I have like 10+ unread email messages that I didn't know about becaue I was not notified via the red badge ont he mail app. It just doesn't appear anymore ever since I updated to Mavericks. How do I get it back!?!?
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Go into System Preferences, Notifications, and click on Mail. Make sure you have a checkmark where it says "Badge app icon."
I have the same problem and I went into system preferences, notifications, and mail and the box for badge app icon is checked......so I have no idea what is going on,,,,
I had this issue, and tried the suggestion posted by Swish17 here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3201921?answerId=15704990022#15704990022
Even though this is an old post from when they upgraded to Lion, it worked. It took a while for everything to reindex, but after it was done, mail badge was back.
1. Quit Mail if it’s open.
2. In ~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData, delete any file that begins with “Envelope Index,” such as Envelope Index or Envelope Index-shm.
Your home Library folder is hidden by default. To display it, choose Finder > “Go to Folder” and then enter “~/Library.”
3. Open Mail.
Mail creates new Envelope Index files. This process may take a few minutes, depending on how many messages Mail is reindexing.
Where the heck did my mail app red badge icon go?
