I'd never use G-mail and when switching from Fast Mail, soon after Apple announced their new Mail Service, I switched when I got my first I phone which was the 4. So congratulations for moving to I cloud!
Kawal. > On 19 Feb 2014, at 02:00 am, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Tim, > > Thanks so much as you are the voice of reason. I think this latest suggestion > is exactly what I have to do as I can do it on my laptop where mail is > working and then disable gmail on the desktop and go through everything. > Thanks for the suggestion. >> On Feb 18, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Brian and All, >> >> I don't believe that accessibility is a factor here in this case, especially >> since many of the Gmail issues in Mavericks are across the board for VO and >> non-VO users. So some sort of campaign would be unnecessary and misguided >> in my opinion. >> >> I have an idea though for you Brian. If you have your iCloud account >> already set up then you can quickly bulk move messages using the following >> method: >> >> 1. Create some new mailboxes in your iCloud account. Name them something >> similar to what's in your Gmail but distinct enough that you can tell that >> it's part of your iCloud account. For example, if you had something named >> MacVisionaries in your Gmail, you could name it iCloud MacVisionaries in the >> iCloud account. >> 2. Go into the Gmail mailbox that you wish to save messages from, for >> example, Sent. >> 3. Press cmd-a to Select All. >> 4. Press VO-shift-m to bring up the Contextual menu. >> 5. Press "m o" to take you to the "Move to" item. >> 6. VO-right to open the submenu and "i c" to take you down to the iCloud >> MacVisionaries mailbox that you just created. >> 7. Press return. >> >> This will move all those messages over to your iCloud account and place them >> in the appropriate folder. Repeat the process for other mailboxes. It >> actually shouldn't take that long even with how many messages you have. >> After moving all the messages over, you can either disable the Gmail account >> and not worry about it anymore, or once you've confirmed that all the >> messages have been moved over, you can mass delete them from Gmail. This >> will allow you time to go through your historical messages getting rid of >> the older unnecessary ones. If you aren't ready to totally disable your >> Gmail, this will also drastically reduce the number of messages in your >> Gmail account possibly making the Mail app work better in your >> configuration. You can also rename the folders after you've migrated away >> from Gmail so that they aren't all named iCloud blah blah. >> >> As long as you have both your Gmail and your iCloud account set up in the >> Mail app on your Mac, you can easily move things between any mailbox on >> either account. I move things from my home ISP eMail account over to my >> iCloud account all the time since the iCloud is an iMap account and more >> easily accessible from all my devices anywhere, anytime. This might be >> worth a try for you. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Feb 18, 2014, at 3:38 PM, eric oyen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I am still getting all mails from here. THen again, I can't upgrade to >>> mavericks (machine too old). If apple is starting to get lax in their >>> accessibility, then a causes petition or a email/fax campaign is in order. >>> Talking to the developers is all find and good, but they don't make the >>> decisions as to what gets posted into the final product. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>>> On Feb 18, 2014, at 1:08 PM, Brian Fischler wrote: >>>> >>>> So gmail worked in mac mail for a day, and now mac mail is absolutely >>>> unusable again as every single time I hit VO and the arrow key I get a >>>> busy message and then again and again. I am using mac mail on my laptop to >>>> send this, and sure enough gmail isn't working with mac mail here either >>>> but differently as I can use it but the macvisionaries list hasn't gotten >>>> a new message in the mailbox since friday. Not sure how everyone is not >>>> having such severe problems and why I am the lucky one, but dealing with >>>> new issues every day is really making me hate mac. Not sure what else I >>>> can do as rolling back isn't an option and not using my computer isn't >>>> either. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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