I will say that this particular problem has all but disappeared after my clean install. Very, very rarely it will still happen, and it happened more right after I re-installed Mavericks, but almost two weeks in I almost never experience it.
-- Have a great day, Alex [email protected] On Feb 6, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > Another funny thing I notice some days with gmail in mac mail is some days > when I open a message I hear empty scroll area and it takes a few seconds to > find the content of a message. Other days this doesn't happen at all. Very > strange. > On Feb 6, 2014, at 8:00 AM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Alex. I completely agree with you. When I had gmail with an email client >> on Windows, I had issues on there too. This is why I switched email >> accounts, because Gmail has proven to me that it has become unreliable. I >> might even set up an iCloud account because this provider is blocking some >> emails from going through. These emails are newsletters from PSX Extreme and >> NBA Daily. So yeah, my ultimate goal is to eliminate Gmail altogether. >> >> Shawn >> Sent From My White MacBook >> >> On Feb 5, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> While I hate to switch email providers just because Apple can't get their >>> act together, I must say it is looking tempting. I've found oddities using >>> Mac Mail and Gmail together, of course, but from what I've read in the >>> past, it isn't just the Mac. Gmail uses its "labels" system in place of >>> folders, as well as the idea of archiving, which never works well with pure >>> IMAP accounts. You can jump through hoops to get things set up, but it is >>> not as easy as just enabling the account on a new device. >>> >>> As to Gmail causing your problems, what happens if you run with Mail closed >>> for a couple days? Open it when you need it, but as soon as you check mail, >>> close the app. If the problems with sluggishness and choppy speech go away, >>> you know you've found the culprit. >>> >>> I don't think Apple lied in this case. They pushed an update to fix major >>> bugs, and it turns out there are smaller ones their beta testing missed. It >>> happens all the time. Are they above lying? No, they are a huge company >>> with a bottom line to protect. Did they lie here? Personally, I don't think >>> so, but that's just me. >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 5, 2014, at 4:10 PM, matthew Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> i, >>>> >>>> This is why I am no longer using gmail as my primary email service. I am >>>> now using cloud and have no problems and iCloud seems more reliable. HTH. >>>> >>>> Matthew >>>> >>>> >>>> On Feb 5, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Every day it is something new with Gmail and MacMail, and no, a clean >>>>> install isn't going to fix a thing. At least Apple finally admitted there >>>>> is still a problem. What really annoys me is that Apple turns out is like >>>>> every other company they lie. I waited to install Mavericks until Apple >>>>> claimed they had fixed the problem which they claimed they did in >>>>> December. >>>>> >>>>> So everything was working fine yesterday, I didn't turn my computer off >>>>> or put it to sleep, and bingo this morning, half my emails are missing >>>>> from gmail, and I think the sluggishness and VoiceOver choppiness is >>>>> caused by gmail constantly searching making safari unusable at times, and >>>>> the same with iTunes. Not sure if there is anything I could do, but this >>>>> instability of Mavericks and one day the computer working and the next >>>>> not reminds me of Windows. I hope this isn't the future of Apple >>>>> releasing buggy updates. 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