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Change the GMail notifier check interval

The GMail notifier app for the Mac no longer has a preference to let you set how often the notifier checks for new mail. Previous version of the GMail Notifier allowed you to set whatever interval you wanted.

But there is a trick that lets you set the interval that it uses to check for new Mail. Click on the GMail notifier icon in the menu bar. Then hold down *both* the Command *and* Option keys and while doing this click on the "Preferences..." option in the menu. When you do this, it'll pop up a little window like so:

GMail Notifier preferences setting dialog GMail Notifier preferences setting dialog

Click into the box and add this as the key:

AutocheckInterval

Then add the value as the number of minutes you want to use as an interval for checking for new mail. Hit the "Set" button when you are done. You may need to restart GMail Notifier for the change to take effect.
Rating: 96% positive, 32 total Votes
Categories: GMail hack customization
Added: on Dec 10, 2008 at 6:55 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: gmail notifier interval set hack

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Fantastic work, man. A marvelously simple trick.
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 12, 2009 at 8:22 am
Beautiful indeed.
– Added by an anonymous user on Feb 13, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Thank you, thank you!
– Added by an anonymous user on May 27, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Fantastic! I've been so cranky with Notifier because it won't automatically check every 10 seconds like I want it to. A one-minute interval is heaven compared to 10! You rock!
– Added by an anonymous user on Jun 09, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Works perfectly! Thanks heaps! I HATED WAITING FOR IT TO CHECK! I would just refresh the page rather than wait for the notifier... rendering its function useless.
– Added by an anonymous user on Jul 08, 2009 at 11:55 pm
even though i'm setting it to 1, still takes it a while to update? any idea why? i restarted and everything. thanks!
– Added by an anonymous user on Sep 07, 2009 at 1:34 am
Dankon, Dankon, Dankon! Thanks so much! It's been driving me crazy, and now I'm a happy camper!
– Added by an anonymous user on Sep 20, 2009 at 8:07 pm
omg thank you thank you thank you!!! you saved my life.
– Added by an anonymous user on Oct 28, 2009 at 1:36 pm
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