In mail, I can't see the viewing pane below the list of messages in the inbox. The only way I can view a message is by double clicking. If I try to pull up the horizontal line with the up arrow at the bottom of the inbox, nothing happens. Any ideas?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
This is classic mode. Grab a hold of the dot and keep dragging it up until it final pops into view. It is a little sticky in it's behavior.
It is the same in the newer 3-column-view (Mail>Preferences>Viewing) the dividers are a bit sticky when trying to drag from the extremes.
It appears that you are running 10.6.8 so I'm not sure if this will work. In El Capitan (10.11), the following works to restore the preview pane.
Thank you for trying to help me. I do have ElCapitan (10.11.2). When I look in Library under the HD, I do not find /Containers. Alphabetically, it goes from "Compositions" to "Contextual Menu Items".
I have dragged it all the way up several times, and the viewing pane did not reappear. The "dot" would not drag back down. I had to resize by dragging the bottom right corner.
Thank you for trying to help me. Any more ideas?
Barbara Force wrote:
Thank you for trying to help me. I do have ElCapitan (10.11.2). When I look in Library under the HD, I do not find /Containers. Alphabetically, it goes from "Compositions" to "Contextual Menu Items".
It is not as you have written. The complete path is ~/Library/Containers
From Finder>Go>Go to Folder copy and paste:
~/Library/Containers
and try again as suggested above by Duane
Thank you! I really appreciate your help!
In January of this year, you were able to help me restore the viewing pane, and I am really hoping you can help again.
It has happened again, but in trying to follow the previous solution: ...
Quit Mail
From Finder>Go>Go to Folder. Copy and paste:
~/Library/Containers
Move ~Library/Containers/com.apple.mail to the desktop
Restart Mail
If Mail is working properly, delete the com.apple.mail that you had previously moved to the desktop.
...I can not find ~Library/Containers/com.apple.mail in the Containers folder. Is it someplace in one of those folders, do you think? Or, do I need to do a different solution this time?
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When you go to ~/Library/Containers, move the file com.apple.mail to the desktop.
Thank you, Duane. I do have the viewing pane back.
Now, though, the mailbox looks completely different. I do have the pane on the left that list my two different email accounts, but all the mailboxes that I have set up are gone. Is there a way to restore those?
Also - the com.apple.mail that I moved to the desktop --- Do I leave it there or trash it? Will another be created in the Containers folder?
How can I prevent this from happening again (Other that the resizing that caused it in the first place?)
Click the Mailboxes button. It toggles the display of the mailboxes.
See revised reply.
Barbara Force wrote:
Thank you, Duane. I do have the viewing pane back.
Now, though, the mailbox looks completely different. I do have the pane on the left that list my two different email accounts, but all the mailboxes that I have set up are gone. Is there a way to restore those?
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They are probably still there. If you slide your cursor to the right of the account name you will see a '+' sign appear and the text 'Show'. Click on 'Show' and your mailboxes will appear.
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Also - the com.apple.mail that I moved to the desktop --- Do I leave it there or trash it? Will another be created in the Containers folder?
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You can trash it. Another one will be created.
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How can I prevent this from happening again (Other that the resizing that caused it in the first place?)
Don't close the preview pane.
Yay! That did it! Thank you, thank you. All is restored.
When I try to mark this as the correct answer in my email, it does not show that in this discussion. I want it to be marked as solving the issue.
Great! Glad that I could help.
Viewing pane below inbox is gone.
