Click the center window to change the name of your signature.

Type your signature in the window on the far right.

Choose the + button on the lower center of the window.

Click the account to which you'd like to add a signature.

Your email signature is what appears beneath the body of your email in every single message you send: If you customize yours, you'll never need to type your name at the end of an email again. Each time you click a sound, it'll play a preview.

Click the dropdown menu next to New messages sound.Ĭlick the sound you'd like to hear when a new message arrives.

Click Mail in the menu bar in the upper left corner of your screen.

You can choose which sound alerts you to a new email. Mail setup: How to select Mail notification sounds

You can also choose to check only manually. You can have it check as much as every minute or as infrequently as every hour. Click the dropdown menu next to Check for new messages.Ĭlick a frequency.Click the General tab if you're not already there.Click Mail in the menu bar on the top left of your screen.Since the Mail app has to go and fetch your email from whichever service you use, you can set how often it checks for new messages. Mail setup: How to set how often Mail checks for new messages If you have multiple email accounts, you can repeat the process to see them all in the Mail app. Click the checkmark next to each app you'd like to use with this account.If you have an email address with a domain other than what's provided (like a school or work email address that's not based in any of the big providers), click Other Mail Account. Click an email provider based on what type of email account you have.The first step to using the Mail app for Mac is to set up your email account to start receiving email in the Mail app. Mail setup: How to set up an email account

Mac email account setup