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I stuck with it during the disaster that was MobileMe and finally arrived at iCloud.īefore I look at the various email apps for Mac, I want to mention one other app that might appeal to Google Workspace and Gmail users.

I switched to Gmail in 2004 when it first launched, and I finally switched to Mac in 2005 when I got my first Mac (a Powerbook G4). I switched to Mailblocks around 2002 (it was eventually acquired by AOL). I stuck with AOL until I got an account when my parents first got high-speed Internet. I got my first email account in the mid–90s (When it was still $2.95 per hour for AOL).

So what’s the best email app for the Mac? Even with the popularity of web-based services like Gmail, many still prefer a desktop app to pull in multiple email addresses, use desktop plugins, and have a more native Mac experience. Signing up for almost any service on the Internet requires an email address, so it’s a universal digital identifier. Signing into iCloud (and email) is one of my first tasks when setting up a new Mac.

Apple Mail allows for Gmail-style archiving and has some useful filtering and privacy tools, but if you want "Gmail: The Desktop Client," this isn't it.Despite all the new messaging services, project management tools, and chat-based ecosystems, email remains essential. It doesn't have Gmail's keyboard shortcuts built in, nor does it offer much customization (not without serious tweaking, anyway). It's built for the widest array of Mac users, not Gmail types. So what about Apple Mail, the client that's already there? That's what Apple Mail is: it's there. You can even make Gmail run in its own app-style window, either using a third-party app like Kiwi or Unite or simply the "Create shortcut" menu in a Chrome-based browser.īut I'm avoiding browsers, even the sandboxed kind, and Google's hunger for deeper engagement. You can set up offline storage (in Chrome or Edge browsers) and desktop notifications, and you can make it the default mail handler for your browsers (and, with a little fiddling, Mac OS itself). Gmail's web app has gradually become a remarkable simulacrum of a desktop client. The easiest option would be to simply use.