so i am not completely sure, but i suspect there is a minor bug that requires you to have at least one signature for each account. same problem.įinally, after poking around, i tried adding a signature to my gmail account, which was the last of my four accounts that didn’t have at least one. after creating a sig and dragging some sigs into certain accounts, i found that when i hit the close button for the preferences window, it would not close.

However, i ran into a problem when doing this. you can create a common set of signatures, then drag them to whatever accounts you want.

You should be able to choose the new signature when creating a new message now. Quit mail (Main menu, Quit, or Apple-Q), and relaunch it. Now, finally, close the Preferences window by hitting the red button in the top left corner, or by pressing Apple-W. Don’t choose “None,” “Random Order” or “In Sequential Order.” Edit the text of the new signature in the rightmost panel.Īt the bottom of the dialog box is a drop down menu, “Choose signature.” Make sure the Signature you just created is chosen. Instead create your new signature by pressing the small plus sign on the lower left of the middle panel. Don’t create the signature when “All signatures” is highlighted, though, as that doesn’t seem to work. Make sure the “Account” is highlighted on the leftmost panel. Select the Signatures icon, second from the right. Inside Apple Mail, to set Signatures, go to the Mail menu and choose Preferences. Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.1 had some Mail upgrades, among a bunch of other things. I agree, something is busted (or at least unintuitive) in Mail’s signature system.įirst, make sure you have updated to 10.4.1 (go to the Apple menu at the top left corner of the screen, and choose Software Update, then accept any updates shown as necessary).

How to add a signature in apple mail