Benjamin Levicek Every newbie to an Apple computer was certainly pleasantly surprised to find out that they have a set of useful applications for calendar, notes, office work or handling e-mail available on their device. It is true that native Mail is criticized by some more demanding users, as it does not offer all the functions that they would imagine from an application of a similar nature, but for many users it is more than sufficient for their purposes. Although it might not seem like it at first glance, you will find several useful gadgets in Mail, and we will show some of them in today's article.
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Amaya Toman Searching for new messages
A huge advantage of most email clients is that they can show you a notification absolutely immediately after a certain email message arrives in your inbox. However, some people may not be satisfied with automatic search and would prefer to turn it off or have it turned on only at certain time intervals. In this case, select Mail on the top bar Mail -> Preferences, open the tab in the window In general, au Search for new messages click on dropdown menu. Choose from the options here Automatically, every minute, every 5 minutes, every 15 minutes, every 30 minutes, every hour or by hand.
Quickly insert attachments using keyboard shortcuts
There is probably no person who does not occasionally need to send a certain file via e-mail. Although the size of these files is quite limited when using any email address, smaller documents can fit here without any problem. Everyone knows very well that they can insert an attachment either by dragging it into a message or by clicking on the option to add an attachment and then selecting the file using the Finder. However, for lovers of keyboard shortcuts, there is one more, very convenient option. If the file is saved with the help of a shortcut Command + C you copy, it is enough to paste move to the text field for writing a message, followed by an abbreviation Cmd+V insert the attachment. Finally, I would like to add that you can of course copy and paste multiple files into a message in this way.
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Vratislav Holub Adding an image to an auto-signature
Like the vast majority of mail clients, the native one for macOS also allows the creation of automatic signatures. But did you know that you can also add an image to this signature? With a photo, the message will look a little more professional, which will surely please many of you. So if you want to add an image to your signature, select it in the Mail application on the top bar Mail -> Preferences, and in the window that appears, click on Signatures. In the first column, select the signature you want to edit, if you don't have a signature created yet, add it. Then just enter the signature field insert or drag an image, for example from the desktop. Then get a signature save.
Sending a blind copy to a specific address
If for some reason you do not want to open the sent mail, you can have a hidden copy sent in the native application either to the address from which you are sending the message, or choose another recipient. If you want to activate this option, just select on the top bar Mail -> Preferences, in the window that appears, click on the icon Preparation a tick choice Send automatically. Select if you want it to be sent copy or hidden copy, then choose if you want to send it to myself or to another address.
Change the default mail application
For example, if you click on a certain e-mail address in the browser, it will appear in native Mail by default. However, it is clear that the built-in mail client will not please everyone, and there are a number of more advanced third-party clients for macOS. To change the default application, go to Mail in the top bar Mail -> Preferences, and on the card In general select the icon Default email reader. After open popup window select the app you want to use as default.
