How to Use Gmail on a Mac
The Mail app in macOS is like most other email clients, letting you add email accounts from your favorite email provider so that you can send and receive email messages with ease. This means you can access your Gmail account through Mail. When you use Gmail on your Mac, you can configure whether you access your online account through IMAP or POP, although Apple recommends using IMAP. Here’s how to access IMAP-configured Gmail on a Mac by adding your account to the Mail app.
Other Ways to Access Gmail
Mail isn’t the only program that can access Gmail on a Mac. You can also use free email clients for Mac to download and send emails through your Gmail account. However, the setup instructions for those email clients are not the same as the steps above. They are similar and require the same IMAP and POP server information linked above. Another way to get to Gmail on your Mac is to access Gmail.com. When you send and receive Gmail messages through a browser via that URL, you don’t need to worry about email server settings or downloading anything. It works in Safari and other web browsers you might use.
