Geek Tips » Mail http://tips.mistergeek.com making IT as simple as ABC Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:23:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Email address auto-complete in Apple Mail http://tips.mistergeek.com/80 http://tips.mistergeek.com/80#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:01:04 +0000 benriley http://tips.mistergeek.com/?p=80 Apple’s Mail application has this great feature that completes a recipient’s email address as you start typing it in the To field of an email. This is a useful time-saver but, if one of your contacts changes email address, Mail reliably but stubbornly continues to auto-complete the old, defunct address even if you have updated your Address Book.

There is however, a way to delete old or unwanted addresses from the auto-complete list. Once the old address is removed and you subsequently use the new one, it will be remembered and the auto-complete feature is again as useful as ever.

To remove an email address from the auto-complete list in Apple Mail:

  1. Open Apple Mail
  2. Click on Window then Previous Recipients
  3. Scroll to and select the desired address(es) from the list (you can highlight multiple addresses by holding down the Command key when selecting)
  4. Click on the Remove From List button

If you want to save an email address rather than remove it, you can do so from the same Previous Recipients window. On the right-hand side you will see the Add to Address Book button which enables you to add the selected email address to either a new or existing contact in your Address Book. ]]> http://tips.mistergeek.com/80/feed 0