Keeping clear of Gmail
Q
I set up a Gmail account ages ago, and haven’t really used it, although I still have it set up in Mail. Whenever I send a message from Mail to someone with a Gmail address, the app defaults to sending it from that Gmail account. How can I stop that, and prevent incoming invitations defaulting to my Gmail calendar in the Calendar app?
A
Mail lets you change the default mail account for new outgoing messages, which may help. Open Mail’s Preferences, and select the Composing tool. Under Addressing, where it says ‘Send new messages from:’ select the default account from which you wish all new messages to be sent. There’s currently no setting which makes all outgoing messages, including replies, come from the same default account, though.
Invitations coming in as email to an account other than an iCloud mail account have behaviours which are controlled in the General section of Mail’s preferences. The only choice is between adding them automatically to Calendar, or to not add them at all. The Calendar app doesn’t offer any control; it tries to place invitations as smartly as possible.