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Stop Gmail downloading thousands of emails to Mac Mail

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Do you access Google Mail using the Mail app on your Apple Mac? It could be downloading tens of thousands of email messages that take forever to sync. There is a way to stop it doing this.

Check spelling and grammar automatically in emails on the Mac

Email and laptop computer. Check the spelling and grammar before sending a message

How many times have you quickly typed in an email message and clicked the Send button only to realise too late that there was a typing slip in the message? Check emails before sending them.

Get desktop Gmail notifications using Safari in macOS

How to configure Safari to show Gmail notifications on the Apple Mac's desktop

How often do you check your email? Probably too often and if there aren’t any new messages, it is a waste of time. With a few tweaks you can get desktop notifications in macOS on your Mac.

Create an email alias with iCloud Mail and sort mail with rules

Create an email alias and use it as a second mail account. A step by step guide for Apple Mac users using iCloud

If you want to keep your email account junk free and avoid giving it out to websites and services, create an alias. Here’s how to create an iCloud Mail alias to avoid spam and junk mail.

Create an away or holiday responder in Mail on the Apple Mac

How to create automatic responses to emails in the Mail app on the Apple Mac

Sometimes you don't want to be disturbed by emails, such as on a trip or holiday, but constant emails can spoil it. Create an auto-responder in the Mail app to send automated replies.

How to configure swipes to deal with email faster in Mac Mail app

Discover how to quickly deal with emails on the Mac by swiping them away. Configure the swipe actions.

Is the amount of email you receive increasing? Is the number of messages becoming overwhelming? Set up swipe actions in Mail on the Apple Mac to make dealing with incoming emails faster.

Unmissable updates to Mail in macOS High Sierra supercharge emails

New features in the Mail app in macOS High Sierra revealed

The headline may be a bit over the top, but there are useful feature updates to the Mail app on the Mac worth exploring, like new formatting features and search improvements.

Schedule social shares from Safari on the Mac with extensions

Great Safari extension on the Apple Mac for posting to social networks. Share any web page you find when browsing the web.

Whether it is for fun or for your business, blog, or website, sharing great online content on social media is made easier with these extensions to Safari on the Apple Mac. They are free!

How Mac Mail chooses which account you mail from and how to change it

Top tips for Apple Mac Mail - how to choose which email account messages are sent from. How Mail decides which From address to use

When you have several email accounts set up in the Mail app on the Apple Mac, there are several shortcuts for choosing which account email is sent from. Do you know them all?

Send Messages read receipts only to selected contacts on macOS

Choose who you send read receipts to when using the Messages app in macOS on the Apple Mac

The Messages app on the Apple Mac is useful for chatting with work colleagues, friends and others. It can send read receipts to everyone or to only those people you select. Here’s how.

Monitor your Mac from your phone by streaming the webcam

Monitor your Mac through the webcam and see what is happening in front of the computer. Stream the webcam to your phone

Would you like to know who is using your Mac at home or work? Want to watch your pets at home or see the office at work? You can, just by using the Mac’s built in camera and your phone.

Disable AirDrop on the Mac for increased security in public

How to increase security by disabling AirDrop on your Mac in public

If you have AirDrop enabled on your MacBook and you are using it in a public place, such as at a Wi-Fi hotspot, you could be at risk from malware and other threats. Turn it off to stay safe.

Annotate maps and email them to friends, contacts on the Apple Mac

How to annotate maps and share them by email using Mac Mail

Sometimes you need to show someone the location of a place, perhaps for a business meeting, a trip or even a holiday. Here’s how to annotate it using markup features and email it on the Apple Mac.

Mac Mail not recognising junk mail? Here’s what you need to do

If spam is getting into your inbox, deal with it using these features in Mail on the Mac

Around 86% of all email is junk mail or spam as it is often called. That is 400 billion spam messages every single day. If it seems like they are all landing in your inbox, here’s what to do.

Continuity and Bluetooth problems on the Apple Mac, iPhone and iPad

Continuity is the name Apple gives to a whole bunch of useful features that are used by Macs, iPhones and iPads. When it works, the features are brilliant, but the trouble is it sometimes doesn’t.

Hidden search secrets to help you find emails in Apple Mac Mail

Top search tips for find emails in Mail on the Apple Mac - rawinfopages.com

The search facility in Mail in macOS (OS X) helps you to find email messages quickly and easily, but do you know all the tricks and secrets to get the results you want? Here are some little known search tips.

Automatically deal with the trash and junk in Mac Mail

Automatically deal with junk email and deleted email in Mail on the Apple Mac

For some people, 90% of the email messages they receive are trash and junk. How do you deal with them using Mail on the Apple Mac? Learn the useful settings that make life easier.

Deal with email faster using smart responses on the Apple Mac

Create keyboard shortcuts to enable email messages to be quickly dealt with on the Apple Mac

Do you spend far too long writing and replying to emails every day? Speed up the task and deal with them much faster by creating smart responses that save time and effort. Step-by-step guide.

How to avoid emailing the wrong person in Mac Mail

Where would be be without the internet? Email is an essential function that we cannot live without - www.rawinfopages.com

Many people have more than one email address and it is easy to accidentally send a message or reply to the wrong account. However, there is a simple tweak in Mail on the Mac that can prevent it.

Create Mail rules to flag or colour email on the Mac

When your inbox is full of messages each morning and it looks like a big chaotic mess, it is disheartening. What can you do? Create rules to flag and colour important emails.

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