macOS Tahoe apple Mail Icons - reply/reply all icon toggles automatically to reply all

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macOS Tahoe apple Mail Icons - reply/reply all icon toggles automatically to reply all

First off: not a fan of the new UI design, esp the rounded corners of the windows. I'm a pro video editor and I work on monitors. My screens are not phones or tablets (even if my work eventually ends up there).

OK, rant over: apple Mail - when I try to use the reply icon to reply to an individual, first click nothing happens. Second click the icon changes to reply all.

However, this email is a reply to a single address. Not multiple.

The problem: how do I send to an individual if there are multiple addresses?

And, why is there a big blue send button? Is that supposed to be the 'reply' singular command?

MacOS Tahoe 26.0.1, apple Mail 16.0

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Mac Studio (M4 Max, 2025)

Posted on Oct 18, 2025 2:38 PM

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AlWeir

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Oct 18, 2025 4:05 PM in response to ponzzz

I would move the Send Command that you have on your screenshot. It's probably covering the reply command.

Hold down the Command key and grab the blue circle and move it up above the line and to the left.

This what mine looks like.

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ponzzz Author

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Oct 18, 2025 4:06 PM in response to AlWeir

Thanks for responding and, yes, there are always multiple ways of accomplishing a task on MacOS. My concern was the reply icon.

I have just recently upgraded to Tahoe from Sequoia and, as I'm now on my laptop - Sequoia - I see that the big blue button w/an up arrow (Tahoe) has, sadly, replaced the elegant little airplane icon (Sequoia).

I know that apple is intergrating the UI across all their devices and that's a pretty smart thing to do but, there are some things that will be missed.

Once again, I appreciate your taking the time to point out the other menu option (I had never really used the keyboard commands to send.)

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AlWeir

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Oct 18, 2025 4:32 PM in response to ponzzz

Not a problem

You not using the Command key to send anything. All you are doing is moving that blue circle with your cursor to the left hand side of the screen, where it should be. When I fist opened up a reply to an email it was on the right hand side and in Sequoia it usually was on the left hand side.

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AlWeir

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Oct 18, 2025 4:07 PM in response to ponzzz

I hope this explains it for replying to only one person

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