September 9, 2011
Out of the 250+ new features in Apple’s Mac OS X Lion, the Mail application seems to have received the biggest number overall. No doubt for most of us, checking our email is a bittersweet daily task. We may look forward to receiving messages from friends and family, or notices about a cool software update, but checking emails and managing them can sometimes be a sheer hassle.
January 28, 2011
The constant flow of emails is no doubt the bane of many computer users. Emailing is among the fastest forms of communication, but you constantly have to deal with impertinent messages, spam, and online promotions. If you’re looking for ways to get your emails under control, Apple’s Mail app features a way to set up [...]
September 24, 2010
A previous MUO article explains how to use Apple’s iWeb to Build A Quick, Easy & Beautiful Website. But if an entire website is not what you need, you can still make use of the easy drag-and -drop tools of iWeb and Apple’s mail to create a custom HTML email announcement for say an upcoming [...]
December 31, 2009
For a long time now, I’ve been searching for a way to start a torrent download from a remote location. And since I’m on the road most of the day, Transmission’s WebUI isn’t any good to me. I couldn’t be bothered to set it up anyway, it would involve having a fixed IP address or [...]
December 16, 2009
Next to haggling with dozens of web browsing pages scattered all over my desktops, managing several dozen emails per day used to be the bane of my computer-using life. But not much anymore after I started using Smart Mailboxes in Apple’s Mail. Smart Mailboxes work like smart albums in iTunes. They manage files according to [...]
November 2, 2009
If you haven’t already read, I’ve shown you how to use HTML, photos and iTunes status in your Mac Mail signature in a previous article. I loved my signature, it had some attitude. Unfortunately, I upgraded to Snow Leopard and shortly found out that it had broken the Mail plugin I used to create the [...]
February 4, 2009
Postbox is an email management application for Windows and Mac powered by the Mozilla platform. Surely that’s a given, since it’s made by one of the original developers of Mozilla’s Thunderbird. But how does it compare with Apple’s Mail client? I’ve managed to get hold of the latest beta version (beta five) of Postbox and [...]
April 5, 2008
For those who use Apple Mail on Leopard, you will know that it’s a pretty basic e-mail application. It fetches your mail, archives it on your Mac and you might think that it ends there. With a couple of plug-ins however, you could extend the functionality of Apple Mail by miles. There are a lot [...]
March 25, 2008
In the first part of my article, I wrote about mapping Exposé onto your mouse buttons, blocking out distractions while working, using keyboard shortcuts, Sidenote and Spotlight. Now, in the spirit of productivity, let’s just get on with part two! 1. Organize your Mac Having a cluttered workspace takes up precious time when you’re trying [...]
