Questions tagged [gmail]
Gmail is an online web service offered by Google. These posts relate to viewing and/or syncing the online service's content to be viewed locally.
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Google Reminders have disappeared from my MacOS
I run macOS Catalina (10.15.7). Until recently I could connect my Google account via the Internet Accounts menu under the System Preferences and could activate/disable the following: Mail, Contacts, ...
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Email body is smaller than emails Signature
I have a Gmail account though work. Everytime I email from my gmail account on desktop whenever I see it on my iPhone the body of the email is small.
it’s an iPhone 7. I’m using iOS 14 and the mail ...
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Google not working for me
I seem to have some sort of problem with Google.
My Gmail account in Mail is marked with a little 'problem squiggle'. Connection Doctor says that login to both the IMAP and SMTP server failed.
If I ...
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Can a Mail.app smart mailbox take *nesting* into account?
I'm using the fairly old version 9.3 of Mail.app on a computer running El Capitan; I just set up my Gmail account with it, and it seems to be correctly syncing.
For organization purposes, I would love ...
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iOS 14 default email app inconsistent behaviour
I changed my default email app in iOS 14.0.1 but it still uses the Apple Mail app in some situations. For example if I tap an email link in Safari it’s using the Apple Mail UI/accounts.
If I tap a ...
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Apple Mail not deleting (archiving) gmail messages properly
I'm having real trouble getting Apple mail to delete (archive) messages in gmail.
Historically gmail re-interpreted deleting messages to mean archiving them. So though IMAP, for example, a naive ...
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Archive gmail messages from the notification center on an iphone
I have an iPhone SE, model number MX9D2LL/A running software version 13.6.1. On it, I have installed the Gmail app version 6.0.200712. When I receive a banner notification for a new email, I can ...
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gmail tried to prevent automation of the accounts creation on iPad? [duplicate]
My three niece were trying to create gmail accounts for themselves on iPad. When the first one was trying to create the account the phone number for the recovery of email or the phone number when ...
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Delete autofill contacts in gmail app for iPhone
In the gmail app I type a letter and autofill appears with an email address. I have tried the following steps to rectify this:
Contacts.google and deleted "other contacts". (It only ...
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Mac Mail program randomly reorders my accounts
I use the Mac Mail program and have multiple mail accounts (~15) - mostly gmail but a couple of non-gmail accounts. For some reason, Mail periodically (sometimes once every few days, sometimes ...
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Use AppleScript to move (not copy) GMail message in Apple Mail
How do I get AppleScript to appear to move (but not copy) a Gmail message in Apple Mail?
If I use
move theMessage to targetFolder
the message appears in both folders. (More precisely, the message ...
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Gmail/Mac Mail - how can I address disk space issues?
I’m running High Sierra on a 2016 MacbookPro. My business account uses G Suite (Gmail). I use Mac Mail and sync to my business account. I have a few other email accounts but my business account is by ...
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Can't set the `Account` property in Mail rule
When I set my personal account as the Account property, close the dialog, and edit the rule again, the Account property is set back to iCloud.
I suspect this has something to do with my Gmail account ...
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Knowledge Request- Automatically Log Out of Google Services Script
TL;DR- is there a way to set Gmail to automatically log itself out?
I am in the process of distancing myself from Google's services, and while it is inevitable that one will always interact with ...
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Unable to select Gmail Important in Smart Mailbox
I have two Google email accounts -- one gmail.com and other managed by university.
I want to have a smart mailbox that shows important emails from both accounts.
But I am unable to do so.
The ...
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Recover email account saved on iPhone
Sorry if this is not the right place to post this question.
I've a Gmail account configured in my iPhone and I can send and receive emails. Problem is, I can't remember the password so I cannot login ...
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I have over 50,000 emails. How can I make the Mail app go faster?
I have the macOS Mail app set up with my Google Gmail account using the IMAP integration. I have over 50,000 emails in my Gmail account, and the Mail application is starting to get a bit slow. For ...
