Learn how to use your VIP list on all your Apple devices!
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Let’s face it: if you get a lot of emails, finding certain emails in the native Mail app can be a bit of a long and frustrating process. To save time, there is nothing like sharing some frequent and/or important recipients in Very important Person, or what is the same, in VIP.
VIP contacts are identified with a star next to their name and you can find them both in the general mailbox and in a folder within Mail for VIPs. In case you did not know, you can assign up to 100 VIP people And if you use iCloud, you’ll have access to these VIPs from any other Apple device that’s linked to the same account.
Likewise, you can also choose to be notified only when the emails that arrive are from a person who is on your VIP list. Yes, the VIP feature has a lot of benefits., many of which you still do not know. Follow the event to learn how to set up VIPs on macOS, iOS 11, and iCloud.
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How to use VIP contacts on macOS, iOS, watchOS, and iCloud
How to add a contact to your VIP list in macOS
1) Open the Mail app on your Mac.
2) Select an email of the person you want to make VIP
3) Position the mouse cursor over the email header, right where the sender’s name appears. Click on the tab or the right button.
4) A menu will appear where you will read “Add to VIP list“. Press it.
Just by adding a contact to your VIP list, You will see a VIP mailbox where all the emails from those very important people will enter. If you enter the VIP mailbox and click on a recipient, you will only see their received messages.
How to remove a contact from your VIP list on macOS
For remove a contact from the VIP list on macOS, enter the VIP mailbox and click on the tab that you will see on the name of a contact or, failing that, on the right mouse button. You will see “Remove from VIP List”.
How to set up alerts for VIP contacts on macOS
1) Go into the Mail app on your Mac.
2) Click on preferences in the application menu.
3) In general, look for “new message notifications” and select “VIP Contacts”.
How to add, remove and configure the VIP list in iOS 11
Add, remove, and set alarms for VIP contacts on iOS devices it is very simple and intuitive thanks to iOS 11: in this recent tutorial we show you .
How to set up alerts for VIP contacts on Apple Watch
With the Apple Watch you can do many things and one of them is that our smart watch notifies us when we receive an email from a VIP contact. In this way, we do not waste time with notifications that are not interesting to us, but we do for the emails of our important contacts.
In order to configure it, we have to go to the iPhone Watch app and in My watchscroll to the app Email. From there, click on Personalized so that it only notifies us when an email from someone VIP arrives.
How to add a VIP contact in iCloud Mail
If you have an Apple device, you are probably aware of the cloud service of the bitten apple, i.e. iCloud. Among the fantastic tools that iCloud provides us with is a very interesting email address, especially Now that we know about the controversial management of user data from companies like Facebook or Google.
To use VIP contacts in iCloud we will have to do the following:
1) Go to and enter your credentials.
2) Enter Mail and select an email from the person you want to make VIP.
3) You’ll see their name in blue in the header and an arrow. Press it and check the VIP option. Another alternative is to drag the message from the general mailbox to the VIP mailbox.
How to delete a VIP contact in iCloud Mail
In iCloud Mail, select a message from someone who is a VIP but you want them to stop being a VIP. Click on their name or email in the header. In the pop-up menu, uncheck the box for VIP.
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