Hi, This seems like something that is configurable. Not that I can figure out what it is though. It just seems like something in a plist file is set to descending instead of ascending. It shouldn't have been this problematic. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On May 2, 2014, at 5:28 AM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Makes perfect sense. I used the shell to do the whole thing. I quit mail.app > first, then did the rename of .mboxCache.plist and all, but when I restarted > mail.app, the list of mail folders was rebuilt but the alpha order is still > reversed. I guess my machine does not know her ABC's:). > > I suppose it may be time for a call to Apple Tech Support to see if any other > ideas? Otherwise I will just have to work backwards when looking for folders > in alpha sequence. It just surprises me this all happened after the Mavericks > upgrade. Sure, I could delete the entire Mail foder and re-do the whole thing > but I think I'll pass. This sequence problem isn't that serious. It would > just be nice for it to fix though. > > Thanks for all the ideas. > > On Apr 29, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > >> hi, >> >> One more option that's a little more invasive but should do the trick. >> >> 1. Quit Mail. >> 2. Go into ~/Library/Mail/v2/Your_Mail_Account >> >> Normally, you would go to the Finder then press cmd-shift-h then open the >> Library file if it is visible. If your ~/Library folder is hidden, then, >> when in the Finder, press VO-m to go up to the menubar, over to the Go menu >> and, using VO-down, navigate to the Library item then press return. You'll >> now be in this usually hidden folder. >> >> 3. Open the Mail folder. >> 4. Open the v2 folder. >> 5. Locate the Mailbox folder that has the incorrectly sorted folders. >> 6. Press cmd-c to Copy it. >> 7. Go into the Terminal app. >> 8. Enter the following commands (exclude the dollar sign) >> >> $cd pathname - where the pathname is entered by pressing cmd-v. That is, >> you're pasting the path you copied in #6. Press return. >> $mv .mboxCache.plist .mboxCache.plist.bak - Note that there are spaces >> between items, a "dot" before the filenames, and that the first "c" of >> "Cache" is in caps. >> >> What you're doing here is renaming the first filename to the second >> filename. Because this file has the "dot" in front of the filename, it is >> normally an invisible file and should remain this way. >> >> 9. Quit Terminal app. >> 10. Open Mail and it should rebuild the .mboxCache.plist file for you and >> consequently fix the problem. >> >> You'll need to do this for each Mail account that has this issue. Note the >> word "should". This is my favourite word in computer-land as it covers my >> behind in case things don't work as I planned. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Apr 29, 2014, at 6:32 AM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Nope, I tried these steps several times, in fact, but I still see the >>> folders in reverse alpha order. I guess I'm stuck with a backwards >>> alphabetically ordered list of mail box folders. Nice try and thanks for >>> the suggestion. It's strange though; I never had this sorting problem >>> before I upgraded to Mavericks. I'm not in the mood to blow away all mail >>> settings and do them over. Take too much time so I guess I'll put up with >>> this order unless I come across another solution. I could manually sort >>> them by moving folders around but that sounds tedious too. >>> >>> Thanks for the helpful reply. >>> >>> Oh Robert, thanks for your tip but I was referring to mail box folders and >>> not messages. My message lists are fine and sort they way I want. >>> >>> On Apr 27, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Steve, >>>> >>>> Here's a trick to get the Mailboxes sorted properly: >>>> >>>> 1. Go into your Mail Preferences either with cmd-comma or under the Mail >>>> menu. >>>> 2. Select Accounts from the Toolbar. >>>> 3. Select the account you wish to have the Mailboxes re-ordered in. >>>> 4. From within the Accounts Info tab, uncheck the "Enable this Account" >>>> checkbox. >>>> >>>> Don't worry, this won't actually lose any of your info, it just >>>> temporarily disables it. >>>> >>>> 5. Close your Mail Prefs and Quit the Mail app. >>>> 6. Wait a short bit then re-open your Mail app. >>>> 7. Go back into Mail Prefs and enable this account. >>>> 8. Close your Mail Prefs and everything should be sorted properly again. >>>> >>>> Sometimes, if it is a Gmail account, you may need to Quit the Mail app and >>>> re-open it again so that the sync works properly. >>>> >>>> HTH. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On Apr 27, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I noticed after upgrading to Mavericks a couple weeks ago that all my >>>>> mail box folders are sorted in reverse alphabetical order under each IMAP >>>>> account. This always used to be in ascending alpha order and not >>>>> backwards like it is now. Has anyone else experienced this? Also, is >>>>> there a way to tell mail.app to sort these properly? 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