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I cannot log in to Gmail on iPad “this browser or app may not be secure”
My usual Gmail accounts I can log into no problem.
But one rarely used account I put the Gmail address into and press next;
and I dont even get chance to put in password, goes straight to screen below....
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Mark as Junk in macOS and iOS Mail.app
I am using the default mail app both from macOS and iOS. I use accounts from GMail and Microsoft Office 365.
If I "Move to Junk" in macOS and iOS, what does actually happen? A few related questions:
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Transfer contacts from deleted Gmail account between two iPhones
I switched to iPhone 8 from Android, and at the time set up my Gmail account as a contacts source in the iPhone. The Gmail account was subsequently deleted but the contacts remained on my iPhone. I ...
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Is there a way to get Apple mail to display like gmail?
This might be the wrong forum, but I'll ask anyway.
I set up Apple mail and don't like the display, compared to gmail (in Chrome/Safari).
I like the table layout where I don't see any specific email ...
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Why are my newly saved contacts not appearing in Gmail contacts?
I have an IPhone 7 - Settings -> Contacts -> Default Account -> Gmail.
But when I save any new contact on my iPhone it doesn’t appear in contacts.google.com
Two days earlier, I undo the google ...
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How to create an email with a Note label in gmail that will show up in OSX Notes
I use OSX Notes a lot. Sometimes I am at a Windows PC without my phone and would like to create a note in Gmail that would display in OSX Notes. It seems like this should be possible because you can ...
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Gmail on iphone resets swipe actions
I use the gmail app on an iphone and I set it to delete an email if I swipe left. However, it regularly (at least once a week, sometimes more) clears the swipe actions so I have to go back into ...
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Change default email application - iPadOS [duplicate]
When I type on Notes.app, it is useful to have clickable email links as follows:
Whenever I click this link, it wants to take me to Mail.app, I don’t have it installed so it shows this message:
I ...
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How fix MacOS Mail so Gmail labels appear?
I recently bought a new MacBook Pro, and set up Mac Mail with my Gmail accounts. At first, when the mail was being imported, the labels for my emails listed in the list preview section of the Inbox / ...
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How to limit size of Gmail IMAP log files?
I am fixing an acquaintance's computer that ran out of disk space. Space was so critical that the OS did not launch any apps. I booted in Safe Mode (holding Shift during startup), deleted 1.5 GB of ...
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Not getting new iOS Gmail notifications
I haven't changed any of my notifications settings but from today Gmail notifications (from Gmail iOS app) have stopped and I'm not alerted to new emails. Only when I open the app, new emails are ...
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Why do my emails disappear sometimes?
Earlier this year, I had to email a colleague to ask them to send me some information I was waiting for. They insisted they'd sent it already but I couldn't find the email in Mail.app (both iOS and ...
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Mail can't connect to Gmail SMTP server
I recently updated my Mac Pro from Sierra to High Sierra and now Mail cannot connect to the Gmail SMTP server. So I can receive mail but I cannot send. I have found posts from many other users with ...
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Is Gmail stopping rules in Mail.app?
My rules in Mail.app works only when I run them manually. I gues this should not be a case. Rules should work on each sync. On https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mail/mlhlp1017/mac I have found
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Trying to setup gmail on an ipad using a g-suite legacy domain. Get an error: “g suite access is disabled on this device”
I have an account in a g-suite legacy domain and I'm trying to setup an iPad (Legacy g-suite domains are from back when they were free and lack some features).
I've gone through the process, but ...
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Set Firefox as default browser to open links in Gmail
I’m not seeing a way to choose a different default browser in the Gmail App's "Settings" dialog and I want to use Firefox:
How can I circumvent Google's restriction on opening links in Gmail using ...
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Send from Gmail “plus” (person+something@gmail.com) address in Mail.app?
I have a gmail account in Mail.app, example@gmail.com.
