Desktop icons disappear when mail is open and then return when mail is closed

ChesterL · ChesterL #1 (**permalink**)

07-24-2013, 06:54 AM

When trying to learn how to select several e-mails to save or delete, I did something unknowingly that 1) put the mail drop-downs above the inbox, so I must point above the inbox to have those drop-sown reappear and 2) puts the desktop and any open files somewhere--hiding behind the e-mail, I think, because the appear immediately once I close e-mail.

This is not what I want! I have 2 monitors, an iMac running Mountain Lion and am using Mail.app (6.5)

Any advice out there to get things back to normal--so the mail drop-downs and the desktop are not hidden?

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

07-24-2013, 07:34 AM

1) right click on the top bar of Mail and select whichever you want to view instead of the 'Hide Toolbar'.

2) don't understand what you're explaining

toMACsh · toMACsh #3 (**permalink**)

07-24-2013, 02:07 PM

CL, what OS version do you have? (Are you using Spaces or Mission Control?)

Always include this ^ information with a question. (Not necessarily this ^)

bobtomay #2 (permalink)
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ChesterL #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 28, 2012 Posts: 7	07-24-2013, 06:54 AM When trying to learn how to select several e-mails to save or delete, I did something unknowingly that 1) put the mail drop-downs above the inbox, so I must point above the inbox to have those drop-sown reappear and 2) puts the desktop and any open files somewhere--hiding behind the e-mail, I think, because the appear immediately once I close e-mail. This is not what I want! I have 2 monitors, an iMac running Mountain Lion and am using Mail.app (6.5) Any advice out there to get things back to normal--so the mail drop-downs and the desktop are not hidden?
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