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How can I use iCloud to sync my contacts, while also syncing my contacts with Google?
If you have Google contact syncing enabled in 10.7.1 or earlier, then upgrade to 10.7.2 and try to enable iCloud contact syncing, you will see the following dialog:
Is it possible to have both ...
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Is it better for iOS to sync Gmail contacts using Exchange ActiveSync or the CardDAV protocol?
To date I've been using Google Sync as an Exchange account to synchronize contacts between Gmail and my iPhone. However, Google very recently announced support for syncing Gmail contacts using ...
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How can I use Gmail as the default mail client app in Mac OS X?
I use Gmail as my e-mail client, but when I click on a "mailto:" link, the Mail.app is opened.
Is there a way to avoid the Mail.app opening in this case? Can I open Gmail instead?
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What is the best way to set up Google mail, contacts and calendar? (consolidated)
I'm trying to understand what the best way to set up Google mail, contacts and calendars on my iPhone and iPad. There seems to be plenty of options, all of which have downsides spread over lots of ...
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Mail signature changes font size when sent to Gmail
I have created a signature in Mac mail. However, every time I send an email to a gmail account it enlarges the font size. Has anybody else come across this? Is there a workaround?
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How to sync iCloud contacts with Google?
I recently started using the Gmail app on my iOS devices because it has better search functionality than the native Mail app. However, that means that when I'm writing emails the app is using my Gmail ...
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How to push GMail to iPhone without Exchange?
Since Google has ended support for Google Sync aka Microsoft Exchange on Janurary 30th, how can I continue to get mails from GMail pushed?
As far as I know, IMAP does not support push.
I know that ...
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Mail.app - keyboard shortcuts to move mail and jump to folder
I'm coming to Mail.app with a background using both Outlook (on the PC) and GMail. In every mail client I've used, there are easy keyboard shortcuts to do these:
jump to any folder I want, just by ...
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Does Gmail push on iPhone 4S?
I just got the iPhone 4S, and it seems like my email is polling rather than push. I set up my Gmail account, and emails do not come to my phone instantly. It appears to be polling, rather than ...
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How do I revert the default mail client back to Mail from GMail?
I downloaded Google Chrome and it automatically changed my default mail reader from Mail to GMail in Chrome. I went to the preferences section of Mail and didn't see an option to make Mail the default ...
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How do I move my iPhone contacts to Gmail?
I have an iPhone that is already synced with my iMac, but I am away on leave and am using a Windows 7 computer. I need to send the contacts I've created on my iPhone to my Gmail account online, ...
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How can I leave Gmail for Mail?
I've decided I want to take the plunge and leave Gmail for Mail, using my iCloud account. Why? I've lost trust in Google (incl. their search bias, how they handle my privacy, and how they treat the ...
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How can I send a mail message later? On Mountain Lion
I want to compose a message, but rather than clicking "Send", I want to schedule a future delivery date and have the mail sent then without my taking action as long as the computer is still running.
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Two-Step Authentication, iPhone Mail.app, and SMTP
I have setup Two Step Verification for my Google account and all is well getting into email from a browser, or from the Safari browser on my phone.
However, I cannot get Mail.app to work. It just ...
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Can I get push notifications for emails in my Gmail Priority Inbox only?
Is it possible to get push notifications only for the emails in the Gmail Priority Inbox and not for the unimportant mail?
I would like to set up my iPhone 3GS iOS 4.2.1 so that I get notified (with ...
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Is there an app that lets me send email only?
I'm looking for an app that will let me send email only. Often in the course of my work I need to just fire off a quick email but don't want to get stuck firing up my mail client and reading new ...
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Is there a full-featured Mac email app that natively implements labels (instead of folders) and archiving?
I love Gmail's features, but I'm increasingly wary of having my entire email history depend on Google. Every Mac email app I know of, other than Sparrow, insists on being based around IMAP folders. ...
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Sync google apps (gmail) contacts directory with Mac address book
We use Gmail (Google Apps for business) at my work.
I have set up my Mac (OS X 10.7.5) address book to sync the local address book with my gmail account, however this only syncs "My Contacts" but all ...
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Mail and multiple accounts in Gmail
I Have a gmail account configured to receive and send emails of a live mail account and I have some services that I need to send emails as live mail to be identified, but in Apple Mail I'm only able ...
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what is the best way to get my gmail contacts on my ipod touch contacts list
i have a new ipod touch and i want to get my gmail contacts available on the ipod touch contacts.
what is the best way to do this?
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Is there any way to set Gmail app as the default mail client in iPhone and iPad?
I want to be able to one-click email links from apps such as Twitter, Safari and Instapaper. Is this possible if I'm using Gmail and not Apple's Mail app?
Do I have to set Gmail as the default mail ...
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Avoid 'via gmail' for messages sent from my iPhone
I've set up my own domain (say owndomain.com) to forward all his e-mail to my personal Gmail account. It works great and once setup, I can send e-mails from the iPhone using that account with the coma ...
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How can I add an email signature in my iPhone Gmail app?
I understand it is fairly easy to add a signature to the standard iPhone mail app. However, I am now using the Gmail app on my iPhone 4S, and I can't seem to figure out how to append a signature to ...
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Are there any other iOS apps other than Mail which can send email?
I have been trying to find an iOS app which will let me send email from various accounts without going through Mail.app.
I know about the comma trick but that is not what I am after.
I also do not ...
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How can I map the “Archived” folder to “All Mail”?
