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New Gmail app with background refresh
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Background Refresh will not work if the app it is supposed to refresh is not in the task switcher list.
I just forwarded my Gmail to Outlook.com and pick up mail through the native app that supports Push for outlook.com accounts.
You mean the screen with app previews that you see when you double tap the home button? Yes, it's there.
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Task switcher, is that the same thing as multitasking view referred to above? In other words, the list of runnings ups that you get by double tapping the home button? Gmail is in it.
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Ok, may be that's the thing: it takes really long to load new emails? And instead of waiting, I just refresh it's manually.
Gmail just does not communicate very well with iOS or OSX. I'm also having a whole load of issues with Gmail and Mail app in Mavericks. I'm seriously considering abandoning Gmail altogether and going back to my company's email.
Just forward your Gmail to iCloud or Outlook.com e-mail accounts (both support push)
Some have mentioned that for one reason or another, at least for them, not all emails get forwarded that way. That's probably not the case for everyone, but if some are affected by something like that, it might not be a good option unfortunately. I guess the best thing is to try and see (keeping all that in mind).
A have an Exchange email account through my work. Currently, I forward everything to Gmail. I started doing that several years ago before my work email switched to Exchange. I liked the way Gmail was organized (by conversations), the search function, spam control. But other services have caught up with Gmail. I have a suspicion that now a combination of an Exchange account with Mail apps in iOS and OSX will provide a much better experience than Gmail. Gmail just does not work very well with Apple products.
I hear ya. I'm a huge fan of the mail app changes in iOS 7. Specifically the ability to add whichever folder you want to the mail summary screen. I use this the most because of work. I have many folders in exchange.
There is a downside though for some as far as Apple getting rid of the option of how many messages to display.
1 month is plenty for me as a mobile mail solution. Anything older I can wait until I'm at my desktop