Guides

Answers to common questions about mail on the Mac, from the people who make Lambda Mail.

• The best email client for Mac in 2026

  Eleven Mac mail apps compared on price and accounts, and on how far each lets you change its look.

  Updated October 2026

• Is there a Gmail app for Mac? Every option in 2026

  Google makes no Gmail app for the Mac. Every real option, from a Safari web app to Mac apps made for Gmail, with prices.

  Updated October 2026

• Mimestream alternatives: Gmail apps for Mac compared

  What Mimestream does well, why people look elsewhere, and how the alternatives compare.

  Updated October 2026

• Spark alternatives for Mac: email apps compared

  What Spark does well, why people leave, the alternatives with prices, and what to do before you switch.

  Updated October 2026

• How to block email tracking pixels on Mac

  The settings in Apple Mail and Gmail that hide when you open an email, what they don't stop, and what other Mac mail apps do.

  Updated October 2026

• Apple Mail and Gmail: archiving, duplicates and labels

  Why Gmail mail shows up twice in Apple Mail and Archive doesn't always archive, and the settings that help.

  Updated October 2026

• How to keep attachments at the bottom in Apple Mail

  The settings that move attachments to the end, and the Terminal command most guides give, with why it may not work.

  Updated October 2026

• Which Mac email apps keep your mail on their servers?

  What eleven Mac mail apps keep on their servers or send to AI services, from their own policies.

  Updated October 2026

• Make text bigger in Apple Mail without changing sent mail

  Which settings make Mail's text bigger only on your screen, and which change the mail you send.

  Updated October 2026

• How to change Apple Mail's font, colors and text size

  Every setting Apple Mail has for fonts, colors and text size, and what it can't change.

  Updated October 2026