Here’s how to add and at least as importantly how to remove the background color of email messages in your message list in Apple Mail on your Mac. Let’s say that you want to color code the messages in your inbox or other mailbox on your Mac in Apple Mail, maybe red for email from your boss, yellow for aunt Sally, and green for your kid who’s away at college and always asking for money. Here’s how to do it, and how to undo it.

Don’t like having to see your opponent’s colored Words with Friends (WWF) tiles? You’re not alone. So here’s how to turn them off so that you don’t see other people’s colored Words with Friends tiles.