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    Mail User Guide

    • Welcome
    • What’s new in Mail
    • Get started
    • Switch to Mail
    • Add and manage email accounts
      • Send email messages
      • Edit text and email signatures
      • Send attachments
      • Read and respond to emails
      • Mark emails to revisit later
      • Search for emails
      • Manage notifications
      • Delete emails and manage storage
      • Automatically sort incoming emails
      • Create or delete mailboxes
      • Import or export mailboxes
      • View, save, or delete email attachments
      • Mark up email attachments
      • Protect email privacy
      • Reduce junk mail
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    Read and respond to emails in Mail on Mac

    You can read and respond to messages from specific mailboxes, read email conversations, mark messages as read or unread, and use Apple Intelligence to get email summaries or suggestions for a reply.

    The Mail window. Click the Filter button in the toolbar to apply message filters. To reveal buttons for replying, saving attachments, and more, move the pointer over the header area of a message.
    The image above shows a feature that uses Apple Intelligence.*

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    Read messages from specific mailboxes or email accounts

    1. Go to the Mail app on your Mac.

    2. Do any of the following:

      • Show messages from one mailbox: In the Favorites bar or the Mail sidebar, click the mailbox.

      • Show messages from several mailboxes: In the Mail sidebar, select multiple mailboxes.

      • Show messages from a specific email account: Click the Show Disclosure Triangle next to a mailbox (for example, All Inboxes) in the sidebar, then select an account (for example, your iCloud account).

    Tip: You can open multiple tabs in the Mail