In Big Sur, you can create an Apple “Reminder” with a link-back to the email message that pertains to the Reminder item.
In Mac Mail, highlight the Subject line of an email in Mac Mail, then right click (or Ctrl-Click), and, in the pop-up menu choose Share > Reminders. A window pops up with a Reminder item consisting of the (editable) subject line of the email, and it allows you to choose which Reminder “List” to add the item to. The item that gets added to Reminders has a Mail icon. If you click the Mail icon from the Reminder item, it links-back and opens the original Mail message that you shared to Reminders.
The preferred email must be selected in your email list, and your mouse has to be hovering over (or you must select by highlighting) the actual “Subject” line of the email.
OMG! Thanks Barry, I was using the mail in my list of emails not the email itself!
Interestingly, if I share this to Apple Notes it doesn’t link back to the email, just the Subject is added to Notes. To share the content to Notes you need to elect the body of the email.
I think I managed to create Reminders with a link back to the original email by sharing any piece of text contained in the email, not just the subject.
In both cases, it’s a great feature. A clearer way to share an email would probably improve its discoverability though.
This also works natively in Apple Mail for iOS !!!
On my iPad, in Apple Mail, when I long-press any word in the subject of an email, Mail opens a selection bar with the “Share” option, among others. Once you choose “Share”, the Share window opens, with one of the (many) apps offered for sharing is Reminders. When I choose Reminders, that app opens with a new-reminder box that includes the words of the email’s subject line, a text box for optional description text, AND a link back to the email.
In Mail for iPadOS (also in iOS?), you can long-press any text in the email — not just in the subject. For example, if you highlight a paragraph in the message text, and choose to Share to Reminders, then the full selected paragraph of text appears in the description field of the new Reminder, and the title of the email is shown as the subject of the Reminder — along with a link back to the original email.
And no matter where you move the original email — such as a folder on your local drive or a folder in one of your email accounts — the link keeps on working. Press on the link in Reminders and the original email opens to read … no matter which folder it is then stored in.
Drag-and-drop version: In iOS long press on the message from the email list till it pops out. Then move it around so the menu disappears but you still have the message underneath your finger. Then I can swipe that bottom bar with your other hand (while keeping your first finger on the message) and drag it to other apps. Not the most intuitive, but it works, too.
I am using Monterey and I can see the Share menu, but I can not share to Reminders - only Mail, Messages and Notes. Also no Reminders in the Others section. Is this not working anymore?
