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Apple Mail

Email application interface showing options for 'VIP' and 'Send Later' features.
Feb 9, 2023

You no longer have to resort to a third-party email client on your iPhone to schedule messages to send whenever you want. Apple built the scheduling functionality into its Mail app, and it works with ...

A smartphone displaying an image of a kingfisher perched on a post.
Oct 31, 2022

When you take a photo of something interesting, like a landmark, piece of art, animal, or plant, there's a good chance you'll also want to know more about that something than just what you see in the ...

Timer settings on a smartphone screen.
Oct 26, 2022

One of Apple's most prominent iOS 16 features lets you unsend iMessages, but those aren't the only things you can take back. Your iPhone's Mail app also has the Undo Send feature, and unlike the Messa ...

Mail app icon with unread message count.
Oct 20, 2022

There's a feature hiding in your iPhone's Mail app you may have missed but should definitely know about. It gives you quick access to something you'd typically have to dig around in folders to find. W ...

New email message interface with multiple email addresses listed.
Aug 25, 2022

A little-known setting on your iPhone gives you the power to change the color of certain contact names and email addresses when drafting an email. Customizing the color works well for visually separat ...

New message interface on a smartphone.
Aug 20, 2022

Gmail uses TLS, or Transport Layer Security, by default for all email communications, so all of your emails will use the standard encryption as long as the recipients also support TLS. But there's a w ...

Mobile screen displaying a mail upgrade notification.
Aug 10, 2022

You may not always want to, but there will probably be a time when you'll want to know if an email you send — like a job application or a support request — is opened by the recipient. It's actually ea ...

Purple iPhone 12 resting on a laptop keyboard.
Aug 4, 2022

It's easy to start panicking when you delete an important email, but it's even easier to undo the mistake on your iPhone or iPad. You can retrieve an accidentally deleted email instantly on iOS and iP ...

Email app interface showing folders such as Inbox, Important, and Trash.
Mar 14, 2022

Apple's iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 updates have a pleasant surprise for iCloud Mail users and everybody that use the Mail app as their primary email client for AOL, Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, and other thir ...

Apple ID setup screen on a smartphone.
Feb 25, 2022

The "Sign in with Apple" service lets you create accounts with third-party apps and websites more easily using your Apple ID. More importantly, it can hide your personal email address using auto-gener ...