I've been using the Google Notifier for Mac, but I'm disappointed that it only checks for new messages every 15 minutes. It's also a little annoying that there isn't a way to configure the frequency that it checks with in the Preferences.
After a little digging, I found a way to do it though. The post can be found here, however I've also pasted the directions below for reference.
- Click on the Google Notifier mail icon, then hold down Command and Option keys while clicking on Preferences
- You will be prompted with a box that has a key and value prompt. Type "AutocheckInterval" under key (this seems to be case-sensitive)
- For value type in the interval of number in minutes that you want it to check your email (for example, enter 5 for every 5 minutes)
- Quit out of the notifier (again found by clicking the Google Notifier mail icon)
- Restart the Google Notifier for your changes to take affect.
24 comments:
Thank you so much!!!
Great, thank you so much!
Cool!
Thanks a lot man!!!
Is the lowest update time 1 minute?
I believe that is correct, 1 minute is the lowest interval.
Good work!
Great find. I tried a number less than one and it didn't work, so it looks like 1 minute will have to be it. I guess push notification was asking too much....
Thanks so much!! This makes the Notifier 10x more useful
Google search brought me here, thanks for the tip!
Why wouldn't this be part of Notifier's regular options?
So useful, and I agree it's weird it isn't a standard option.
I needed to hold down command + option + shift to reach the key/value box.
Good work!
Cheers thank you very mush!
Thanks, glad this was an easy solution!
Sweet! I've been wondering how to do this for the longest time!
Thank you! Yeah, it seems odd that it's not a default option.
Thanks so much!
I tried that but it still shows the current preferences box... what can I do?
For me to do it, I had to hold down command + option to bring up the dialog to change the value. Another person reported they had to hold down command + option + shift to reach the key/value box.
Sweet...
Finally! Didn't even know that this app existed and then to find out how to change the frequency check, that was perfect. That's again Troy's Blog
It works! Thank you Troy!
Thanks
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