the signature description field. This caused that whole Mail app settings were widened to match the text width. Text had several lines and first one was my name and line that caused problem was out-of-the-view.


Hope this helps someone else too, because it is a "stupid" problem that generates lots of solutions of the same kind, that do not work (one suggested migration to other user account, luckily I didn't listen)

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Jul 29, 2024 7:16 AM in response to polde404

I have found a problem and therefore the solution too.


By mistake I have pasted my signature (with small print) into the signature description field. This caused that whole Mail app settings were widened to match the text width. Text had several lines and first one was my name and line that caused problem was out-of-the-view.


Hope this helps someone else too, because it is a "stupid" problem that generates lots of solutions of the same kind, that do not work (one suggested migration to other user account, luckily I didn't listen)

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