Gmail on iMac

I have Gmail working on iPad and iPhone but can't get it to work (unable to varify) on iMac (10.8.3)/

I'm having the same problem with my MacBook Pro. I haven't been able to get any mail from Gmail since Jan. 10. The "spinning wheel" next to the Gmail account just spins and spins, and the internet speed to this and other computers on my network is very slow. It's as if I'm receiving a very large email.
Joe

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Setting up gmail on imac

I'm having trouble setting up gmail on my 2010 imac. Any suggestions?

What's the problem? Have you looked at http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287
In mail, if you click window (on the menu bar) and connection doctor, what does it tell you?

Gmail calendars (imac/iphone/ipad2)

I have created several calendars in gmail which I have only succesfully been able to add to my iMac iCal by opening preferences and selecting the calendars from delegates.
The iPad, however, does not show these calendars when I add the gmail account. How do I add these calendars to my iCal on my iPad and iPhone?

Hello Crazymomof4,
I just got off the phone with the wonderful tech support at Apple. They helped me fix my phone. Try to copy the url in your web browser. Hopefully it will take you to the link.
http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=151674&rd=1
Scroll down to where it says "Sync multiple calendars"
Hopefully this helps you like it has helped me.

Does GMail Labels (Folders) Propogate to the iMac Mail Application?

When I create new labels or folders on my GMail web page these folder appear on my iPhone mail app. They don't however show up on my iMac mail application, which is set up with the same GMail account. I have IMAP enabled. How can I get these folders to mirror on the GMail server, iMac mail and iPhone mail?

you have to enable the labels to show in imap from gmail webmail interface (settings->labels). then they will show up in the imap section of Mail.
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IMac 17" Intel CD: display doesn't work

ciao,
today when I switched my iMac on the display remained dim, just like if it was off, while everything else worked OK.
so the display was black like it was off, but then I noticed that if I looked very carefully I could see the login box and I managed to log-in.
to cut the story short: the iMac is working OK but the screen is so dim it looks like it is off.
what can I do? Apple support chat told me to try to reboot the iMac pressing Command-Option-P-R, and that this doesn't work it is an HW problem: any other suggestion/reccomendation?
thank you very much
andrea
ca.pattacini[at]gmail.com
iMac 17" Intel Mac OS X (10.4.6) Display not working...
iMac 17" Intel Mac OS X (10.4.6) Display not working...

Try the F14 & F15 buttons. Those control the brightness of the screen. That should be able to solve that problem. I had that thing before until I messed with the keyboard and "discovered" it.

Any one know how to adjust mail to receive gmail?

Has anyone had trouble receiving gmail on IMac. I am using mail 6.5 and it stopped getting my gmail in the past few months. I have tried resetting the gmail account but with no success.
oldgranddad

Routing gmail through Mail.app:
imap-http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81379&topic=12814
pop-http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13275&topic=12810
More up-to-date advice here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/2033842/make-mail-and-gmail-play-nice.html#tk.nl _mwhelp
Note that you lose privacy when using Gmail (and Yahoo):
Gmail and Yahoo both scan users' emails. They do algorithmic analysis of your email messages, targeting ads that relate to the content of your messages. Defenders point out that "they", are not people, but machines. And they argue that it is a harmless way of making advertising relevant to users and raising revenues.
Others might say that whether a machine or a human is doing the work, the potential for a privacy breach is there.

I just changed my apple and google passwords but now they don't work?

What do I do when message says mail can't be delivered ? Also having trouble with google password for gmail on iMac - do I need to fix through google.

Hi Matthew,
There are some excellent tips from Jason @ Cisco in this thread;
"After converting the files you will need to upload the files to each CUCM server in your cluster (OS Admin --> TFTP File Managerment --> Upload *directory will be /).
RingList info:
Ringlist.xml is case sensitive
Here is the format for the RingList.xml everything in this file is case sensitive as well.
        Analog Synth 1
        Analog1.raw
        Analog Synth 2
        Analog2.raw
Make sure to upload the RingList.xml (OS Admin --> TFTP File Managerment --> Upload *directory will be /) to all servers in the cluster, and to restart the tftp service on all servers after upload."
https://supportforums.cisco.com/message/3171590#3171590
Cheers!
Rob

IMac running Mavericks 10.9.5; very slow, sluggish, apps freeze, mail is almost useless (gmail imap). Here are the results from etrecheck:EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52) Report generated October 7, 2014 at 1:12:49 PM PDT Hardwa

