Got an Apple, Mac or iOS tech question? We have the answer. This time we have a reader who doesn't like the Favorites Bar in Apple Mail for Mac and wants to be rid of it. The Favorites Bar can be pretty useful, but depending on how you use your mail, it might not be for everybody, so we'll show you how to dump it if you want.
Question
I've just downloaded Yosemite and I pick up my gmail using Apple's Mail app. In the sidebar, it lists inbox, sent, etc. But then horizontally across the top, it reads mailboxes, inboxes, sent, etc. I want to get rid of that bar across the top next to mailboxes. I don't know why these are there since they duplicate what's down the sidebar.
Sep 20, 2017 And as I stated before, a simple toggle to turn off the bottom bar would be much more convenient. Click to expand. It does not take you to the App Store when you tap it.
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Answer
- How do you remove the word suggestion grey bar that is above the keyboard? On the previous ios you were able to pull it down. That option is no longer avaliable in ios10.
- In addition, you can decrease the actual space taken up by the icons/shortcuts on your toolbar by unlocking the toolbar and dragging the slider till you get the smallest space possible. You can unlock the status bar by right clicking on any of the shortcuts/icons and selecting Lock the taskbar (so that it is un-ticked). Please see the screenshot below.
- Now, there's the bar just under the text input box. You can scroll through the available apps by swiping left or right, and you can tap-and-hold on the bar to expand it and see names for the apps. Before hiding the app drawer.
- The Messages apps and icon drawer was introduced in iOS 11 and persists in iOS 12, so this is likely a permanent addition to the iOS Messages app for iPhone and iPad users, thus learning how to use, hide, and show the Messages icon app bar is probably helpful for many iOS device owners.
You must be talking about our good friend in Apple Mail called the Favorites Bar (the bar just under the toolbar, but above the content of the window). This bar provides easy jumps to commonly used mailboxes and sorting options, and you can even use keyboard shortcuts to jump to any of your favorites: Command + 1 takes you to the first folder listed under favorites, Command + 2 takes you to the second folder, and so on. If you don't like it, though, you can easily remove it, and there are two ways to do so:
1. Use the keyboard shortcut of Shift + Option + Command + H or
2. Select View > Hide Favorites Bar
To get the favorites bar back, simply repeat the above commands. There's no big advantage to hiding the favorites bar, but removing it means you'll be given more screen real estate (albeit a small amount) for message content.
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