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How can I change the name that is displayed on emails that I send from my Apple Mail account?
I'm not talking about changing my email address. I'm talking about the name that appears greyed out in the Mail preferences "Full Name" field.
I have already changed the name in my icloud account in the "Manage My Apple ID," yet, there is no change.
Thanks in advance.
Figured this one out. So in case anyone else is wondering, this is the solution:
In Mail, go to preferences. Select the account in question. Select the Account Information tab. Click the Alias popup, and select Custom. Now the Full Name field should no longer be greyed out, and you should be able to edit it.
Figured this one out. So in case anyone else is wondering, this is the solution:
In Mail, go to preferences. Select the account in question. Select the Account Information tab. Click the Alias popup, and select Custom. Now the Full Name field should no longer be greyed out, and you should be able to edit it.
Hi, I'm having the same problem four years later. I bought my daughter an iPad and now all my emails have her name as the sender in all my emails. I can't see 'the Alias popup', I'm guessing it's changed. Any chance you could help with the 2017 fix? Much appreciated. Chris
I had the same issue, click on that blue bubble containing that text and you'll see a drop down menu. choose "Remove from previous recipients list"
Quit and restart mail... should be fixed!!
I'm stil having a problem. I've added the fields, but in one case one of my friends names was originally added to Gmail as Amy & Irving. I updated it to be first name of just Amy and then listed the spouse as Irving. Oddly enough when this updates I can see the correct name Amy Last Name, however, when I click to edit I see the original names Amy & Irving and note that in Messages what continues to show us is Amy & Irving.
When I try to delete the Amy & Irving which only show up when I click on edit I find that the Amy & Irving is greyed out. I have enabled all the name formats and this is still the case.
It's as if the messages saved with that name won't allow it to update.
Suggestions?
Not sure whether this will help anyone, but . . . Even though my name appeared as desired [my nickname] in my PDP account setting (under Preferences > Accounts), emails were coming through as being from [my full name]. I finally changed my name in my iCloud account setting (via the Alias popup and Custom settings) and now email is being sent from [my nickname] as desired.
here is a related problem I'm having--when i go to type in my address to send myself an email to my gmail address, it has started to come up as "holidays in the united states" and then my gmail address. i have no idea why this started today all of a sudden. i went in to preferences, account information, description, and no where do i see where this is showing nor how i can change it. this is happening only on my macbook air not my phone or iPad. i checked my contacts and nowhere do see this.
help!
I'm getting an oddly similar thing, emails to me are coming up with my email alias as 'Holidays in the United Kingdom' that's too much of a coincidence! I've looked in preferences and it should be working just fine.
I live in Oz and am also getting my alias as "Holidays in Australia"....Only started this week on a newly purchased MacBook.
Also emails from iPad and iPhone show my correct Gmail address like UMMichelle.
I also need help.
I'm getting "Holidays in Italy" for my own gmail account. That is definitely NOT how it is listed in my contacts. Why is it doing this? Are all of these "Holidays in XX" happening exclusively to gmail accounts?
could you help me
On my iMac, when I send an email to my address ( other than icloud) the display name is not the same as it is in the account information of my mail program.
When I am on another computer as in work, the display name of the sender is correct
Open your contacts list and update the name associated to that email address.
Quit mail and re-open and the display name will be updated.
You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is marked solved, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one.
Gmail holidays name
Mail/Preferences/Accounts and change it there.
(I have the same problem...hansolo415, did you resolve this? If so could you let me know how, please? If not, could others who have any ideas of how to resolve this weigh in here? Thanks!!)
Thank you for your clear and precise explanation. It solved my problem immediately. 🙂
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