Get Rid of the “Apple Mail To Do” Label in Gmail

I recently migrated my e-mail into Google Apps (Gmail for your domain) and have been managing it via IMAP with Apple’s Mail.app. Following a recent OS X 10.5.x update, however, Mail.app started creating a Gmail label called “Apple Mail To Do.” If you delete it, it re-appears when Mail syncs with your Gmail account. Annoying.

The good news is that I’ve solved the problem (I think). Here’s what I did:

1. Launch Mail.app and open the preferences
2. Select the “Accounts” tab and select your account
3. Select the “Mailbox Behaviors” sub-tab
4. Uncheck “Store notes in Inbox”
5. Select the “Composing” tab
6. Select “On My Mac” from the “Create Notes & To Do’s in:” pulldown menu
7. Exit and save preferences, quit Mail.app
8. Open Gmail, delete the “Apple Mail To Do” label

That’s it. With any luck, the offending label with stay deleted.

Topic(s): Technology & Gadgets
Keyword(s): apple, e-mail, gmail, google, imap, mac