Gmail in the mail app

My mail syncs on my iPad and my iPhone ( ie if I delete a message it gets deleted on both devices ).but on my iMac it doesn’t seem to sync, ( messages still appear even though they were deleted on the other device)

Please give me an easy answer as I’m not very knowledgeable !

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 3, 2022 9:10 AM

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Posted on Sep 3, 2022 10:08 AM

The "easy answer" is that Google mail uses a different format for storing messages than most other email providers. As such, issues like you are experiencing are bound to happen.


You may find the following article helpful in explaining the differences:

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Sep 3, 2022 10:08 AM in response to jerriefromleawood

The "easy answer" is that Google mail uses a different format for storing messages than most other email providers. As such, issues like you are experiencing are bound to happen.


You may find the following article helpful in explaining the differences:

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Sep 4, 2022 1:31 PM in response to jerriefromleawood

The reason I had you verify the mailbox behaviors setting on your Mac is to double-check that each of your Gmail "mailboxes" are corresponding to the mailboxes that you will see in the Apple Mail app.


As far as syncing between Apple devices, there are two things to keep in mind:

  1. All of these devices are logged in with the same Apple ID.
  2. All syncing, including email messages, is done between these devices via iCloud.


I'm also assuming that your Gmail account is configured for IMAP and not POP3 for accessing the Google mail servers ... and finally, that you have your Gmail account properly configured.


If all of these are true, then I'm afraid, that I'm at a loss on what the culprit is that not allowing your Gmail messages to sync properly. Maybe, someone here, who is more familiar with Gmail's functionality will chime in to assist you. Sorry, that I couldn't help. Good luck!

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Sep 4, 2022 12:59 PM in response to jerriefromleawood

Nope, I followed what you said .I went to mailbox behaviors and nothing there was about syncing to my phone or iPad .. as I say, I erase a message on both those device and I come to my iMac and ALL those messages that I’ve looked at and deleted are still there . The iMac is not talking to the iPad in gmail ..

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