Use Apple Intelligence in Mail on Mac

Apple Intelligence* makes it easier than ever to stay on top of your email. In addition to using Writing Tools to craft your outgoing messages, you can use Priority Messages to quickly view your most urgent emails, like a same-day dinner invitation or boarding pass. Smart Reply helps you compose a fast email response to ensure you’ve covered everything. You can also view summaries that automatically appear in your inbox, and generate summaries of complex emails and long email threads to view all the pertinent details.

The Mail app window showing a list of messages in the Inbox. An email is open on the right, with the Summarize button at the top.

Note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all Mac models or in all languages or regions.** To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of macOS and have Apple Intelligence turned on.

View Priority Messages in your inbox

  1. Go to the Mail app on your Mac.

    Open Mail for me

  2. Click an inbox, choose View in the menu bar, then click Show Priority Messages.

    Time-sensitive emails appear at the top of your inbox.

Use Smart Reply in Mail

  1. Go to the Mail app on your Mac.

    Open Mail for me

  2. Click an email, then click the Reply button.

  3. Click the Message field, then choose a suggested reply.

    Apple Intelligence drafts a reply in the email. To refine your reply, see Use Writing Tools with Apple Intelligence.

  4. When you’re ready to send your reply, click the Send button.

Summarize your email

Apple Intelligence can help you summarize a complex email, or it can help you get caught up on a long email thread in seconds. Just follow these steps:

  1. Go to the Mail app on your Mac.

    A short summary automatically appears under each unread email in your inbox.

    Open Mail for me

  2. Select an email, then scroll up.

  3. Click Summarize at the top of the email.

A summary appears above the email. If the email is part of a thread, the contents of the thread are summarized.

Turn email summary previews on or off

When you turn on Apple Intelligence, summaries automatically appear under your emails. You can turn off summaries and choose to see the first lines of the most recent message instead.

  1. Go to the Mail app  on your Mac.

    Open Mail for me

  2. Choose Mail > Settings, then click Viewing.

  3. Select or deselect Summarize Message Previews.

*Apple Intelligence uses generative models and outputs may vary. Check important information for accuracy.
**Apple Intelligence is available in beta with support for the following languages: English, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions. For more information on language and feature availability and system requirements, see the Apple Support article How to get Apple Intelligence.
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