can't seem to delete more than one email message at a time in 10.8. Used to be able to click and drag which would highlight multiple messages then could deklete all selected. Any work around?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
Hold the Command key when you click on an email to select multiple emails.
That does work - but only one at a time. Used to be able to literally scroll down very quickly highlighting messages rapidly. That appears to be gone in 10.8. I get many messages and am guilty of not deleting until I have over 1000 messages. It was very easy to group them and mass delete - now it is not.
You can multiple select by clicking on the first one, scrolling up/down to the last one and pressing shift while clicking. From there you can option-click to unselect items
Thanks! Works great - even better than the old way!
I wonder why you think this is better than just click dragging to select. Maybe I'm missing something. Thanks.
Any way to do this on iPad ?
I have discovered an easier method that does not involve the keyboard and is similar to the old mouse only method.
This is tested on El Capitan 10.11.6 Apple Mail.
Quick Double click on the first message while simultaneously moving the mouse cursor down (or up). This will select multiple messages without having to use the Shift or Command key.
You may need to practice as the action requires finesse as the message selection, double clicking and mouse down/up movement has to happen basically at the same time (if it is not timed right it will only open up the first message).
Real credit goes to my customer who asked me this question after switching to a new machine, I said it could not be done, but he discovered the method anyways through persistence.
Thanks, fxg97873. This nailed it.
anyway to select multiple emails in 10.8 to delete? can't do that anymore!
