OVERVIEW
Target audience: Entire McGill community
Since mobile devices are often limited in storage space, it is advisable to limit the number of mail messages and calendar events stored locally on a device. Sync settings in iOS allow you to specify how many days, weeks, months of data to keep on your device, synchronized with the Office 365 server.
In this article:
Sync settings for iOS
Mail and Contacts (if enabled)
- Go to the Home screen and select Settings > Mail > Accounts.
- Select the McGill Email account (it has the account name you gave it when you set it up).
Note: whatever options you turned ON when setting up your account (e.g. Mail, Calendars, Reminders) appear just below the account name. - Tap Mail Days to Sync. Note that the current sync period is indicated to the right of that option.
- Choose the number of days of mail you want to keep on your device from the McGill Office 365 Exchange server (No Limit, 1 Day, 3 Days, 1 Week, 2 Weeks, 1 Month).
NOTE:
Even if you sync only 1 month of emails, you can still search and retrieve emails from earlier.
iOS Calendar sync settings
Follow these steps to change the period of time that calendar events remain on your iOS device.
- From the Settings screen, select Calendar.
- Select Sync. Note that the current Calendar synchronization settings are displayed next to the Sync option.
- Select the time period of previous calendar events to keep on your device.
Schedule Data Synchronization
To synchronize new emails and other applications:
- Go to the Home screen and select Settings > Mail > Accounts.
- Click Fetch New Data and make sure Push is turned ON.
- Press on the option to choose the desired schedule (Automatic, Hourly, every 30 minutes, Every 15 minutes).
NOTE:
Make sure to check with your service provider to see if there are any associated data transfer costs for your device. If so, it is recommended to select Manual synchronization to avoid incurring unnecessary fees.
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