I would like to map the "Archived" folder that's created when you Archive mail to the "All Mail" folder in my Gmail account. How can I do this?
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How to hide the Flagged folder in Mail.app (Mountain Lion)?
Since upgrading to Mountain Lion, my Mail.app has sprouted a Flagged folder for each of my Gmail/Google Apps accounts.
I have no use for this and would like to disable or hide it - how can I do ...
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Why would Mail's message counts not match Gmail's?
I have Mail 4.5 on 10.6.7 and a Google apps account.
My total message counts for each folder in Mail don't match the counts I see in the GMail web UI.
I don't have any custom labels or folders. I've ...
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How can I synchronize contacts with Google?
How can I download (also, possibly upload from my iPhone) contacts of my Google account?
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Can I use Google Sync (Exchange, Push) through Mail.app in Mountain Lion?
I love using gmail through Google Sync on my iPhone because it supports PUSH through the Exchange protocol.
See: https://www.google.com/mobile/sync
Essentially, they provide an Exchange compatible ...
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iPhone Gmail App won't stop sending notifications
I tested out the Gmail App on my iPhone 4 (iOS 5.1.1) and have now stopped as it keeps asking me for my login details. I haven't deleted it.
It is continuing to send notifications even though I have ...
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Will iCloud sync interfere with Gmail Contacts/Calendars sync?
I'm looking to setup with iCloud, and I'm concerned with their desire to sync my contacts, calendars, and bookmarks. While I'm fine with the bookmarks, I am legitimately concerned about contacts and ...
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Mail application captures huge disk space
I found my startup disk free space to be very low and decreasing every minute without any files be downloaded or copied to my Macbook pro. I stopped running programs one by one and found when I stop ...
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iPhone IMAP GMail push
Seeing as Yahoo (japan) got imap push to iOS devices working today (it's working on my phone now), is there a way to set it up with a GMail account?
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How do I configure Gmail on an iPad?
I just purchased an iPad 2. I was trying configure mail in my new iPad.
I followed this tutorial for configuring mail on my iPad. But after I enter the required information and click Next, I receive ...
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CardDav / CalDav not syncing existing entries
I set up both CalDav and CardDav on my iPhone 4S using iOS 6. It does sync new entries both ways but it fails to sync any of the existing ones. Google search queries did not shed any light on this ...
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Google two-factor doesn't work on iPad after iPhone is set up
Love the idea of two-factor auth and was pushed to do it finally by the issues that plagued the Gizmodo author.
I enabled two-factor auth and it was all going really smoothly. I used Google ...
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How to hide or clear unread badges on Gmail folders in Mail.app?
This isn't a new problem with OS X Mail, it persists into Mountain Lion.
The badges are quite obnoxious; I can go into that [Gmail] folder and right-click and Mark As Read. But they start piling ...
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How can I archive automatically on reply in mail?
I'm using Mail with Google Apps (Gmail). My goal is to archive automatically the email I've just reply. Leaving me with a clean inbox. How can you that exactly? (I'm using MailTags and Mail Act-On a ...
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Archive emails on Google Mail using Apple Mail
Is it possible to archive emails using apple mail? Or do I have to log in to the web UI to archive old mail? I am using 10.6.7.
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How can I configure the iPhone to send/receive mail through Gmail, but using a different e-mail address?
I have a pobox.com account whose address I use as my main e-mail address and that forwards my messages to a Gmail address.
Eventough that is the address I tell my friends and coleagues, when I send ...
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How can I send an email to a google contact group on my iOS devices?
I have groups in my Google Contacts for sending emails to sets of people via the web interface on a browser.
I sync Google mail and contacts onto a couple iOS devices via Microsoft Exchange.
How can ...
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Install MAMP (not PRO) For PHP And Mail Sending
I first tried searching here at apple.stack but couldn't find a solution that seemed to work for me, so I'm trying my hand at posting a question. I already spent a few good hours trying to make it ...
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How to “star” messages or mark them as important in iPad mail app?
I would like to mark messages as "important" in the iPad mail app via my gmail account. The app can move messages to a new folder, so I can put them in Gmail's "starred" folder, but that moves it out ...
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How can I get iPhone Mail to accept meeting invitations attached as .ics files?
I love my iPhone and it changed the way I deal with email. However there is an annoyance: It seems that the iPhone mail app cannot deal with meeting invitations in .ics format (e.g. sent by Lotus ...
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Gmail “On Behalf Of” Feature in Mail.app
I use Gmail with Mail.app. As you know Gmail allows replying mails as someone else (by changing From header of the sent e-mail). If you don't know, you can register multiple mails to Gmail (your ...
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Tips and tricks to use Google Apps on Mac OS X
I'm trying to collect advice and utilities to make better use of the Google Apps on OS X, in particular Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs.
Gmail
I tried Mailplane but I find the ratio ...
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Mail.app configured to access gmail, is there a way to sync “sent items”?
I've decided I'd like to use only my @gmail.com email account. I configured Mail.app to access my Gmail account and I can see the 'inbox' just fine.
However, when I send an email with Mail.app it ...
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Does Sparrow for iOS seamlessly integrate with Gmail's Send As feature?
I just saw this blog post about Sparrow, and I was wondering about one of its features. On the website, it says that it has the following feature:
Quick sender switch - switch sender account by ...
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I cannot configure Mail 5 on Lion to work the way I want with Google GMail
I just spent a good hour on Mail app, and its pissing me off.
First archive button is dumb, it actually creates a label called [imap]/archive.
Sending messages is dumb, it actually creates a label ...
