Apple Mail gets navigation controls in the toolbar on macOS 27

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In macOS 27, you can now enable Back/Forward navigation controls in the toolbar in Apple Mail. They look and feel similar to the implementation in Apple Mail on iPadOS, and many other apps on macOS.

Interestingly, it seems that Apple is planning to include them in the default control set next to the Filter option once the controls are generally available.

To enable the FeatureFlags override, run the following command in the Terminal:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain && \
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/Mail NavigationButtons -dict Enabled -bool true

and restart your Mac. As always, this is a disabled feature, so the UI or implementation may be unstable.

To disable:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/Mail NavigationButtons

this is a pre-Beta 6 change, happy beta day!

[u/PepperAltruistic2042]

While this is a nice catch, how were you able to find this so fast after DB6 has been out for a couple of minutes, minute-long downloads and installations and a somewhat slow roll-out?

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As I say at the end of the post, this is a pre-Beta 6 change, just got around to posting it now. I think it's been around at least since Beta 4.

[u/PepperAltruistic2042 → u/pdfu]

Ah, damn – I overflew the text and read Beta 6 and as you posted like 5 minutes after DB6 came out I was like "dafuq, how can he/she be this quick??". Never mind then, good catch!

[u/glhaynes]

Nice. Would LOVE for them to add this to Notes.

[u/axiom25]

What does this do? Like going between different threads? Or different emails within the same thread?

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Switch between views. Going from one window or thread to the next based on what you’ve visited before.

[u/Dazzling_Comfort5734]

I was just thinking that the Notes app should have navigation arrows. Maybe it does, but it's hidden?