# How to Disable Mail Animations on Mac OS

**URL:** https://www.compsmag.com/how-to/disable-mail-animations-mac/
**Author:** Ayushi Chauhan
**Published:** 2023-04-24
**Updated:** 2023-04-24
**Categories:** How To
**Reading Time:** 3 min

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This article will show you how to Disable Mail Animations on [Mac](https://compsmag.com/best/macbook/)OS. Some people love Lion's new eye candy and flashy visuals, while others don't like them as much and want to turn off many of the new effects, like animated window changes and Mail animations. Even though graphics and effects rarely get in the way of how you use your Mac, people who use many of its features every day may find that they can be more productive if they turn off the ones they don't need.

When you turn on Mission Control, switch between Spaces, or open the Notifications panel, [macOS](https://compsmag.com/best/mac-apps/)often uses motion effects. If these effects bother you, you can turn them off or make them less noticeable by turning on Reduce Motion. Newer versions of the texts app for iOS and [iPadOS](https://compsmag.com/best/ipad-apps/)let you send animated texts that take up the whole screen.

After writing a message, you can pick animations like echo, bubbles, and spotlight by holding down the send button for a long time, tapping Screen at the top of the screen, and then swiping. If you want to know more information about this Visit [Official Apple Support site.](https://support.apple.com/)

## How to Disable Mail Animations on Mac OS

- To turn animations off (they are on by default, with no method for disabling them apparent in Preferences or the mail.app UI):

```
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool YES
```

- Turning them back on, should you miss them, is easy too:

```
defaults write com.apple.Mail DisableReplyAnimations -bool NO
```

- You'll have to **restart**Mail app for the changes to take effect, but when you send or reply to emails, the image won't show up anymore. This can make old Macs run Mail faster.
- As usual this is very easy to reverse if you want the **Mail reply-to animations back**.

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