In the Apple Mail app on mac Big Sur and later, users will need to manually activate any plugins they’ve installed. With the Big Sur-compatible version of Mailbutler installed, and before you start using your inbox with Mailbutler, you’ll need to first activate the app manually through your Apple Mail Preferences and restart Mail.
In this quick post we’ll guide you through the steps to enable your plugins on Apple Mail in macOS Big Sur and anything which might come after that.
How to activate Mail plugins in Big Sur
- Open Apple Mail and click Preferences…
- Click on Manage Plug-ins in the General tab
- Activate the plugin Mailbutler.mailbundle by checking the checkbox
- Click Apply and Restart Mail
- Open Apple Mail and start using Mailbutler!
It’s as simple as that – Mailbutler is now enabled and will start working in Apple Mail!
If you are on Big Sur (11.2.1) or later, and you don’t even see the Manage Plug-ins button, please read our article Manage Plug-ins button is gone from Apple Mail.
What’s new to Mail in macOS Big Sur?
Mail in macOS Big Sur comes with a couple of new features:
- Get reminder suggestions in Mail which are recognised by Siri
- New full-height sidebars which makes it easier to track your inbox
- New symbols for apps in toolbars, sidebars and controls, some of which are shared by apps which share common tasks, such as Mail and Calender
- Interactive notifications, on which you can click and take immediate action, such as replying to an email
Mailbutler’s extension for macOS Mail comes fully compatible with Big Sur and boosts your inbox with time-saving features such as:
- Email Tracking
- Send Later
- Snooze
- Email Signatures
- Message Templates
- Email Notes and Tasks
- …and a lot more.
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14 comments on “Activate Mail Plugins: How to enable Mail plugins in macOS Big Sur”
Using 10.14.1, having issues performing the upgrade, and my Manage Plug-Ins button is absent from the application.
did you find the button?
Hi! If you can’t find the button, this can be helpful: https://support.mailbutler.io/knowledge-base/manage-plug-ins-gone/
great points altogether, you just gained a brand new reader. What would you recommend in regards to your post that you made some days ago? Any positive?
It keeps de-activating on restart for me.
Hey, thanks a lot for your comment. I’m sorry to hear that you’re having problems. Please contact our lovely support team support@mailbutler.io. They will be happy to help you out! Thanks, Tiffany
I am using Mojave 10.14.6 but I don’t see a ‘Manage Plug-ins’ button.
Hi! If you can’t find the button, this can be helpful: https://support.mailbutler.io/knowledge-base/manage-plug-ins-gone/
This doesn’t work. There is no ‘manage plugins ‘ button now. Please update
It’s been applying changes for ages
Help please
Hi, thank you for reaching out! Our support team will be happy to help you. You can contact them via email support@mailbutler.io.
Any alternatives to Herald for Mojave?
Herald would pop up a translucent window whenever new mail arrived. You could read the mail, delete it, mark it as junk, or open it in mail. It was great! But it won’t work in Mojave. 🙁
Hello Jan,
That’s actually a function of Mail, and you can achieve that by going to the System Preferences on your Mac, then Notifications, select Mail, and then choose “Alerts” as the form of notification you wish to receive. I just tested this myself, and when an email comes in, a pop up notification appears in the right upper corner of my screen. If I hover on that alert, “Options” appears, and I can then select “Reply, Mark as Read, or Delete”.