Do you want to write emails in full-screen mode? If you use Mail full screen, you will be able to write, read and access your inbox at the same time. Also you may find bigger screens better than split screens and this may affect the way you work. However you may also want to disable this feature for various reasons.
Full screens means that any app or window (e.g., the Mail app) occupies the whole computer screen.
By default, you Mac will open a split screen view when you are in full screen. This means that, for example, when you click to compose a message, your screen will automatically split (see the images below). You can disable this. You can also change that new message window will slide up from the bottom of your screen. This short article explains how you can disable the split view mode in the macOS Mail app.
See also: Mac Mail App Opens Itself Randomly, Fix
Split Screen
Not Split Screen
Steps:
1-Open the Mail app on your Mac by clicking the Mail icon. You can also open Spotlight and search for it.
2-In the Mail app, click, Mail and then Preferences (or you can press the Command and , buttons together)
3-Click the General tab
4- And now deselect “Prefer opening messages in split view when in full screen.” box
Now you are done. There is no OK or Save button. Just close the window. If you want to enable the Split View feature, just recheck this box.
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I’ve done this, and my mail still continues to open in split screen when I don’t want it to. I’ll be watching a show or doing work in chrome on full screen and it’ll just open by itself. It’s so annoying, and I fixed this setting and it still does it.
The only way I could figure out how to stop this was by quitting my mail app. THat way it wont pop up in split screen mode at all.
Confirmed that this doesn’t work as described on my iMac running Mojave! Ugh!
I’m having a similar problem with mail on my IPad. When I try to expand the mail the screen converts itself to a split screen. It is possible to swipe right to loose it but I can’t then expand the message.
It is getting to the point where frustration is creeping in
I’m having a problem with my iPad as well. When I open an email to read it, it appears tp the right of my screen in a narrow strip. Makes it annoying to read. I can swipe it away but it happens again when I read an ad or email.
I have also tried this and the app still slit screens every time I get a new email. This is extremely aggravating. I mean who in their right mind would program such a function for any app. Apple needs to fix this ASAP. I have loved my MAC until this past update and now I am so frustrated with being interrupted when I am working by the mail app, I am wondering if it would be best to go back to PC.
I can’t turn off the splitscreen in mail despite deselecting it. I’ve tried several times and even restarted. I don’t like that it removes the unread dot when I am scrolling looking for a specific email. Arg. Please fix or tell me how. The deselect splitscreen does not work.