Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Learn What's New in Mavericks and
iOS 7 Mail
The Mavericks and iOS 7 versions of Mail contain useful new features, as well as controversial
design decisions (particularly in Mavericks). Skim over this chapter to see which of these
changes may be important to you.
Mail Changes in Mavericks
The Mavericks version of Mail looks almost identical to its predecessor at first glance, but it's
much different underneath. Here are the changes in Mavericks I think you should be aware of:
•
Address completion always on:
Automatic address completion is now always
on; the preference to turn it off, formerly on the Composing pane of Mail's Prefer-
ences window, is gone. Also gone from the same location is the Configure LDAP
button, although you can still set up LDAP servers in System Preferences > In-
ternet Preferences (by clicking the plus button followed by Add Other Account
and Add an LDAP Account).
•
More-useful notifications:
If you have Mail configured to use Alerts or Ban-
ners in System Preferences > Notifications, the alert now includes Delete and
Reply buttons; click Delete to delete the message immediately or Reply to switch
to Mail with a reply window for that message already open. (With Banner notific-
ations, these buttons appear only when you move your pointer over the banner.)
•
Passbook changes:
If you receive a Passbook pass as an email attachment, Mail
adds a special bar to the top of the message window alerting you to the pass's pres-
ence, including a View Pass button that lets you display it, add it to Passbook on
your iPhone (via iCloud), share it, or get more information about it. If you want
to search for messages containing these attachments, you can type
pass
in the
search field and choose one of the selected options from the results list; or type
coupon
to limit the search to coupon passes.
•
Other search changes:
You can now search for flagged messages, and search
for attachments by name or type.
•
Smarter mailboxes:
Selecting a smart mailbox folder (a group of smart mail-
boxes) now causes Mail to display all the messages across the grouped smart mail-
boxes. When setting up a smart mailbox, your criteria can now specify which ac-