Setting up a gmail account in Mail.. varied results..

I've got an intel imac which i've had for several years and I've got my gmail setup using POP and it looks like this..
I've recently purchased a macbook air and attempted to do the same thing but I can't get it to display in the same way and it seems to insist on being IMAP not POP.. anyway it looks like this...
How can I get it so they both display like the top one??
Thanks!

Matt,
I've got one more, then I'll throw in the towel. This one is a little trickier but I feel confident it'll work, otherwise I'm at a loss. Especially because I've tried on three different machines here at my office and cannot for the life of me reproduce your issue.
If we were to copy all of Mail's support files from one computer to the other then we'd replicate your environment on the iMac. It does involve moving some plist and application support files around so if you'd rather hold off (for fear of data loss/corruption) then I totally understand. Otherwise here is my proposed steps:
Close/Quit Mail
On the iMac, go into your home folder and then your library folder. Copy the entire /Mail folder to your desktop.
Next, we're going to into the preferences folder and copy the com.apple.mail.plist to your desktop.
~/Library/Mail (folder and all contents)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Now on the MacBook Air, we're going to copy those same two items to your desktop. Again, make sure Mail isn't running. This is where it gets tricky and if you want to bail out and get a second opinion, then I completely understand.
We're going to take the Mail folder and the mail .plist (from the iMac) and replace what's currently on the MacBook Air. Then we're going to restart the machine and fire up mail. Now, I tested this on two of my machines here and it worked fine but from my time working for Apple and supporting users I learned: "Never mess with the mail.plist and a POP account. EVER."
But that doesn't mean, it won't work.

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EASY SIMPLE FIX....
The problem is Google.
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It is Google's (optional) 2-step verification system that is to blame.
Google won't tell you this, and instead, they have come up with work arounds, and even telling people to install the Gmail iPhone/ipad app, which then limites the iphone/pad functionality when not using iphone's native mail.
FIX:
Logon to Google...
Go into your Google account preferenes
DELETE your cell number used for 2-step verification...... leave it blank
(it is optional, Google does not require you use 2-step verification)
Thats it. Your'e done.
Now set up your Gmail (now called Google) as usual on your Apple device.
You don't need 2-step (optional) verification.
There are other secure ways to do this. It is an option, but Google goes out of it's way not to tell you this.
(and a great way for Google to gleen your personal information, in the name of security)
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Can anyone suggest how I could fix this?

Did you enabled IMAP and POP access from Gmail's settings? Open gmail.com and go to settings / forwarding and POP IMAP and make sure everything is ok.
Let me know, bye

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I have a POP Gmail account set up with with my Mail application and i runs fine except its not quite what i want
For example, when i delete emails from the Mail app, they still remain in my Gmail inbox and vice versa. I also have my mail synced with my iphone so when i send emails on my iPhone, they dont appear in my sent folder on my Mac etc
firstly, how can i fix this and also, whats the differnece between POP and IMAP set-up, i have another email account configured with IMAP and it does exactly what i want, is this the reason why?
thanks in advance

andy.lawrence wrote:
I have a POP Gmail account set up with with my Mail application and i runs fine except its not quite what i want
For example, when i delete emails from the Mail app, they still remain in my Gmail inbox and vice versa. I also have my mail synced with my iphone so when i send emails on my iPhone, they dont appear in my sent folder on my Mac etc
firstly, how can i fix this and also, whats the differnece between POP and IMAP set-up, i have another email account configured with IMAP and it does exactly what i want, is this the reason why?
yes. delete that account and recreate it as an imap account (gmail allows both). when creating the account using the account wizard uncheck the box to set it up automatically. This checkbox creates a POP account and you want imap.
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=81379
thanks in advance

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Lion 10.7.3
Mail 5.2
Gmail
I am writing to report a software incompatibilitiy between Mail and Gmail accounts with 2-step verification enabled.
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180744
Gmail provides application specific passwords for these circumstances but those aren't working for me with Mail:
http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185833
Based on a review on online forums it seems many are having this problem. I urge Apple to figure out a solution and I hope someone in this community has figured out a workaround. If you have please share!
Also if you're having the same issue please share that too.

We are just users, if you want to report this to Apple use the feedback page:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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kerklein2 wrote:
So then I want POP. I want to clear out my hard drive of all these unneccesary emails and only keep the last few months or so.
Ensure that you uncheck the option to "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message"

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Google provides instructions for setting up a Gmail
account in Mail here:
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275
Make sure you’ve set up the account as described
there.
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Try this out... this worked like a charm:
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*Click the gear up in the top right corner > Settings
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*Along the left, click "Security"
*Under 2-step verification, click "Manage your application specific passwords"
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Authorized Access to your Google Account
*You will see a box to type in something (I just typed in iPad) then click "Generate Password"
*It will generate a random password for you... you will need this password THREE TIMES in your phone or ipad....
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*Go to your iPhone Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars>Add Account>Other>add mail account
*Type in your name, your usual gmail email address and for the password, type in that random one generated on your PC
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Host Name: imap.gmail.com
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Outgoing Mail Server:
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User name (your gmail email address)
Password: TYPE IN THAT RANDOM PASSWORD AGAIN
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