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Q: Apple mail does not sync with gMail

Today my Apple Mail no longer provides me with my gMail in the inbox.

I can send mail to my gMail address and it shows in the Sent box ...but it never makes it to my Inbox.

If I log directly into Google Mail the email message is there.

This has always worked before.

Also, just now I downloaded and installed the Apple update for Mail ...which said it fixes some gMail account issues ..but I still have the problem.

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 7, 2013 5:37 PM

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  • by SchneiderIS4Mac,

    SchneiderIS4Mac SchneiderIS4Mac Feb 17, 2014 8:48 AM in response to des325
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    Feb 17, 2014 8:48 AM in response to des325

    My bias is simply from having been in the Windows world, still am as an IT professional, and then switching to Apple products.  My wife is still using my now 8 year old MBP (no OS reinstall ever required), my current MBP is now 4 years old and still going strong.  With my Windows laptops in the past I used to do an upgrade every two years and the cost of them (high end units for full analytics and development work) was the same as the Mac.  Moved my kids to Mac's and went from my constantly being bugged for support to near never needing to provide support.m Some might say that the newer Windows machines are much better, and they are to a certain degree, but I have a couple in the house (there are some times where I just can't get a Mac version such as my over the air tv capture server) that are still not as good.

     

    Have to say that the Mac solution taking into account longer term of use for laptops and reduced support needs has been way cheaper than Windows.  There is a myth that it is more expensive to have a Mac.  I say myth because every time is see someone do the real analysis it comes out in the favour of the Mac.  I am sure you will find the same with your MBP.

     

    On the Samsung side, and just one example, Samsung is being sued by Dyson for their vacuums.  Would not be surprised to hear about their appliances division also copying others.  It appears to be in their culture and so I choose not to support them.

  • by des325,

    des325 des325 Feb 17, 2014 8:57 AM in response to SchneiderIS4Mac
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    Feb 17, 2014 8:57 AM in response to SchneiderIS4Mac

    I should have mentioned to you, the 6-7 year old iMAC (bought it when he was in grade 10, he is now turning 22 next month) and it is still working fine (maybe a little slower - hard to tell for sure).  The first one I bought was DOA, but FutureShop replaced it without question, and this one is still going. 

    I am also using a Windows 8.1 system (HP) that is working fairly well, but just doesn't have the 'fun factor' of the MBA.

    It really isn't the products that I am upset with Apple about - all products have their issues.  It is their indifference to their customers experiencing the issues. If Apple were to make the statement saying they have these issues, and they are working on them, that would go a long way.  It is the AAA principle - Acknowledge, Apologize, Action.

  • by ndimmick,

    ndimmick ndimmick Feb 17, 2014 9:28 AM in response to enaut
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    Feb 17, 2014 9:28 AM in response to enaut

    I've tried the other email clients mentioned in this thread, but still come back to Mail as the best solution for me.  I'm no longer consistently getting the delays for incoming Gmail messages, though nothing has changed to account for this.  Sometimes they come in right away.  Sometimes they don't.  This makes me wonder if this is a problem on Google's end.

     

    Whatever the solution is, I'm very frustrated with Apple.  I've brought them many thousands of dollars in purchases and recomendations since 2006, and I've never been so frustrated as I am currently.  I'm embarassed by problems I'm encountering, especially when I've bragged to Windows users about how great some of these very same things work on the Mac. 

     

    I've had multiple problems with new machines and OS versions in the last few months, but they don't seem to be concerned.  I wonder if there is a specific way we should be complaining about this issue in order to make them aware of how much we want it fixed.

  • by SchneiderIS4Mac,

    SchneiderIS4Mac SchneiderIS4Mac Feb 17, 2014 11:51 AM in response to des325
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    Feb 17, 2014 11:51 AM in response to des325

    Des325, I hear you and felt that way a few years ago too.  What I learned from the way Steve used to run things was not to admit or commit until they actually knew what the issue was (remember antenna gate for the iPhone).  My personal experience in the IT arena is that people can be quick to blame you because you are at huge front of the line and then with analysis you find out it is something or someone else.  As noted before, these things are not always as clean cut as they sound.  What if Google is playing some sort of game?  There is no evidence either way but it is another potential.

  • by des325,

    des325 des325 Feb 17, 2014 12:39 PM in response to SchneiderIS4Mac
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    Feb 17, 2014 12:39 PM in response to SchneiderIS4Mac

    It is possible with Google, but it sounds like the Mail problem is not only with Google (although that is all I use).  Ihave the WiFi issue too, and did have the sleep issue.  Nothing from Apple on either one of them.  Even if it isn't an Apple problem, to ignore their suffering customers is unacceptable.  But unfortunately is has become expected.

  • by lucamenna,

    lucamenna lucamenna Feb 17, 2014 11:46 PM in response to enaut
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    Feb 17, 2014 11:46 PM in response to enaut

    As you can see the problem is not syncing contacts or calendars or notes. It's only the email.

     

    Screen Shot 2014-02-18 at 08.43.38.png

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 18, 2014 2:01 AM in response to bennzz
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    Feb 18, 2014 2:01 AM in response to bennzz

    bennzz wrote:

     

    What gets me is that IMAP is not difficult to impliment, and an email program really doesn't need to do much beyond checking and sending email.

