How to use Mail on your Mac | Apple Support
How to use Mail on your Mac | Apple Support
Learn how to use the Mail app on your Mac, including how to add an account, send an email, organize your mailboxes, and more.
To learn more about this topic, visit the following articles:
Add an email account to Mail on your Mac: https://apple.co/3JiwD6h
Write and send emails in Mail on Mac: https://apple.co/3370Y8n
Create or delete mailboxes in Mail on Mac: https://apple.co/3JdC7yS
Search for emails in Mail on Mac: https://apple.co/3GAQVG4
iCloud: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses: https://apple.co/3rzOKyj
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0.399 -> use the mail app on your mac to send and
2.879 -> receive email and organize all of your
5.2 -> messages here's how to use it
8 -> we'll show you how to add your email
9.84 -> account
11.04 -> send an email
12.06 -> [Music]
13.36 -> and search and organize mail
17.279 -> before you start you'll need your email
19.52 -> address and your email password
23.199 -> first
24.16 -> let's add your email account to mail
28.24 -> open the mail app from the dock
30.8 -> if you're setting up mail for the first
32.559 -> time you'll see a prompt asking if you'd
34.88 -> like to import your messages to do this
37.68 -> click continue
40.239 -> next select your email provider if your
42.96 -> provider isn't listed here click other
45.52 -> mail account and follow the instructions
48 -> we're going to add a google email
49.68 -> account
51.28 -> click continue to move on
53.76 -> depending on your email provider this
56.16 -> process might vary slightly and you
58.079 -> might need to follow some additional
59.52 -> steps
60.559 -> now type in your email address
64.64 -> click next
66.64 -> and type in your email password
69.119 -> click next again to continue
71.6 -> from here make sure mail is selected and
74.24 -> then choose if you'd like to sync
75.759 -> additional information from your email
77.52 -> account with other mac apps like your
79.439 -> contacts and your calendars
81.28 -> then click done
83.52 -> next choose if you'd like to turn on
86 -> mail privacy protection this prevents
88.479 -> email senders from learning information
90.32 -> about your mail activity like your
92 -> location and if you've opened the email
94.159 -> they sent you
95.28 -> click continue to move on
97.84 -> now your emails will begin to download
100.159 -> keep the mail app open and your mac
102.24 -> turned on while this happens this might
104.32 -> take a while but you can continue to use
106.32 -> your mac in the meantime you can check
108.399 -> the download progress in the lower left
110.479 -> corner of the mail app
113.36 -> want to add another email account click
115.759 -> mail in the menu bar in the upper left
118.079 -> corner of your mac
120.24 -> click add account
122.159 -> and select your provider to start the
123.84 -> process
128.16 -> now we'll walk you through how to send
130.08 -> an email
132.319 -> in mail click the new message button in
134.959 -> the mail toolbar at the top
137.28 -> and type in an email address or contact
140.06 -> [Music]
141.68 -> then enter the subject
145.12 -> [Music]
149.36 -> and write the rest of your message
152.18 -> [Music]
159.04 -> to add a document photo or other
161.04 -> attachment
162.08 -> click the attachment button in the
163.44 -> toolbar
165.68 -> and find the item you'd like to send
169.12 -> click send at the top of your email when
171.28 -> you're ready
172.23 -> [Music]
174.4 -> want to respond to an email select the
176.879 -> email from your message list or
178.879 -> double-click an email to open it in a
180.8 -> new window
182.72 -> then click reply or reply all in the
185.68 -> mail toolbar
187.2 -> now write your message
190.8 -> and click send
191.88 -> [Music]
196.239 -> there it goes
198.95 -> [Music]
200.48 -> once your inbox is set up you can search
203.12 -> your mail or organize your messages to
205.36 -> help you find things when you need them
207.92 -> the mail app organizes email messages
210.319 -> into mailboxes which are like folders if
212.959 -> you previously set up folders for your
214.799 -> account mail will import them for you as
217.519 -> mailboxes
218.959 -> you'll find them in the mail sidebar
222.319 -> you can hide or reveal your mailboxes by
225.12 -> hovering over your account and then
227.28 -> clicking the arrow
229.2 -> to search for an email click the search
231.36 -> field in the upper right corner of mail
234.799 -> and type in a word or phrase
236.959 -> mail will look for contacts subjects
239.439 -> messages and documents that match
241.92 -> by default mail will search all of your
244.4 -> mailboxes to search in specific
246.799 -> mailboxes select them in the sidebar
250.48 -> to organize your email you can move a
252.72 -> message from one mailbox to another
255.519 -> just drag it from the message list into
257.519 -> another mailbox in the sidebar
263.12 -> that message will now only appear in
265.12 -> this mailbox so you can quickly find it
267.36 -> again later when you need it
269.52 -> when you no longer need an email you can
271.52 -> delete it just select a message and
274.16 -> click the delete button in the mail
275.919 -> toolbar
277.36 -> you can click trash in the sidebar to
279.759 -> view deleted messages deleted messages
282.639 -> are available until they're permanently
284.479 -> erased
286 -> and those are a few things to get you
287.759 -> started with the mail app
290.479 -> for more tips on how to make the most of
292.24 -> your mac subscribe to the apple support
294.56 -> youtube channel or click another video
296.72 -> to keep watching
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