Add A Sender On Os X Mail Contacts

July 12, 2022 · 2 min · 259 words · Pedro Bray

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This article explains how to set up and use keyboard shortcuts to quickly add a sender to the address book in macOS X.

What to Know

Add: Open sender’s message > press Command+Shift+Y or select Message > Add Sender to Contacts.Create shortcut: Select Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts tab > App Shortcuts > + > Mail.Next: Type “Add Sender to Contacts” > select Keyboard Shortcut > press Command+Shift+Y > select Add.

Add a Sender to the Mac OS X Mail Address Book

Open a message from the sender you wish to add.Press Command+Shift+Y.If the keyboard shortcut is not working, see below for adding it.You can also select Message > Add Sender to Contacts from the menu.

This adds the sender’s email address (together with her name, if one appears in the From: line) to the address book without asking any questions.

If the keyboard shortcut is not working, see below for adding it.You can also select Message > Add Sender to Contacts from the menu.

If you want to edit the newly added contact (to assign a picture to it, for example), open Contacts separately.

Keyboard Shortcut for Adding Senders in OS X Mail

To set up a keyboard shortcut for adding senders to the address book in OS X Mail:

Select Apple > System Preferences… Open the Keyboard section. Go to the Shortcuts tab.Select App Shortcuts.Click +.Make sure Mail is selected under Application:.Type “Add Sender to Contacts” under Menu Title.Click on the Keyboard Shortcut field.Press Command+Shift+Y.Click Add.

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