Fixing Bugs to Access Gmail with Mavericks Mail

Published on May 15, 2015

With launch of Mavericks OS X version 10.9for Mac, many users are updating to it. The Mac Mail includes improved features searching for attachments, facility to delete the mail from notification bar and much more.

However, if the Mac Mail is used as a client for any of the Google accounts, then definitely it may lead to some issues like duplicate mails, missing labels or messages etc. The most common problems with the users is that they receive mails after significant time period. This lag time in receiving mails could be hours or even a day.

On February 25, 2014, Apple released updated version of Mavericks that promised to have fixed the bugs causing problem in efficient configuration between Gmail and Apple Mail. For example: accuracy in the unread email account, general improvement in terms of compatibility, better Gmail labels etc. However, there are reports that users still encounter problems with it and there are performance issues.

To work around the Gmail bug, an old trick works that is applied by Mountain Lion users. Although this fix does not work with the startup release of Mavericks but it works forthe latest update of Mavericks 10.9.1. All you need to do is disable the "Show in IMAP" for "All Mail" label. This fix will work for Google IMAP accounts.

How to Fix Gmail Bug for Mavericks 10.9.2

Step #1:

• Open Mail on Mavericks Operating System and log in to Gmail through any web browser.
• On the right corner of the screen, click on the gear button and drop down to "Settings".
• Click "Labels" and disable the check box for "Show in IMAP" for "All Mail". Go to Inbox to save the settings done.
• Now, close Mail application on the desktop.

Step #2:

• On Mavericks system, go to "Preferences" and choose "Internet accounts".
• Now, delete Gmail account. While doing this, make sure that you have an IMAP set up for Gmail account because in case of POP3, the account data will be deleted.
• Open Mail application and you will notice that there ain't any Gmail account shown.
• Restart your Mac machine.

Step #3:

• On Mavericks system, go to "Preferences" and select "Internet accounts".
• Now, add the Gmail accounts that have been deleted. Once this is done, wait for some time (according to size of mailbox) to get the Gmail and Mail account start working properly.