Gmail IMAP through Apple Mail 6.0

I have been using POP for several years, have decided to use IMAP as it's supposed to give you much more flexability with use va gmail.com or mail.app
In order to switch over, I had to create a new IMAP acct, and delete the POP acct.
Everything worked fine, except, I would actually like to have "ALL Mail" load into my acct's inbox. It does show up under the Gmail tab on bottom.
Anyone iron this minor issue out?
Thanks!

The Inbox in Mail.app automatically reflects the inbox of the IMAP account to which it is connected. You need to get all the messages into Gmail's actual Inbox. If you visit gmail.com in a browser, you can go into "All Mail", select all the messages, and click "Move to Inbox".

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racb,
First check your on-line Gmail to see if the mail is sent / received. -
Sometimes Gmail will not send to itself or goes into the spam folder.
It also could be a corrupt preference file.
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Close mail.
Go to Home folder (the house) - Library folder- Preferences folder –
Look for - com.apple.mail.plist
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Not receiving email
Once in a while, your Mail.app (sometimes referred to as "Apple Mail" or "Mac Mail"), stops receiving new mail. You may be able to verify that you are getting new mail via webmail, another email client or computer, or even via a mobile phone. When this happens, the fix is extraordinarily easy!
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Choose "take all accounts online".
Figure 1: Follow these steps to refresh your Mail application.
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It worked!

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There is a better forum for issues with iCloud.
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Reading fodder (though potentially more detail than you probably want) is available:
http://home.earthlink.net/~bobbau/email/more-tips/
http://db.tidbits.com/article/05787
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