I think I used to be able to customize the toolbar for the compose email window with Apple's Mail program.
Seems in mountain lion that when I bring up a new compose window and then go to the View menu, that the customize option is greyed out. And right clicking on the toolbar doesn't give me a dropdown option.
I want to add an "add link" icon to my compose toolbar.
Does anyone have a workaround or suggestion?
thanks
In Mail it is on the View menu but before you actually compose your message:
But I don't see an 'add link' option.
This is NOT available when you have the Compose message window open as I stated in my original post.
That is why you don't see an "add link" option.
And as I pointed out you get to it from here in Mountain Lion:
In Mail it is on the View menu but before you actually compose your message
The only options to customise the Compose window are these:
And you get them from this button:
Message was edited by: Colin Robinson PS You can still use the keyboard shortcut.
Dude, That is NOT for the compose window. That is for the general email viewing window.
It used to be available for the compose window in previous versions.
No, it is the Compose window:
Arghjhhhhh,
Yes, I know how to set those settings.
TOOLBAR!!!!!!!!
Please stop. You are not helping.
Please stop. You are not helping.
The problem is that there is no problem, as you describe it. The Link button is still an available choice to add to the new message window:
So how did you get to that window in Mountain Lion? If you read my post you will see that there indeed IS a problem since I can't get to that window.
Here is the window I see when I go to my compose window and try to "customize" There is no way to add icons to the toolbar. Remember, I am using Mountain Lion.
This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about. This is the OLD mail program and indeed you used to be able to customize the toolbar. Now it seems you can't. That is why I was asking for any work arounds.
I do wish people would more craefully read the content of posts before responding. I stated clearly that I am using Mountain Lion. I also stated clearly that this is a function that used to exist but that doesn't seem to any more.
In that case, something is wrong with your Mail setup somewhere. The first thing that I would try is to delete Mail's preferences and re-create them from scratch. You will have to re-create all your accounts, but this should not affect any of your mail, as Mail will re-locate the mailboxes and data therein after you re-create the account.
Quit Mail. Then, assuming you are using the latest version of Mountain Lion and Mail, in the Finder, choose Go -> Go to Folder and paste in the following path:
/Users/thomas/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences
In the folder that opens, find the com.apple.mail.plist file. Move it to the desktop. Then re-open Mail and set it up from scratch. If that doesn't solve the problem, you can avoid some of the headaches of reconfiguring by quitting Mail, then moving the old preference file from the desktop back to where it came from, replacing the newer version.
Thomas,
The screen shot you supplied seems not to be from Mountain Lion. if that is the case, then the advice you're giving is not correct.
Can you confirm that you are running the newest mail program from mountain lion? Because the sceen shot shows the words "New Mail" at the trop of the window and that does not happen in Mountain Lion. AND the icon arrangements are from an old vbersion of mail.
The screen shot you supplied seems not to be from Mountain Lion.
Thomas,
Turns out I had to delete the entire com.apple.mail folder from the containers folder.
I didn't have to recreate my accounts, signature or rules. I then only had to reset my preferences. And it restored the ability to customize my compose window.
Thank you for your patience and persistance.
Sure, glad you got it resolved.
Can't customize mail's compose toolbar
