Q: Gmail not automatically being downloaded in MAIL
In the past 24 hours I cannot get Apple MAIL to automatically download Gmail messages. For the past 3 years or more this has worked and in the past 13 months at my office or home location-- never a problem.
But starting about 4 pm CDT yesterday, Monday 6 Oct 2014 --- I have to QUIT the MAIL application and restart it-- and then any Gmails (in either of my accounts) that are in the IN box of Gmail will be downloaded.
But even if I manually click GET MAIL -- the accumulated Gmails will NOT download. It is not until I quit the MAIL program and restart that all the eMails are downloaded. NOTE: This does not happen with eMails sent to my iCloud address (for example abc@icloud.com) - those work perfectly!!
AND my iPad and iPhone 5 both get the Gmails automatically --- it is just my Mac running 10.8.5 (which it has been running regularly!) which does not get the Gmails automatically.
And this just started about 24 hours ago-- I can't think of anything that I changed prior to this not working.
Very perplexed--- has something changed with Gmail? If so-- then why does this work on my iPhone and iPad and not the Mac? Something to do with Mountain Lion 10.8.5 suddenly too old? Hard to imagine, my wife has a nearly 10 year old PowerBook G4 running MAIL with OS Leopard (10.5 I believe…)
Help!
Best regards,
Steve Schulte
Tuesday 7 October 2014
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), Also Mac SE running 6.0.4-love it!
Posted on Oct 7, 2014 12:41 PM
Yeah, not here either. Still only getting iCloud email automatically. I see 2 gmail messages on my iPad that haven't downloaded to my Mac.
Posted on Oct 8, 2014 8:14 AM
