How to Flag Emails Using Different Colors on iPhone and iPad
Friday September 27, 2019 3:28 AM PDT by Tim Hardwick
In iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple's Mail app retains the swipe gestures of previous iOS versions that help you reduce the amount of time you spend managing messages in your inbox.
The basic inbox gestures still involve swiping right or left on an email to reveal tappable actions that you can perform instantly, without having to call up additional menus.
One of the default options that appear is the Flag action, which you might use to categorize a message that requests information needed by a certain date, for example.
Using only the swipe gesture, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Mail app provides only one color to use when flagging emails, but iOS 13 actually introduces support for multicolor flags – it's just hidden away in the menu that appears when you hit the Reply button.
Tap the Flag button there, and you'll reveal a submenu that allows you to choose one of seven colors, including the option to remove a flag. Note that whichever color you select here subsequently becomes the default color when you tap the Flag action or the More -> Mark... option via the inbox swipe gesture.
Did you know that you can customize the actions that appear when you use the Mail app's inbox gestures? Click here to learn how.
remember when Apple just worked? Now we got options being „hidden“ behind the most unintuitive areas.
Two more things come to mind: the AA icon in Safari hiding everything from desktop view to content blockers. Maybe it’s just me but that icon implies font sizes to me.
also really hidden is the drawing tool on images. Literally no one I know even knows about it existence.
Of course the iPad gestures over the years take the cake
"it's just hidden away in the menu that appears when you hit the Reply button."
"Oh, let's move most of the options, including move and archive, behind an arrow that makes people think they're going to reply to an email."
"Shall we also remove loads of icons from the bottom so that it's just wasted space?"
This is probably the most annoying thing about iOS 13 for me. Why hide commonly used actions inside a menu (that doesn’t even look like it could be used for such actions “reply”) when there’s plenty of space for an archive or move command? So incredibly dumb. I just can’t understand how this is their solution.
The Mail App on iOS 13 is a buggy mess. Since the update it’s constantly showing me unread E-Mails (red badge over the icon) even though there are none. Will have to make the switch to outlook I guess.
Tuesday March 31, 2020 10:22 am PDT by Juli Clover
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There is no ...
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However, an investigation by The Intercept reveals that...
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The video was titled "How to erase your iPhone." AirTags were mentioned in Settings > Apple ID > Find My > Find My iPhone under Enable Offline Finding, with...
Well ahead of when Apple introduced trackpad support in iOS 13.4, Brydge announced an iPad Pro keyboard with a built-in multi-touch trackpad. We have one of Brydge's new Pro+ keyboards on hand, and thought we'd check it out to see how it works with Apple's new 2020 iPad Pro models.
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While it was previously reported that all 2020 iPad Pro models feature the same Apple-designed U1 chip as the iPhone 11 lineup, enabling Ultra Wideband support, we have compiled evidence to suggest that this may not be the case.
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In iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple's Mail app retains the swipe gestures of previous iOS versions that help you reduce the amount of time you spend managing messages in your inbox.
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(View all)Who thought of that? iOS 13 developer meeting:
"Oh, let's move most of the options, including move and archive, behind an arrow that makes people think they're going to reply to an email."
"Shall we also remove loads of icons from the bottom so that it's just wasted space?"
"Sure! hahaha"
"OK, I'll get right on it after I've messed up notifications, gMail access, and actually displaying mails in the combined inbox".
Two more things come to mind: the AA icon in Safari hiding everything from desktop view to content blockers. Maybe it’s just me but that icon implies font sizes to me.
also really hidden is the drawing tool on images. Literally no one I know even knows about it existence.
Of course the iPad gestures over the years take the cake
This is probably the most annoying thing about iOS 13 for me. Why hide commonly used actions inside a menu (that doesn’t even look like it could be used for such actions “reply”) when there’s plenty of space for an archive or move command? So incredibly dumb. I just can’t understand how this is their solution."it's just hidden away in the menu that appears when you hit the Reply button."
"Oh, let's move most of the options, including move and archive, behind an arrow that makes people think they're going to reply to an email."
"Shall we also remove loads of icons from the bottom so that it's just wasted space?"
Well, they've lost their 3D touch.I hate to be one of those people who says Apple is losing their touch, but Apple is really losing their touch.