Apple Mail for macOS lets you screen out your messages in postbox accord to your preference . But you might have become confused after take to assort your most late messages at the top to find oneself that they are not in the order . The intellect is that Apple uses closely the same language in two place in the Mail port , which serves different purposes .
InMail > options > catch , you will see the “ Show most late message at the top ” checkbox . However , if you ’re just glance over for this alternative , you might have missed ( as at least one Macworld lecturer did ) the “ View conversation ” label above this plane section . Apple seems to apply the terms “ conversations ” and “ threads ” interchangeably between macOS and iOS / iPadOS , as it imply the same thing : a series of email messages that are among the same people , typically with the same subject line . ( you may control this behavior more or less by ensure or unchecking “ admit link up messages ” in the same segment . )
This Viewing context touch only to threads / conversations .
This Viewing setting relates only to threads/conversations.
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With “ Show most recent content at the top ” checked below “ persuasion conversations , ” this will filter all the subject matter with a conversation / ribbon so that the newest is at the top .
To change the display order of messages in a letter box , close theSettingswindow and choose a postbox from the sidebar at left over . Now you could chooseView > Sort By , pluck a method acting of sorting ( like Date or Subject ) , and choose again to change between raw and oldest message on top . If you take Date and Newest Message on Top , this sorts the letter box with the newest first .
Sort your mailbox by using the View > Sort By menu.
assort your letter box by using the View > Sort By menu .
iOS and iPadOS deficiency mailbox sorting options , though the conversations / threads sort is usable in options > post > Threading as Most Recent Message on Top .
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