Unsyncing two laptops using the same gmail account

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Unsyncing two laptops using the same gmail account

Hi,

I am transferring all data to my Macbook Pro from my old macbook

I set up gmail on the new Macbook Pro and it was immediately Synced across from the old to the new laptop. GREAT! But unfortunately NOT great!!

I now cannot do anything without it affecting the gmail on BOTH machines.

I need to remove ALL the emails etc from the old machine Before I sell it and I can't without it taking out everything on the NEW laptop as well.

So How do I UNSYNC them?

Thanks for your help.

Mac OSX, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Aug 1, 2013 7:58 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 1, 2013 8:03 PM in response to higherstill

Click the Apple  menu> System Preferences> Mail, Contacts, and Calendars and the highlight the account you want to remove (unsync) and click the minus ➖ symbol in the lower left corner.

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higherstill Author

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Aug 1, 2013 8:32 PM in response to macuser7777

Hi,

If I do that will it remove Gmail from my New Machine, or just disconnect it from syncing with the Old one? Cause when I added gmail in the new laptop I added it in this setting?

I don't want to remove gmail from my new machine only unsync it so I can delete all my emails from the old machine without losing them in gmail on the new machine?

thanks

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Answer 3

Aug 1, 2013 8:52 PM in response to higherstill

It will just stop it from syncing on the old macbook. It will not affect the new Macbook at all.

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higherstill Author

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Aug 1, 2013 9:34 PM in response to higherstill

Hi again,

Sorry I thought it had worked! I removed both me gmail accounts as you instructed and then then went in and tested it again but unfortunately its still removing from both accounts on the two laptops.

So I went into Firefox browser Sync setting and Unsynced any devices I had synced removed all google cookies and logged out an in again but when I delete on my old macbook gmail it still removes it from the gmail account in the new one as well. So the UNSYNC function on Macbook Pro and on Firefox doesn't seem to be working as it should

Any other things I should do?

Thanks again

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higherstill Author

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Aug 1, 2013 10:29 PM in response to higherstill

Sorry I thought the problem was solved but its not. See my previous post! Hope there may be some more help.

thanks very much

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