Email, Messaging, & Video Calls > Email How to Add a Sender to OS X Mail Contacts Quickly By Heinz Tschabitscher Heinz Tschabitscher Writer University of Vienna A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on June 30, 2022 Tweet Share Email PeopleImages / Getty Images Tweet Share Email Email Yahoo! Mail Gmail What to Know Add: Open sender's message > press Command+Shift+Y or select Message > Add Sender to Contacts.Create shortcut: Select Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts tab > App Shortcuts > + > Mail.Next: Type “Add Sender to Contacts” > select Keyboard Shortcut > press Command+Shift+Y > select Add. This article explains how to set up and use keyboard shortcuts to quickly add a sender to the address book in macOS X. Add a Sender to the Mac OS X Mail Address Book Open a message from the sender you wish to add.Press Command+Shift+Y.If the keyboard shortcut is not working, see below for adding it.You can also select Message > Add Sender to Contacts from the menu. This adds the sender's email address (together with her name, if one appears in the From: line) to the address book without asking any questions. If you want to edit the newly added contact (to assign a picture to it, for example), open Contacts separately. Keyboard Shortcut for Adding Senders in OS X Mail To set up a keyboard shortcut for adding senders to the address book in OS X Mail: Select Apple > System Preferences… Open the Keyboard section. Go to the Shortcuts tab.Select App Shortcuts.Click +.Make sure Mail is selected under Application:.Type “Add Sender to Contacts” under Menu Title.Click on the Keyboard Shortcut field.Press Command+Shift+Y.Click Add. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit