Learn how to fix Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite Gmail bug in mail app. If you have sync problems with Gmail on the native mail app in Yosemite, de-activating and re-activating ‘Show in IMAP’ for ‘All Mail’ should fix the Yosemite Gmail bug. Since the launch of Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks both Google’s Gmail and exchange accounts are not working correctly in the native mail app client in Mavericks. Up to now, I have not faced this bug in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite beta 4 because I still have ‘Show in IMAP’ for ‘All Mail’ de-activated. But if you are not a lucky one, you can fix the Yosemite Gmail bug for Google’s Gmail IMAP accounts following this work around. It is the same as for Max OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
The trick is to deactivate ‘Show in IMAP‘ for ‘All Mail‘, delete every single Gmail account in the native mail app in Yosemite, reactivate it and set up your Gmail accounts again:
Alternative option:
Instead of deactivate showing ‘All Mail‘ in IMAP do the following:
- In Gmail settings, select ‘Forwarding and POP/IMAP‘.
- Under ‘IMAP access’/’Folder Size Limits‘, select ‘Limit IMAP folders to contain no more than this many messages (1,000)‘.
Now, Mail will stop trying to download your entire Gmail archive, and you should have a pretty functional desktop mail client again. (Note: One of the problems with deactivating the ‘All Mail‘ IMAP folder is that it messes up BlackBerry email. Kudos to David and his comment below 😉 ).
Update (Kudos to Brooks Helmick!):
“The problem with turning that All Mail label off is that you then no longer have access to your Archive All Mail folder on your Mac. You can only get to it on the gmail web interface. So if you do a local search of a message that is in your archive, you won’t find it.
The other problem with Yosemite mail (and i think may have started in Mavericks as well) is that now when you delete a gmail message in Mail with the delete key, it goes to Trash, and while it is kept in Trash for 30 days, it is not archived and is gone after 30 days. No matter how long you set your gmail account preferences in Mail to retain Trash, Google will still delete it in 30 days. So if you do want to archive a message while getting it out of your In Box, you need to not do it via the Delete key, but instead execute the Archive Message command via the menu, or press the shortcut – Ctrl-Cmd-A“
De-activating and re-activating ‘Show in IMAP’ for ‘All Mail’ should fix the Yosemite Gmail bug in native mail client on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. Have you already face the Yosemite Gmail bug? Let us know and comment!
Stay tuned! 😉
68 Comments
RT @wedgex: @kellysue iirc this was the link I gave you a week or two ago: https://t.co/OPVv2vwqAn
Pingback: Mac OS X Mavericks Update 10.9.1 Release Fixes Gmail Bug - miApple.me
Pingback: Mail Update For Mavericks Mail 1.0 Released: Gmail Bug Fixed - miApple.me
Pingback: Fixing Gmail Bug On Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks Mail App - miApple.me
Hi, I tried implementing your suggestions to fix my Gmail accounts in Yosemite but was unable to. I ran Mail Connection Doctor, and the error message reads: “Could not connect to this Google IMAP server. Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in the account preferences (I did.) Also verify that the server supports SSL. If it does not, deselect the “Use SSL” checkbox in the Advanced tab of Account preferences.” Worked fine with Mavericks. Any advice on how to fix the problem?
Hi Meg,
first, check your Gmail settings for Apple Mail:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en
Have they been correctly?
Cheers,
Gee Are
For whatever reason, mail worked briefly without me doing anything. Then stopped working and changed settings (as link suggests) but still not working. How do I edit the SMTP servers to ensure that they stay online?
Hi Meg,
which email accounts do you have beside Gmail? Maybe there’s a problem, too, affecting Gmail.
Cheers,
Gee Are
Regarding my earlier Yosemite gmail tweet, https://t.co/J5vtOZYx6h fixed it.
“@wedgex: @kellysue I found this buried in an Apple Support thread: https://t.co/k5BtxqHbFq” this worked for me
Alt. option worked great to fix contacts bug. Thanks
I’m going to sign off getting the updates here but this is just an FYI for those of you still struggling with Gmail and Yosemite. Gee and I went back and forth on this several times as I was trying to sort this out in the Yosemite beta stage. Gee was an enormous help in getting this post out early on re deleting one’s gmail account and then adding it back. The one area where Gee and I are still not on the same page is Gee’s recommendation to turn off the All Mail label in the gmail settings. I’ve got a ton of folders and so I really don’t like having it turned on, as it makes gmail in Apple Mail function more sluggishly. But the problem with turning that All Mail label off is that you then no longer have access to your Archive All Mail folder on your Mac. You can only get to it on the gmail web interface. So if you do a local search of a message that is in your archive, you won’t find it.
The other problem with Yosemite mail (and i think may have started in Mavericks as well) is that now when you delete a gmail message in Mail with the delete key, it goes to Trash, and while it is kept in Trash for 30 days, it is not archived and is gone after 30 days. No matter how long you set your gmail account preferences in Mail to retain Trash, Google will still delete it in 30 days. So if you do want to archive a message while getting it out of your In Box, you need to not do it via the Delete key, but instead execute the Archive Message command via the menu, or press the shortcut – Ctrl-Cmd-A
Hi Brooks,
thank you very much for your comments and feedbacks! I really appreciate it! You’re absolutely right in regard to the trash issue. Thanks for the tip “Archive Message command via the menu, or press the shortcut – Ctrl-Cmd-A”. I will update the post!
Cheers,
Gee Are
RT @bdkjones: When you upgrade to Yosemite and Mail.app doesn’t work with Gmail, here’s the fix –> https://t.co/QcWwt0o8eb