It will then verify that the email address and password are correct and then display a confirmation screen. Where it says ‘password’ enter your Gmail password from step 1 above.Where it says ’email address’ put in your Gmail email address from step 1 above including the at the end.Where it says ‘full name’ enter your name, this is not important but it will appear in the ‘ from’ field and can be anything.– Press the ‘+’ button – this means add a new account. From here you can manage your mail accounts. – Open Apple mail, and go to the “Mail’ menubar at the top of the screen and then select ‘Preferences’ from the menu. Enter your Gmail details into Apple mail on your iMac, Mac Mini or Macbook. Now it’s time to set up the Apple mail application on your computer.Ģ.

– When you have finished you should get a verification page that says this at the bottom: – Fill in the details – you’ll need to pick a gmail email address and a password. (If you already have a Google Gmail account you can skip this step – but you will need to know your and it’s password) There is a newer article about this topic here (2018) but I have kept this older article (2013) for those who have an older version of OS X or an older version of Apple Mail. Here’s how to use Gmail from Apple’s mail app and also how to set up Gmail on your iPhone or iPad. Apple mail is very nice to use and you can set it to use a Gmail account. But the Gmail web interface is a bit clunky. Gmail is free and it has great spam protection. Despite their differences, Apple and Google do work well together when it comes to email.

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