You’re not imagining things: Apple did remove the column option from macOS Mail<article>
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<p>Apple changed long-standing display options in macOS Mail with the release of 10.15 Catalina. This no-longer-new version dropped the ability in Mail’s column view (via
View > Use Column Layout) to manage columns widths, click to sort by characteristics (like sender, subject, and size), and to retain your preferred ascending or descending first order when you switch among sorting options.</p><p>Unfortunately, despite the passage of time and many complaints in Apple’s forums, this remains in place. But never say never.</p><p>The first release of iTunes’s successor in Catalina, the Music app, omitted the three-column view that some iTunes users loved and had relied on for many years. It was one of the most complained about features, and apparently Apple listened. In December 2019, with the release of 10.15.2, the <a href="
https://sixcolors.com/post/2019/12/macos-10152-restores-itunes-column-browser-to-music/" rel="nofollow">iTunes Columns Browser returned[/url] in Music.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3532498/apple-remove-column-options-from-macos-mail.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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You’re not imagining things: Apple did remove the column option from macOS Mail
