Mail App

What is the Favorites Bar in Mail and how do you use it?

Mac Mail Favorites Bar

If you simply haven’t spent much time with the Mail app on your Mac, then you may be missing out on the use of a handy tool.

The Favorites Bar in the Mail app is a nice spot to see your most-used Mailboxes, help with searches, and open and close your Mailbox list. Here, we’ll explain what the Favorites Bar is in Mac Mail and ways you can use it.

Tips for searching and saving searches in Mail on Mac

Mac Mail Search Apple Arcade

You probably do your best to organize your inbox in the Mail app. But there’s bound to be a time when you can’t find the email you’re looking for. Maybe you didn’t move it to the right folder, maybe you deleted or archived it by mistake, or maybe you just aren’t seeing it in your inbox.

Here, we’re going to show you multiple ways to search in the Mail app on Mac as well as save a search so you can use again.

How to use the ‘Reply To’ field in Mail on Mac

Add Use Reply To Field in Mail Mac

You may have seen this when emailing a business; a different Reply To address than the one you received the email from. Companies and organizations can use this when they want replies to go to a specific mailbox. And if your business uses the Mail app on Mac, you can do the same.

Although it doesn’t currently appear to be a feature in Mail on iOS, it is on macOS. So here’s how to use that Reply To field in Mail.