My iMac has been sluggish for a long time; finally got around to posting here for help!
I've tried using Onyx to clean it up and it helped a little, but it seems as if everything freezes up and forget about mail; I use apple mail with gmail (google docs) and it is constantly indexing, etc. I need to use the web browser to answer email and it's just not what I want from apple.
Please help!
Thanks
Here is the EtreCheck results:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated October 7, 2014 at 1:12:49 PM PDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac12,2
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
AMD Radeon HD 6770M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 0 days 0:38:12
Disk Information: ?
ST31000528AS disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (739.18 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ?
Western Digital My Passport 07B8 1 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
My Passport for Mac (disk1s2) /Volumes/My Passport for Mac: 999.83 GB (663.13 GB free)
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.leapfrog.driver.LfConnectDriver (1.0.1) Support
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[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.IOFireWireWDHID (1.1.2) Support
[loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
Startup Items: ?
EasyProject: Path: /Library/StartupItems/EasyProject
Parallels: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Parallels
RetroRun: Path: /Library/StartupItems/RetroRun
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
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Launch Agents: ?
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User Launch Agents: ?
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[loaded] com.marketcircle.daylite.dlbackuppersonal.plist Support
[not loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
AirPort Base Station Agent
Dropbox
WDDriveUtilityHelper
WDSecurityHelper
Internet Plug-ins: ?
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.12 Support
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30214.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.12 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.4 - SDK 10.6 Support
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.1r151 - SDK 10.6 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
YouTube5
TrueNew(TM) Count for Gmail and Google Apps
1-ClickWeather-1
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins ?
WebEx64: Version: 1.0 Support
Picasa: Version: 1.0 Support
WebEx: Version: 1.0 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Déjà Vu Support
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Perian Support
Time Machine: ?
Skip System Files: NO
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
Macintosh HD: Disk size: 930.71 GB Disk used: 242.30 GB
Destinations:
Time Machine Backups [Local]
Total size: 0 B
Total number of backups: (null)
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 242.30 GB X 3)
My Passport for Mac [Local] (Last used)
Total size: 931.16 GB
Total number of backups: 68
Oldest backup: 2014-04-18 01:53:32 +0000
Last backup: 2014-10-07 19:02:03 +0000
Size of backup disk: Adequate
Backup size 931.16 GB > (Disk used 242.30 GB X 3)
Time Machine details may not be accurate.
All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      3% WindowServer
      3% Mail
      1% mds_stores
      1% ocspd
      0% Google Chrome
Top Processes by Memory: ?
184 MB Finder
102 MB Safari
98 MB Mail
78 MB Google Chrome
70 MB mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information: ?
46 MB Free RAM
1.29 GB Active RAM
1.26 GB Inactive RAM
871 MB Wired RAM
976 MB Page-ins
35 MB Page-outs

Thanks; this is from the all messages window:
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10/7/14 1:35:21.833 PM com.apple.backupd[583]: Post-backup thinning complete: 1 expired backups removed
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10/7/14 1:37:47.508 PM apsd[61]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
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10/7/14 1:53:08.205 PM apsd[61]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
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10/7/14 1:58:41.770 PM WindowServer[92]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Console" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
10/7/14 1:58:42.523 PM WindowServer[92]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Console" after 1.75 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
10/7/14 2:08:28.567 PM apsd[61]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
10/7/14 2:09:59.519 PM com.apple.launchd[1]: (com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.CD6ADA0B-2717-4CE5-A7A8-24BAC0018D97[306]) Exited with code: 1
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Hello, My old email address which I have used as my apple id for 10 years is being made redundant. I have changed the email address to a new gmail one and this is my new apple id. But my iMac has not recognised this. It keeps saying it wants the pa

Hello,
My old emails address which I have used as my apple id for 10 years is being made redundant. I have changed the email address to a new gmail one and this is my new apple id. But my iMac has not recognised this. It keeps saying it wants the password for my old email address. I have seen some advice on these forums which suggest signing out of iCloud and then back in again. But when I start doing this it asks me if i want all the photos deleted that have not been downloaded onto the mac.
I have had an iCloud account for quite sometime and I'm afraid of losing everything in my cloud if i sign out and sign in with a new id.
Is this fear realistic?
I know I can change back to my old email, sign out and then sign in wight he new one...
Please help!

This did not work for me. My old email account for iCloud still pops up on my screen every time I open my macbook. I've deleted it, reset it, every thing I can think of and it still shows up. I think six months of this is more than enough time to wait.
RDG

How to delete a Gmail email from the iphone and have it remain on the iMac?

