HOW TO Get started with Mail

1 Add an internet account

Launch Mail. Click the Mail menu and choose Accounts. You’ll be taken to System Preferences > Internet Accounts. Click on the type of account – Exchange, Google, etc – you want to add. Fill in the details as requested.

4 Add a VIP

VIPs appear under the VIP section in the mailboxes list and you can set rules for messages from them. Locate an email from someone you want to add as a VIP, click and hold on their name in the message header and choose Add to VIPs.

7 Compose the text

Write or paste the text in the main body of the email. To format it, click ‘Aa’ in the toolbar and choose from the options. To add an attachment, click the paperclip and navigate to the file you want to attach. Click Choose File.

2 Add IMAP or POP3

Click the Mail menu, then Preferences and choose Accounts. Click the ‘+’. Choose Other Mail Account then Continue. Enter your name, email address and password. Click Sign in. Enter details of your email host’s servers.

5 Create a signature

Go to Mail > Prefs > Signatures. Select the account for which you want to use the signature. Press ‘+’ then type your text in. You can add multiple signatures. To choose how they are added, use the ‘Choose signature’ menu.

8 Add a photo

Click the down arrow next to the Photos button at the right of the toolbar. Choose Photos In the browser window that opens, navigate to the photo you want, then drag it into the message. Choose a size from ‘Image size.’

3 View the mailbox list

Click the View menu and choose Show Mailboxes. Alternatively, press ç+ß+M. In full-screen mode, you can also place the pointer at the left of the screen and drag with two fingers on a touchpad or Magic Mouse.

6 Start an email

Click the Compose button in the toolbar (it looks like a sheet of paper with a pen across it) or press ç+N. Start typing the name of the recipient and choose their name from the list that appears. Type a subject line.

9 Finish and send

You can mark up an image by hovering over its top-right corner and choosing Markup. Use the tools in the window that opens to mark up the image then click Done. Click the paper aeroplane to send the email.