Apple Mail can count the number of unread emails in your inboxes, but by default it can’t tell you how many are in which account.

DockStar is a utility that allows you to assign a separate notification badge to different mailboxes.

It comes in the form of a classical plugin installing itself as a bundle with an options screen in Mail.app’s Preferences:

In the options you can assign a badge to up to 5 different mailboxes, choose from four different shapes, set the the size of each badge and select colour you want for each mailbox.

The result is a riot of notification badges, undeniably more colourful and possibly more informative:

DockStar is shareware (USD 8) and available from the developer’s web site.plugin, notification badges, bundle, mail.app, apple mail, account, mailbox

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Tags: account, Apple Mail, bundle, mail.app, mailbox, notification badges, plugin

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