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Q: Yosemite Mail Sorting Function Missing

Last night I upgraded to Yosemite.  Now when you use the sorting tabs, the system sorts alpha / numerically, but takes your original message out of view (the one you are sorting against), forcing you to scroll and search for your results.  This was never the case, from OS9 to the last OS X before Yosemite.  If you have 7 email accounts to manage with thousands of emails, it takes productivity and throws it out the window.  Now forced to used the search function which is as slow if not slower due to typing, and then sorting again with the same results.  Why bother putting sort buttons there at all if you just have to re-scroll manually.  This is true when sorting by from, date, subject, whatever.  If I only had 10 emails this would not be an issue.

 

If anyone knows if there is a setting, please speak up.  I have verified the issue with phone support as well, or they are missing something too.  There is another thread that looks to be closed so I am reposting.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10), Mail

Posted on Oct 28, 2014 1:51 PM

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  • by stopmusic,

    stopmusic stopmusic Oct 28, 2014 1:55 PM in response to stopmusic
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    Oct 28, 2014 1:55 PM in response to stopmusic

    Here is the other thread to search.  the user hit this solved my question by mistake.

    Yosemite has no sort by name in Mail

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Oct 28, 2014 2:19 PM in response to stopmusic
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    Oct 28, 2014 2:19 PM in response to stopmusic

    Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.

     

     

     

    Mail/Provide Mail Feedback

  • by stopmusic,

    stopmusic stopmusic Oct 28, 2014 10:54 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Oct 28, 2014 10:54 PM in response to Eric Root

    thanks Eric,  Done.  Phone support told me they sent one as well, so we will see. 

  • by DKVikram,

    DKVikram DKVikram Oct 29, 2014 7:09 AM in response to stopmusic
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    Oct 29, 2014 7:09 AM in response to stopmusic

    I have the same problem. Earlier clicking on sort would stick to the selected message but now the selected message has to be searched by scrolling. This is very irritating.

  • by arrambide,

    arrambide arrambide Nov 30, 2014 12:02 PM in response to DKVikram
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    Nov 30, 2014 12:02 PM in response to DKVikram

    Still no question of Apple to solve this issue?

     

    How can I send Feedback to Apple?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 30, 2014 12:36 PM in response to stopmusic
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    Nov 30, 2014 12:36 PM in response to stopmusic

    You can't change Mail's behavior, but you can Change yours.

    After selecting a sort, arrow down. The next message will be in view.

  • by arrambide,

    arrambide arrambide Nov 30, 2014 2:04 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 30, 2014 2:04 PM in response to Barney-15E

    II'm not sure you understand the problrm because your answer is totally wrong

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 30, 2014 3:29 PM in response to arrambide
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    Nov 30, 2014 3:29 PM in response to arrambide

    arrambide wrote:

     

    II'm not sure you understand the problrm because your answer is totally wrong

    I completely understand the problem, but you don't seem to understand my workaround.

    The item you had selected when you change the sort order does not change. So, moving the arrow up or down will select the previous or next message and bring the focus back to that point.

     

    The only thing this workaround provides is not having to scroll the list of emails, which seems to be the general complaint.

  • by arrambide,

    arrambide arrambide Nov 30, 2014 3:47 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 30, 2014 3:47 PM in response to Barney-15E

    OOh ok! I understand what you said!

     

    the thing is that first of all, that's clearly a bug in OS or a failure that wasn't there before.

    ON the other hand, I have 6 mailboxes so may imagine that I have more than 20,000 emails and you may imagine that Im reading a email from "edgar" and when I try to sort by his name, it will leave at "z" so. I have to go all the way down!!! and just because Apple decided to take off the "end and start" buttons is really something awful have to do this because like I said, was something that worked before

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 30, 2014 4:02 PM in response to arrambide
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    Nov 30, 2014 4:02 PM in response to arrambide

    arrambide wrote:

    email from "edgar" and when I try to sort by his name, it will leave at "z" so. I have to go all the way down!!!

    No, you don't. Just tap the up or down arrow. The message before or after will be selected and show up without you having to scroll.

    Note that you must have the email message from "edgar" selected when you change the sort.

     

    What "end and start" buttons?

  • by arrambide,

    arrambide arrambide Nov 30, 2014 4:12 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 30, 2014 4:12 PM in response to Barney-15E

    OOk,  let me me try

     

    I dont remember the name of the buttons in the keyword now only on PC used for that "sent to the top(start or begin don remember the name) and to the end "end button"

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Nov 30, 2014 4:33 PM in response to arrambide
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    Nov 30, 2014 4:33 PM in response to arrambide

    As far as I can tell, you are talking about page up and page down, Home and End.

     

    Page up is fn-Up arrow; Page Down is fn-down Arrow.

    fn-left is Home. fn-right is End

     

    Cmd-up is Home. cmd-down is end.

    cmd-left is beginning of line. cmd-right is end of line.

     

    In the Mail message list, only fn-up and down seem to work.

    cmd-opt-up/down works for Home, End.

  • by arrambide,

    arrambide arrambide Nov 30, 2014 4:40 PM in response to stopmusic
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    Nov 30, 2014 4:40 PM in response to stopmusic

    HHome and end!! Thats correct!!

    on the other hand: ****!! 5 years using Mac and knew about cmd/left and right but up and down don't!!  Hahaha

  • by Sabrista,

    Sabrista Sabrista Jan 25, 2015 3:03 AM in response to stopmusic
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    Jan 25, 2015 3:03 AM in response to stopmusic

    I used it since years


    and now its a Bug at #Yosemite #Mail #inbox "sort by name"


    do NOT begin with selected email as usual -


    ... now start with A,


    this is very very stupid dear #Apple

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