Why does a reddish hue show up in Mail at times?
I would attach a copy to show, but the insert image option won't load any jpg from my laptop... I guess that's another problem....
Anyway what turns reddish is the are where the Inbox, Flagged, Drafts, and Sent folders are. They happen to be on the server. All my other folders are "On My Mac" and don't turn reddish.
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), Apple Mail 8.2, IMAP,Comcast
If you could a full screenshot of your wallpaper and a full screenshot of your Mail. Thank you.
I'm sorry. In my last reply I said it always appears in the top right hand corner. Should have said top left hand corner!!
Diane suggested I check "Reduce Transparency" too, so I have, and will see if that's the cause. Thanks.
In your screenshots you show three different colored Mailboxes panels. Are the colors the problem or is the reddidh hue something different ?
This is the bleed through in Yosemite. If you look at the default Yosemite desktop, the top left shows reddish colors. If you were to drag your Mail window to the bottom right you would see the color changes to reflect the gray rocks.
Now that you know what it is, enjoy the color. Better than all gray.
As a flag waving empiricist, I give you a "US Flag colors" PhotoShop saturated ramp with "NORMAL Mail" example from the OP
RED + WHITE + BLUE
Looks pretty close to the examples
maybe the OP has an "emblemes drapeau de Francais" as a Desktop
😎 or 👿 - ya'll decide
It's actually a longer story than that!
The reason I even got concerned about the reddish hue was that it was only on the Inbox, Drafts, Sent, and Trash which are on the Comcast server. And, coupled with the fact that I've been trying to debug a mail issue for the last few months, ever since I changed the mail account type from POP to IMAP (because I added an iPhone), I'm looking for any possible straw to grasp! Otherwise I would have probably written off the reddish as something I didn't know about or care about!
The mail problem(s) are that not all emails that I send get into the Sent Folder on the Comcast server. It's intermittent. And, intermittently unneeded copies of drafts of some emails get written to and stay in the Draft Folder on the Comcast Server. They don't go away til I delete them. Sometimes when I send an email it causes an Outbox Folder to be created. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes such an email is bigg, sometimes it's very small.
Macbook pro, Mail 8.2, Yosemite 10.10.4, IMAP account.
So, that's the long answer as to why the reddish hue peaked my interest, seemed like I should learn about it! Then, the other day I noticed that blueish hue... So, it started sounding like Diane had a good tip, i.e. reduce transparency and see what happens. I did this and will see if the red returns!
BTW - here's my desktop. It doesn't show red or blue in the top left corner area.....
Thanks for all the ideas and questioning. Sorry if all this is a red herring!
Sorry, no flag!! No pink or blue in the left hand corner!
OK, but here's my desktop. Nothing red or blue. However, I have checked the Reduce Transparency to see what happens.
It's not just your desktop that can change folder, it's any window behind the app that is open.
I'm learning something everyday. Thanks for the clarification.
Tho, I'm really only a user of things like calendar, reminder, mail, safari, word, excel, quicken, photos.... I don't think any of them have those crazy hues in the top left hand corner....
But, I'm hoping it's all a moot point since I did take your advice and checked Reduce Transparency. So, if no more hues, time to close the file!!
Thanks again.
OK folks... nobody's talking about the 'elephant in the room' - we still need a screenshot of what your Mac Display looks like under normal working conditions -
we still need a screenshot of what your Mac Display looks like under normal working conditions -
Actually, he already did that - three screenshots.
As the OP said: problem appears to be solved.
I was going to ask for a before and after picture too but was afraid to ask. The wallpaper. The Mail pane on top of it. I gave up.
Why does a reddish hue show up in Mail at times?
