how to get rid of the "downloading messages" progress bar which zips back and forth in Mac mail in Tahoe?
It's present nearly all of the time, as I have four separate accounts in Mac Mail and receive probably 500 emails per day across those accounts. So the constant blue progress bar moving back back-and-forth is super distracting.
MacBook Pro 14″
It's checking for mail. You can change the frequency at which that happens in Mail menu > Settings > General tab. Less frequent checking means fewer distractions, but of course it also means you won't get new messages as soon as they're available.
It's checking for mail. You can change the frequency at which that happens in Mail menu > Settings > General tab. Less frequent checking means fewer distractions, but of course it also means you won't get new messages as soon as they're available.
erikselz wrote:
how to get rid of the "downloading messages" progress bar which zips back and forth in Mac mail in Tahoe?
It's present nearly all of the time, as I have four separate accounts in Mac Mail and receive probably 500 emails per day across those accounts. So the constant blue progress bar moving back back-and-forth is super distracting.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/e4a3ce8b-f043-45c7-b881-3786619ec390
How is this an issue— it is looking for or fetching mail. You can quit the Mail.app if you do not want to use it.
Get on a faster Network if your download speed is suspect...
Quit Mail and relaunch it...
Delete the mail account and add it back in... and compare your results.
Remove or temporarily turn off email accounts in Mail on Mac
You can hide the sidebar:
The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.0.1
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support
To be proactive you can submit your Apple Feedback direct to the Product Team here:
You do anything in the Mail.app the progress bar is going to represent the progress...
Download/transfer/ Delete a messages or delete a 100 messages for example...
This is not limited to downloading new messages.
If you have an ongoing issues with the server— recommendations made above to address some larger issues with your mail server downloading.
or the work-a-rounds, or send your feedback for some user option to over ride the progress bar
ivieisme wrote:
It's driving me crazy! It's only since Tahoe. A normal progress bar is fine but this thing zipping back and forth is making me think about using a different email client.
No said you had to use the Mail.app— so use a different email client.
What you can do—
Hide the side bar
show the favorite bar
submit your feedback
I'm with you, it's awful. I don't need to know if Mac Mail is moving/deleting emails or fetching new ones, it's always done that but I never needed to know about it.
I'm trying to concentrate on reading emails and the constant flashing at the bottom of the screen is so distracting. I can only assume that the people that don't have an issue with it don't get hundreds of emails every day! It's non stop.
You don't.
I can confirm it is happening to me.
Currently it says it is downloading 6 new messages but nothing will ever appear.
It's driving me crazy! It's only since Tahoe. A normal progress bar is fine but this thing zipping back and forth is making me think about using a different email client.
Update! It was fixed with iOS 26.1
hallelujah!
how to get rid of the "downloading messages" progress bar which zips back and forth in Mac mail in Tahoe?
