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How do I set up mail to open to my iCloud email instead of the default of ALL INBOXES

how do I set up mail to open to my iCloud email instead of the STUPID default of ALL INBOXES?


I find the ALL INBOXES annoying and end up deleting, some of my wife's emails. I would like more control of how mail behaves Safari Mail 15.0 macOS Monterey 12.0.1


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MacBook Air (2020 or later)

Posted on Nov 6, 2021 4:07 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2021 4:17 PM

swsande1 wrote:

how do I set up mail to open to my iCloud email instead of the STUPID default of ALL INBOXES?

I find the ALL INBOXES annoying and end up deleting, some of my wife's emails. I would like more control of how mail behaves Safari Mail 15.0 macOS Monterey 12.0.1


Make some changes to suit your needs—


If you spin the carrot— you can see itemized inboxes in the All Inboxes or Remove it



You can add to your Favorites using the " + " and Control click any mailbox to Remove it





Use favorite mailboxes in Mail on Mac - Apple Support


Use the sidebar in Mail on Mac - Apple Support





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Nov 6, 2021 4:17 PM in response to swsande1

swsande1 wrote:

how do I set up mail to open to my iCloud email instead of the STUPID default of ALL INBOXES?

I find the ALL INBOXES annoying and end up deleting, some of my wife's emails. I would like more control of how mail behaves Safari Mail 15.0 macOS Monterey 12.0.1


Make some changes to suit your needs—


If you spin the carrot— you can see itemized inboxes in the All Inboxes or Remove it



You can add to your Favorites using the " + " and Control click any mailbox to Remove it





Use favorite mailboxes in Mail on Mac - Apple Support


Use the sidebar in Mail on Mac - Apple Support





Nov 6, 2021 4:15 PM in response to swsande1

Mail opens to the last mailbox I've selected.

Why are you sharing a user account? You should have separate user accounts with all of your personal accounts separated.

That's way more STUPID than having all of your accounts inboxes consolidated for ease of access.

My wife and I share an email account, but I'm not so stupid that I can't look at the email header and see which email account it came from and not delete it if I think my wife might be interested.

And, you can just not use the unified Inbox in your Favorites.

How do I set up mail to open to my iCloud email instead of the default of ALL INBOXES

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