    Gmail is not a standard Imap system, so that paragraph hardly applies to it.

     

    Get a better email carrier, get one that does not use your email as a product that can be sold in order to others.

  • by Donnie Ashworth,

    Donnie Ashworth Donnie Ashworth Feb 18, 2014 4:10 AM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 18, 2014 4:10 AM in response to Csound1

    Csound1 wrote:

     

    bennzz wrote:

     

    What gets me is that IMAP is not difficult to impliment, and an email program really doesn't need to do much beyond checking and sending email.

    Gmail is not a standard Imap system, so that paragraph hardly applies to it.

     

    But be that as it may, how come Airmail, Thunderbird, Postbox, Inky, Unibox, and Mail Pilot can get Gmail to work and Apple can't? After months of trying, presumably?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 18, 2014 4:51 AM in response to Donnie Ashworth
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    Feb 18, 2014 4:51 AM in response to Donnie Ashworth
    But be that as it may, how come Airmail, Thunderbird, Postbox, Inky, Unibox, and Mail Pilot can get Gmail to work and Apple can't? After months of trying, presumably?

     

    Where to start with this?

     

    Possibly for the same (or similar) reasons that Airmail and Mail Pilot (I have not used the other clients mentioned) do a dreadful job with non-Gmail accounts?

     

    And as I have pointed out before many Gmail users have Mail as their client, and are not seeing any issues, the few hundred vociferous posters in this thread represent a tiny percentage. I use Gmail for one purpose only, it's my junk collector, every month I go in and just delete everything, and I use Mail, in which Gmail works perfectly for me and others.

     

    And as I have also said before, if an email service wants my business so that they can sell my information to anyone with the money to buy it I want a cut. I have no interest in becoming a free source of income for Google, if you are happy with that situation then by all means use the client that you prefer. Airmail is only a buck ninety nine, and worth every one of that meagre amount of pennies.

  • by SupportLou,

    SupportLou SupportLou Feb 18, 2014 4:54 AM in response to des325
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    Feb 18, 2014 4:54 AM in response to des325

    I don't think it could realistically be all down to Google mail...  IMAP is a very robust protocol, with so many users communicating with Google's servers from such a wide range of clients... Seems a bit too much to think Google would leverage one weakness in Mail.app... Sounds a little 'second gunman' to me...!

     

    In other evidence, if anecdotal: Since the Mavericks 10.9.1 Update, we're still having trouble with all of our several (custom, internally-built) IMAP servers, and having no trouble at all with our Google accounts. Further, we're having no issues connected to any of our servers using Postbox or MailMate (which is a project worthy of support; shameless plug).

     

    No, mail issues seem to be centered right on Mail.app itself. If it helps point someone to an idea: Every time I start Mail, it reports 'Updating Mail database' - or similar - and never seems to do so.

     

    In addition, I'm still having the No-wake-from-sleep problem. Power Management seems to be really f'd up since Mavericks.

  • by Donnie Ashworth,

    Donnie Ashworth Donnie Ashworth Feb 18, 2014 4:54 AM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 18, 2014 4:54 AM in response to Csound1

    Csound1 wrote:

     

    And as I have also said before, if an email service wants my business so that they can sell my information to anyone with the money to buy it I want a cut. I have no interest in becoming a free source of income for Google...

    Well, this is getting off-topic, and granted I'm probably the naive child wandering in the wilderness here, but...what is Google exactly doing along these lines? What are they selling and how closely is it allied with my identity?  I've heard others make this assertion, but haven't seen any details that would convince me to go another direction.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Feb 18, 2014 4:57 AM in response to Donnie Ashworth
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    Feb 18, 2014 4:57 AM in response to Donnie Ashworth

    Donnie Ashworth wrote:

     

    Csound1 wrote:

     

    And as I have also said before, if an email service wants my business so that they can sell my information to anyone with the money to buy it I want a cut. I have no interest in becoming a free source of income for Google...

    Well, this is getting off-topic, and granted I'm probably the naive child wandering in the wilderness here, but...what is Google exactly doing along these lines? What are they selling and how closely is it allied with my identity?  I've heard others make this assertion, but haven't seen any details that would convince me to go another direction.

    Google's business model (as stated by them) is to provide their clients with information gleaned from the online data that is stored with them (email, contacts, calendars, data from Google drive and so on and so on) this is how Google generates revenue.

     

    Once you get into their services you are the product.

     

    There is no such thing as a free lunch, even when there is no apparent charge to use the service.

  • by des325,

    des325 des325 Feb 18, 2014 7:11 AM in response to Csound1
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    Feb 18, 2014 7:11 AM in response to Csound1

    Hi Csound.  Could you send me the links to your sources for this Google business model?

  • by des325,

    des325 des325 Feb 18, 2014 7:15 AM in response to Donnie Ashworth
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    Feb 18, 2014 7:15 AM in response to Donnie Ashworth

    I also use email through Shaw, and it also doesn't sync properly.

  • by des325,

    des325 des325 Feb 18, 2014 7:20 AM in response to des325
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    Feb 18, 2014 7:20 AM in response to des325

    CSound, I should clarify - I have found lots of articles from non-Google sources, most credible I think, and several scary, but I can't find Google's statement that you mention.

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