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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