Mail 4+

Categories is a new feature, basically splitting your inbox into four. I love it.

I have been reading articles of folks who want to change from Categories view back to List view, which is fine. To each their own.

Me personally, Categories helps me manage my inbox. Basically categories pre-sorts your inbox into four folders. Primary (box 1) is for important emails, even if they originate from the other three folders. Transactions (2) is meant for shopping (I also added doctors appointments, plane tickets, Uber, food orders, and car rentals). Updates (3) is for social media type updates(I decided to use it only for Substack newsletter updates). And finally Promotions (4). That is not quite junk or spam mail, but stuff I may want to see at a quick glance. Like concert or game ticket updates. Shopping websites that I don’t shop very often; all those non-stop political emails that I have not sent to junk yet, and in my case, social media updates, such as Instagram, TikTok, and so on. The main work you have to do in the beginning is using the “Categorize Sender” feature to revise what folder you want emails to go to. Took a couple days to get it just right. But now I can’t imagine life without these. Now I use email efficiently. It’s not for endless scrolling through useless emails, but to glance at what is most important, then go on with my day, which is a lifesaver.

Apple Mail is hands down the best email app I’ve used. It’s intuitive, fast, and seamlessly integrates with my Apple devices. Managing my emails across my iPhone, iPad, and Mac is effortless, and I love how everything stays in sync. The design is clean and minimalistic, making it easy to navigate through my inbox, folders, and attachments.

The search function is spot-on, quickly helping me find specific emails, even those from months ago. The smart mailbox feature is also a great addition, helping me sort emails by priority and importance. I also appreciate the security features, including two-factor authentication and strong privacy protection.

Apple Mail is the only email app I use, and it never disappoints. Overall, it makes managing my email easy, secure, and efficient. It’s simple yet powerful, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable and well-designed email app.

Ok, Apple. We get it. You’re a large corporation at war with other large corporations over internet dominance. You’re willing to use your customers as means to your ends. So it’s no great surprise when we try to read emails on this app that we get messages like “Account Error” or “This message was not downloaded from the server.” In my case, it happens all the time with my AOL and Gmail accounts. What is a nifty little surprise is that those same messages show up with my iCloud email account. That’s the funny thing about the battles in life. Once you start them, you never know where it will end. So tell us, Apple, are you at war with yourselves??? Or is it ever increasing incompetence and arrogance??? The dissatisfaction with this app and other native iOS apps speaks to a bigger problem for you, Apple. Things on our devices don’t work as well as they once did. Your customers are trying to tell you something and you don’t seem to be listening any longer. Bigger companies than you have gone out of business, companies that everyone thought would be around forever. Think Sears. Think it can’t happen to you? The nonsense with this app has been going on for over a year now. Email is a basic iOS function. For once, listen to your customers and get this thing fixed.