macos sonoma
Apple’s latest computer operating system, macOS Sonoma, launches today, September 26th. With that launch comes a loss of email-related functionality. The Apple Mail app in Sonoma no longer has support for legacy mail plug-ins. Plug-ins included tools like Mailbutler, SpamSieve and EagleFiler (and others). Apparently a new MailKit-based framework now exists for Apple Mail plugins, but is said to be more limited than what was previously available. Tobias from tool-developer Mailbutler explains more of what’s changed here.I don’t really know enough about these various plug-ins to have specific opinions on them, but in general, mail plugins that have access to email data always make me a bit nervous from a privacy perspective. Apple’s privacy-first focus makes me wonder if they these mail plug-ins potentially had access to more data than Apple was comfortable with.
Here, find quick links to everything I can find relating to the upcoming Apple privacy changes. Remember what we learned from MPP — meaning that exactly when and how the functionality launches is still TBD, exactly what this impacts could change over time, and that this will not be the end of the world. Stay tuned as I’m sure there will be more to write and to learn about this functionality as we move forward torward final public release (and then after).iOS17 filtering click tracking links (Steve Atkins, Word to the Wise)Link Tracking Protection in iOS 17 & macOS Sonoma: Important changes for marketers (Nicole Merlin, Knak)Marketers, what you need to know about iOS 17, LTP, and privacy trends (Peter Jakus, Bloomreach Engagement)The Scoop on iOS 17 and Link Tracking (Scott Desgrosseilliers, Wicked Reports)Bonus: Are you wondering this functionality would be enabled or disabled by users? See “How to automatically