How can I send mail from Mail.app using the example+two@gmail.com From address, instead of the example@gmail.com From address?
Looking through ...
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Why do I have 3 extra contacts on my phone when using Google contacts?
I have my iPhone 11 setup to use Google Contacts. I've been using my contact list both on my gmail account / computer and my iPhone 11.
Why are there 3 extra contacts on my phone but not my computer....
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Gmail Doesn't Respect Dark Mode System Preference on iOS 13
Given Dark Mode can really enhance battery life, I'm keen to implement it.
Although all my other IOS/IPADOS 13.3 Apps seem to respect the "System Preferences" > "Display & Brightness" > "...
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How to fix mail online status?
Starting with Catalina, my gmail accounts in Mail would randomly give me. It's driving me insane, how do I fix this?
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iOS 13 Mail App - Flag Only A Specific Message In A Conversation When Using Gmail?
I've noticed that with iOS, when I flag an e-mail message with Mail, every message in the conversation gets flagged. If I flag a message on my phone and then login to Gmail on my computer, I might ...
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Why are emails sent from my domain to my gmail account, blocked by iCloud?
This happens periodically and I have never been able to figure it out even after many years. Finally deciding to ask the web.
I have a domain with Wordpress on it, on my own hosting account at ...
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Change Chrome or Web Gmail swipe actions in iPhone/iOS
In Chrome browser in iPhone, when I open gmail website and open an email and then swipe left/right then it navigates to the previous/next email. How do I remove this swipe action in Chrome or in Web ...
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Adding New Google Internet Account Re-uses Existing Email
Account 1: accountA@gmail.com (primary/iCloud)
Account 2: accountB@work.com
Account 3: accountC@volunteer.org (account I’m trying to add)
When adding a new Google account, it tries to add it using a ...
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Gmail app on App store only has “Open” and not “Install” option
I have an iPhone X and I configured the pre-installed Mail app to my Gmail account. After using it for some time I recently got an email from Google saying "you are missing out, update to the Gmail ...
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Is it possible to sync the same contact to multiple accounts in iOS?
In iOS, when one goes to Settings -> Contacts -> Default account, one can choose the cloud account (for example iCloud, Gmail etc.), to sync a newly created contact by default. Is there a way to sync ...
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iOS emails stuck in All Inboxes
In the iOS Mail app, there are 4 emails in the "All Inboxes" section. Those 4 emails are NOT in the actual inbox on Gmail.
I thought, oh well I don't mind deleting them entirely since they're just ...
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Smart Mailbox — Google Folder Doesn't Work
I have a folder on 3 different email servers that contains notifications of forum replies. I want to use a Smart Mailbox to view them all in one place. However, when I go to set this up the Smart ...
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Thunderbird Notifications
I updated my iMac to Catalina today and most things seem OK.
I use Thunderbird as my email client (updated to latest) but this seems unresponsive.
I get notifications of new messages, but there seem ...
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Without using the mouse, how do I trigger 'Print' in Gmail (using Google Chrome on the Mac)?
Gmail has keyboard shortcuts for seemingly everything (including features I’ve never even used or heard of), but there appears to be no keyboard shortcut to print.
It also does not seem possible to ...
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How can I stop someone to forward their iCloud e-mail to my Gmail address?
Since early september, I'm receiving all e-mails sent to firstname.lastname1@icloud.com in my Gmail inbox firstname.lastname@gmail.com.
In both case, first and last names are mines, but I don't own ...
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Archiving mail in a smart mailbox in macOS Apple Mail doesn't work
I'm using Apple Mail on macOS 10.14.6. I have multiple IMAP mail accounts set up in it including a Gmail account, and combine some of the mail together using smart mailboxes.
In one of these smart ...
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Do not display/get event invitations from shared/external calendars in macOS calendar app
I have 3 Gmail accounts which I added to macOS Mail and Calendar. Everything works fine so far except that I do not only get invitations to events for my personal email accounts but also for shared ...
