New updates are being added at the bottom of this story……
Original story (published on November 28, 2020) follows:
Apple appears to have made an odd change in the way that senders’ names appear in the Apple Mail app for no apparent reason. The names now appear in reverse.
And you know what they say, “don’t fix it if it ain’t broke.” The company could’ve easily avoided this matter had it paid attention to this cool little quote.
But they didn’t. And as a result, several annoyed users are now venting about the bug on official Apple forums.
In this issue, the senders’ names appear in a reversed form in the Apple Mail app. An example can be the mails from “Apple Support Community” that now display as “Communities Apple Support”, as shown in the below image.
Moreover, all reports have implied that this issue has only appeared after the iOS 14.2 update. The problem also isn’t just limited to iPhones as there are complaints from iPad users as well.
It is unclear as of now if the issue is truly due to the iOS 14.2 update, or if it is in fact a part of a buggy update released for the Apple Mail app. Hopefully, this ridiculous change isn’t deliberate.
If you are one of the users facing this issue, then try the temporary solution given below.
Workaround for names displaying in reverse on Apple Mail
If you are unable to perform the above workaround for some reason, then try heading over to Settings > Contacts > Display order, and change it to “first, last”.
Keep in mind though, that although this will help display sender names in Apple Mail in the correct order, it might reverse the names in your Contacts.
With that being said, let us know in the comments below if the above workarounds fixed the names displaying in reverse on Apple Mail for you. Hopefully, Apple will address the issue soon.
For now, be sure to also check out our dedicated iOS 14 bugs/issues tracker.
Many users are now reporting that the issue has finally been fixed with the iOS 14.3 update even though the iOS 14.3 release notes haven’t mentioned anything as such.
Update 1 (December 28)
Perhaps, the fix was included in the update as an under-the-hood change. Hence, if you are still facing this issue, chances are that you are on an older iOS version. Simply update to iOS 14.3 to make the problem disappear.
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