Hi Donna, My Preview pane settings stuck when I upgraded to Yosemite, so, I’m not having your same frustration. Here’s some instructions for you though that I posted back when Mavericks first was released. Not sure how, or if they still work in Yosemite, but it’s probably worth a try.
1. Go into Mail Prefs and select the Viewing pane. 2. Check to change to Classic View. 3. Close Mail Prefs. 4. Navigate to the Horizontal Splitter after the Messages Table. 5. Press VO-cmd-f5 to make sure the mouse is focused on the Splitter. 6. Press down on the Trackpad then drag downwards to the bottom of the physical Trackpad then release. This could also be done with a mouse instead. You will know that it worked because the splitter will no longer be right after the Messages Table, it will be the last item at the bottom of the window. 7. Change back into Modern View in the Mail Prefs by unchecking the box, or stay in Classic view if you prefer. 8. Close the Mail Prefs. You will know that the Preview Pane is closed/hidden/disabled by navigating around the Mail window and you will note a Vertical Splitter before and after the Messages Column Group. If it’s not sticking for you, try quitting Mail after getting rid of the Preview Pane in Classic view. Once you re-open Mail, you can change back to the Modern View, and the change should stick. At least it has for me numerous times. HTH. Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 28, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Georgina. I'm running Yosemite, and your directions aren't working > here either. thanks for posting them, though. Maybe this is just an > annoying Yosemite thing we have to live with. I made the preview pane go > away years ago, and it never came back until I upgraded. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Oct 28, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote: >> >> Hello Donna, >> >> It would be nice to know that too. However, here’s what I did that worked >> but I don’t know exactly how it worked. >> >> Go mail prefs, view and tick classic view. >> Go to system prefs, accessibility options and enable mouse keys. You should >> be able to press option quickly 5 times. That later method doesn’t work on >> my Yosemite system. >> Now VO right arrow or left arrow, until you hear “Horizontal splitter“. >> Press VO command F5. >> Now attempt to click on that horizontal splitter. >> Using the keyboard, trackpad, cursing it and nearly beating up the machine I >> could not drag and drop the thing. I really don’t know what I tried and it >> seemed nothing worked . >> Now go back to mail prefs and take the classic view tick out of the checkbox. >> Upon closing mail prefs, the pest had vanished. How where, why and when it >> was triggered I don’t know. >> >> A very frustrating experience. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Gena >> >> Georgina Joyce >> Applied Psychologist >> Training and Coaching. >> Because individuals of groups matter! >> >>> On 28 Oct 2014, at 12:30, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I think the directions I have for this are from the days of Snow Lion. Can >>> someone post current directions? >>> Thanks, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
