Please note that if you’re adding your Gmail address to Apple Mail 3.0 for the first time, your mail will be automatically configured for POP access. In order to configure IMAP, please follow these steps:

1. Click Mail > Preferences….
2. On the Accounts tab, click the + button to add a new account.
3. Fill in the new window with the following information:
   • Full Name: [your name]
   • Email Address: your full email address [username@gmail.com, or username@your_domain.com for Google Apps users]
   • Password: your Gmail password
   • Important: please deselect the box next to ‘Automatically set up account‘
4. Click Create.
5. Fill in the following Incoming Mail Server information:
   • Account Type: Select IMAP
   • Incoming Mail Server: Change this to imap.gmail.com
   • User Name: your full email address [username@gmail.com, or username@your_domain.com for Google Apps users]
   • Password: your Gmail password
6. Click Continue.
7. Enter the following Outgoing Mail Server information:
   • Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.gmail.com
   • Use Authentication: selected
   • User Name: your full Gmail address [username@gmail.com, or username@your_domain.com for Google Apps users]
   • Password: your Gmail password
8. Click Continue.
9. Review your Account Summary, and click Create.
10. Check our recommended client settings, and adjust your client’s settings as needed.

Properly sort Drafts, Deleted, and Sent mail in Apple Mail

Steps must be taken to ensure that any emails sent, saved as drafts, or deleted are properly identified by Gmail’s servers. After completing the IMAP setup steps for Apple Mail, instructing Mail is a few simple clicks away. Once your Gmail IMAP account is added to Mail, you’ll notice your [Gmail account] in the left sidebar.

1. Highlight ‘[Gmail] Sent Mail’ in the sidebar and select ‘Mailbox’ (menu bar) > ‘Use This Mailbox For’ > ‘Sent’.
2. Highlight ‘[Gmail] Drafts’ in the sidebar and select ‘Mailbox’ (menu bar) > ‘Use This Mailbox For’ > ‘Drafts’
3. Highlight ‘[Gmail] Trash’ in the sidebar and select ‘Mailbox’ (menu bar) > ‘Use This Mailbox For’ > ‘Trash’
4. Highlight ‘[Gmail] Spam’ in the sidebar and select ‘Mailbox’ (menu bar) > ‘Use This Mailbox For’ > ‘Junk’

Once properly configured, managing email from Apple Mail or the iPhone will be no different from managing emails within the Gmail web client – sent, drafts, trash, and junk properly sorted between your various email clients and web interface.

You’re done!