Sync gmail across apple devices

I have a gmail email account. I recently decided to setup my apple mail app to receive gmail emails. I first set it up on my mac. When I opened the mail app on my iPhone, I noticed that the corresponding mailbox was not present on the phone. So I setup the gmail account on my phone again.

After setting up both the mailboxes, I started archiving emails on my phone. However, when I went back to my mac, I noticed that nothing had changed on my mac in terms of archiving.

Since it seems like the two mailboxes are out of sync, I went into settings to make sure that the mailboxes are setup to use IMAP and they seem to be. So should I be setting up the mailboxes differently if I want them to sync across all my devices. Note that this is for my gmail account and not my icloud email.

Mac mini, 12.3

Posted on Dec 3, 2022 09:15 AM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2022 09:11 AM

Make sure the mailboxes you are syncing are also on the gmail server. You can't create a mailbox on your Mac and have it sync to your phone. You sync the mailboxes on your server to all devices accessing the server account.

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Dec 6, 2022 07:16 AM in response to aravinds92

Hi aravinds92,


Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities. If you are trying to use your Gmail account on your Mac and iPhone, here are a few steps to help:


1. Restart your device to see if the issue is still there: Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support

2. Confirm that your device is using the most recent software to rule out the older one: Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support

3. Try the steps here to see if they help: Add email accounts in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

4. Confirm that both devices are using a strong internet connection.

5. Contact Apple Support here if you need further support: Contact - Official Apple Support


Have a great day.



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