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Big Sur eliminated the sidebar showing past message senders. How do I get it back so I can review past messages?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Dec 1, 2020 12:48 PM

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jcschochet Author

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Posted on Dec 1, 2020 01:09 PM

As Emily Latella would say, "Never mind." It came back, at least when I got a new message.

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jcschochet Author

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Dec 1, 2020 01:09 PM in response to jcschochet

As Emily Latella would say, "Never mind." It came back, at least when I got a new message.

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