Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
• On an iPad, the right side of the Cc/Bcc, From header shows the total size of the
attachments. Tap that header and you'll see a series of buttons for changing the
image size.
Tap Small, Medium, or Large (the exact resulting file size is shown on each but-
ton) to resize the image, or tap Actual Size to send the original, full-size image.
To attach other files, you must still start in the app where the file is located and then find a
control that lets you send a file via email or to Mail. If in doubt as to how to attach files from
a third-party app, read the help included with an app or consult the developer's Web site.
Set Up Gmail as a Regular IMAP Account
If you read
Understand How Mail Works (or Not) with Gmail
, you know that Gmail uses its
own special interpretation of IMAP to talk to email clients like Mail. What you may not real-
ize is that unlike Mail in Mavericks, Mail in iOS 7 can use either of two distinct methods to
access a Gmail account via IMAP, and which method you choose affects which other capabil-
ities are available in your Gmail account.
After tapping through Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account, you can either
tap Gmail to use the Gmail account type (which relies on IMAP, but with special attributes)
or tap Other followed by Add Mail Account to use IMAP without Gmail-specific adornments.
Each approach has its advantages.
•
Gmail as IMAP Using the Google Button:
When you tap the Google button
to configure a Gmail account, setup is highly automated—merely enter your cre-
dentials, and Mail does the rest.
Once you've done that, the following things will be true:
▪ You can optionally sync your Google calendars, Contacts, and
Notes—albeit without push updates.
▪ You
cannot
change your From address (see
Change Your From Ad-
•
Gmail as IMAP Using the Other Button:
If you tap Other, then tap Add
Mail Account, and configure the account manually to use IMAP, Mail behaves a
bit differently:
▪ You'll have to manually enter addresses for the incoming server
(
imap.gmail.com
) and outgoing server (
smtp.gmail.com
), as
well as repeating your username (email address) and password for
each one.
