I made the transition from gmail to iCloud a few months ago as for me I was having severe issues with gmail on my iMac. Yes, I know a lot of people haven't had any issues, and to those lucky ones that is great. For those of you thinking about switching I would say go for it, and you can set up your gmail to forward to your iCloud account if you want to make sure you don't miss anything which I am still doing. I would agree that setting up mail rules on the iCloud website is a little tricky, and could be designed much better, but once you get your rules set up you will be good to go. The key to setting up rules and getting them to save is you actually have to click two done buttons, I kept missing that second one and couldn't figure out why in the world my rules wouldn't save, but I have noticed that iCloud is much faster with VoiceOver on the mac. Is it perfect, absolutely not, but if gmail is slowing your computer to a crawl, I would highly suggest removing it from your computer, your blood pressure will go down. Good luck. On May 13, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have the lists I read most often on iCloud, and some others on Gmail. I > still use Gmail as a secondary email address. Setting up filters on iCloud is > quite tricky if you want them on all your devices, but very solid once it's > set up. > > HtH, > Teresa > > Teresa Cochran > [email protected] > Facebook > > On May 13, 2014, at 3:44 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I started using iCloud for this list so that I could take messages off real >> fast of all my devices. I don't think I could've managed this list if I had >> not put it on to iCloud. Before I did that, I was deleting everything twice. >> Regards, >> Gigi >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 13, 2014, at 12:39 AM, Shawn Krasniuk <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Robert and all. The reason why I stopped using Gmail is because it has >>> become unreliable. I've heard other people experience the same issues I was >>> facing, mainly messages not showing up in clients that I've configured the >>> account for a few weeks and after a few weeks they finally appear. Ever >>> since I made the switch to iCloud, I haven't looked back. I even configured >>> Microsoft Office in my Windows 7 VM to use iCloud email using the iCloud >>> app you can download for Windows. If I were you, I'd ditch Gmail altogether >>> and go with iCloud, but if you like Gmail then stick to what you prefer. >>> >>> Shawn >>> Sent From My White MacBook >>> >>>> On May 12, 2014, at 9:28 PM, Jessica <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I hardly use my icloud account. I recommend gmail. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On May 12, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Please, this is not an invitation to go off on the Gmail issues. >>>>> >>>>> I am not yet using the Mac for mail so am taking this time to research >>>>> options before I do the work. >>>>> >>>>> I know some of you have switched from Gmail to iCloud. How well is it >>>>> working and was it difficult to make the switch and set things up with >>>>> iCloud? >>>>> >>>>> I use a Gmail IMAP account for email lists and currently running >>>>> Thunderbird in Windows. I have created rules and have had no problems >>>>> with that at all. I save the minimum number of emails, the rest get >>>>> trashed weekly and would hazard a guess that I probably have less than >>>>> 1,000 emails. This account will not be used on other devices, just the >>>>> Mac. Have 2 other accounts for that and neither are used for email lists >>>>> so no rules necessary. >>>>> >>>>> Am interested in feedback on how things are going with your iCloud >>>>> accounts. >>>>> >>>>> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >>>>> Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with >>>>> grease, your nose will begin to itch or you'll have to pee. >>>>> Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn >>>>> E-mail- >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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