Using Google's Gmail as your email service makes accessing messages convenient from any computer by visiting Google and logging in to your Gmail account. Rather than opening the browser, navigating to the Google website and clicking 'Gmail,' place a shortcut to Gmail on your home computer's desktop for quicker access. Various websites offer free Gmail icons to download. Otherwise, use any available icon in the system folder.
Step 1
Open your Internet browser and navigate to the Google website, then access your Gmail account.
Adding Icons to the Dock in Mac OS X (Jaguar). May prefer to have handy a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) application (used to download files from the Internet),. Please follow the steps below to download and install Mailbutler and enjoy its. On the dashboard, locate the drop-down menu by clicking on the icon beside your name. Mail OR click on the Chrome Web Store button to download Mailbutler for Gmail. (For macOS Mojave users only) After installation, please also enable.
Step 2
Click on the 'Restore Down' button located on the top-right corner of the browser, between the 'X' and the '-' button to provide easier access to the desktop.
Step 3
Click on the URL in the address bar. Hold the left mouse button down and drag the address to the desktop to create the shortcut, then close the browser.
Step 4
Right-click on the new shortcut and choose 'Properties.'
Step 5
Click on the 'General' tab, then type 'Gmail' or your desired desktop shortcut name in the text box.
Step 6
Click on the 'Web Document' tab and then choose the 'Change Icon' button.
Step 7
Scroll through the system icons and choose one. If you have downloaded or created a custom icon, click the 'Browse' button and locate the saved icon on the hard drive.
Step 8
Click 'OK,' then 'Apply' and close the 'Properties' dialog.
Step 9
Double-click on the new Gmail icon to automatically open the default browser and open your Gmail.
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There used to be an item known as Gmail Notifier for Mac, and this recently (last week) was discontinued by google; citing their browser was their answer. Or an add-on to an existing supported browser that could allow you to see gmail when already online in a browser.
Neither of these were suitable for my older Macs (pre Snow Leopard) but I already had a Google Notifier version in each of my Macs. And I had locked the application prior to announcements of its demise.
While they did discontinue the product and the numbered notification function in Notifier, I was able to use Notifier preferences to disable the automatic features yet still use the icon in the main Menu to still access my logged-in Gmail account. The icon allows access to gmail and calendars, via my google account.
Also I no longer get their final notice email, having figured out a sequence while logged in (final notice appears in a separate window than regular gmail) and as I use a dedicated browser set as default to the System, I still use the gmail as a web-based service; not download into Mail.
The final notice will return if you turn back on active Notifier
function (checkbox) in Notifier preferences, however.
You may not be able to download the Notifier anymore, and I would suspect an offer to get it online may be from some untoward source of adware or some other unwanted attribute some sites will load along with the bait.
A few third-party notifier-like items had been announced but I wonder if they also don't use their version to harvest information on your online activities, since you have to blindly trust whoever they say they are.
So I am not certain of your choices or their reliability, or reputation.