I use Gmail and have the email accounts set up as "imap". I would like to be able to delete emails from my iPhone 5, yet have them remain on the server. I read on the internet that it can only be done by changing the accounts from imap to pop3 accounts. However, since I also have an iMac and an iPad 3, I still want to be able to sync these so the emails can be retrieved on any of the devices.
I supose that the only way to do this is to remain with "imap" accounts. But, there may be another problem. I was under the assumption that once the iPhone reaches a total of 200 messages, it will start to delete any above this amount. In this case, I will start to lose my messages on the server. Even if this is not the case, I don't want the mobile devices to end up with hundreds of emails that I would like saved.
My question is this: How can I save the emails from the Gmail account to a separate set of folders that will archive these forever (if I choose)? Can a folder be set up on the iMac with subfolders for each category that I want? If so, how is the actual move of the email done? Can it be copied to the new folder immediately so that later when it is deleted from the Gmail account, it is permanently saved in the new Mac folder? Thanks

Hello Kailua,
I know that you can mirror you iPhone's display onto a Apple TV, as can you with the Mac, but I do not think you can mirror your iPhone to your iMac.
Sincerely,
Devin

How do I delete a Gmail message on my phone, but keep it on the server so I can deal with it on my iMac? What settings are required, or is this impossible?

How do I delete a message in my gmail account, but keep it on the server so I can see it on my iMac when I log into gmail.com? I set up the gmail account on my iphone NOT through the colored "gmail button" but through "add account." And I've enabled IMAP in the settings when I log in on my computer to gmail.com.
Thanks!

Gmail uses IMAP. It's designed to keep all of your devices in sync. If you delete on one, it will be deleted on all of them. However, deleted means that it's in the trash. You could always retrieve it when you're using your Mac. Or, just create a folder that you move things to to deal with later.
Best of luck.

After installing the new Yosemite OS on my iMac I can no longer send email. I can receive email, but not send. I use gmail and can send email on the gmail (google) site, but not on "mail" on my iMac. Any others with this problem? What should we do?

After installing the new Yosemite OS on my iMac I can no longer send email. I can receive email, but not send. I use gmail and can send email on the gmail (google) site, but not on "mail" on my iMac. Any others with this problem? What should we do?

My gmail, which is correctly configured for Mail with gmail SMTP and Google IMAP, works for awhile on Mail, which I leave open while working on other applications. But several times a day I get msg from Google: "We recently blocked a sign-in attempt to your Google Account" . . . and requiring me to verify my account details, re-enter passwords, confirm security settings (or change them from "disable" to "enable less secure methods" and so on). In Mail I also have tried "taking all accounts online", and re-entering my gmail password inside Mail account settings. These steps successfully re-set comms between gmail and Mail ... for awhile, then it happens again. Enough occurrences over a work day that I just quit Mail and revert to accessing gmail directly. Apple Care advisor and an Apple knowledge base article say that Apple can't deal with this, as gmail is third-party app, and they refer me to gmail, and so far I've found nothing helpful there.
From today I also have several instances of a window saying "Mail has unexpectedly closed" and asking me to Re-open it.
I also use Yahoo mail, which stops working with Mac Mail at the same time as gmail, but I do not receive notices to re-verify from Yahoo.
I recently upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite. The Mail problem happened occasionally with Mavericks but is far more frequent with Yosemite.

Having problem with gmail smtp server. Since going to google 2-step, and entering 16-digit code in gmail account, I can receive mail on my iMac, but cannot send. What do I do?

Having problem with gmail smtp outgoing server. Since going to google 2-step, and entering 16-digit code in gmail account, I can receive mail on my iMac, but cannot send. I keep getting an error message that Mail "Cannot send message using Gmail (my assigned name) server." What do I do?

Confirm you did this: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1173270?hl=en
You might also try removing all gmail passwords from your keychain in Keychain Access. Then connect again and enter the password code given by Google.

When I send a photo directly from iPhoto using the Mail app on my iMac, the wrong photo appears on my iPad2 Mail app. However the correct photo shows if I log into gmail on the iPad2. I assume there is a glitch with my "Mail" app on the iPad2.

When I send a photo directly from iPhoto using the Mail app on my iMac, the wrong photo appears on my iPad2 Mail app. However the correct photo shows if I log into gmail on the iPad2. I assume there is a glitch with my "Mail" app on the iPad2? Any suggestions for getting the correct photo to show on iPad2?

Update: I was able to have the correct photo show in my email as received on my iPad2 by changing a setting on my IMac prior to sending the photo on the email.
On the iMac, I went into iPhoto > Preferences > Email photos using > Mail (in lieu of "iPhoto"). This seems to have corrected the issue. I'm not sure why. Now the correct photo shows up when received on my iPad2.

My gmail mail is not working on my iMac, it works on my iPad and iPhones.

It has Stopped working on my iMac.

I'm assuming Gmail is setup as IMAP.
Remove your Gmail account then add it back. Apple account setup will automatically enter the correct settings.
Be sure the All Mail folder is set to sync. See this link for help with settings in your browser.
Use Gmail with Mavericks Mail

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