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Mailplane: The Marriage of Gmail and Apple Mail
Over 100 million people are using Gmail. Having grown over 40% last year, it seems to be hot on the heels of Yahoo, AOL (really?) and Hotmail, and it’s no wonder, considering the unique “conversation-style” way to group email exchanges, labels instead of folders, 2GBs of free storage, the search capabilities and highly-tuned spam filters. But [...]
Continue reading...Email Attachments Made Easy
1. June 2009
If you want to attach a file to an email message, you can drag the file directly to your email program’s icon in your Dock. This opens it and creates a brand-new email message window with that file already attached. Sweet! Better yet, even if you drag multiple attachments, they all attach to just one email [...]
Continue reading...Email ‘Netiquette’
7. April 2009
This newsletter has had articles on this subject in the past, but a lot of new people have been using computers and the Internet and it is obvious that not everyone knows the “rules of email.” Here are a few guidelines of email etiquette that can keep you out of trouble. Of course, there are [...]
Continue reading...Forwarding Emails
13. February 2009
Following are good instructions: Are you sure you already follow proper procedures? These are important things to do when emailing. Do you really know how to forward emails? 10% do; 90% do not. Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? I know I do. Every time you forward an email there [...]
Continue reading...Use Email Aliases to Avoid Spam
24. January 2009
For quite a while now the .Mac service has allowed you to create aliases for your email account. This means that you can create up to five alternative email addresses that all forward the mail they receive to your main .Mac email address inbox. The greatest benefit of these aliases is their ability to protect your [...]
Continue reading...Using Gmail
21. January 2009
Q: I just started using a Mac a couple of months ago. I have a web based Gmail account. When I open up my mail on the Mac, it doesn’t delete it from the server. If I open the mail on a PC, it shows there. Is there a way to have it delete the [...]
Continue reading...Handling Email on Holiday
7. August 2008
What do you do to get email while you are away on holiday? You could set up an account with Hotmail or yahoo.com and let your friends know your temporary address. You can do much the same thing using your usual email service by making use of Web mail. It is web-based, so you use a [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Delete That Account
13. February 2008
Over the last few weeks I’ve fielded two calls regarding the switch from one Internet Service Provider (ISP) to another, and creation of new mail accounts. They wanted first and foremost to preserve the contents of their old inbox and the loss of mail from their old ISP. After some targeted questioning, I found that [...]
Continue reading...OnLine Services
4. December 2007
The most economical online service is GEnie, from General Electric. It has many of the same features offered by America Online, Prodigy, and CompuServe — including an encyclopedia, bulletin boards, electronic mail, news, sports, weather, movie reviews, and even a joke-of-the-day. Your kids can even write a letter to Santa and receive a personal reply [...]
Continue reading...Environmental Ideas
4. December 2007
In an office full of Macs, turn down the heat. Mac monitors will keep the room warm. Use E-mail to replace paper memos. Use bad floppies as coasters. Donate old Mac magazines to libraries and doctors’ and dentists’ offices. Recycle paper by using the back side for drafts Re-ink dot matrix printer ribbons and toner cartridges.
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Details about the iPad
Apple’s new page detailing all the uber delicious iPad features can be found here. I want one now!
Antiglare Display Option For 15-inch MacBook Pro Now Available
If you prefer a display with antiglare coating for a matte rather than glossy viewing experience, an antiglare display is now available as a configure-to-order option on all 15-inch MacBook Pro models. This display has a silver aluminum bezel, which is the same as the 17-inch antiglare MacBook Pro display.Google CEO Schmidt leaves Apple board
In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs cited potential conflicts of interest in explaining Schmidt’s resignation.
“Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings,” he said.
Apple is racing to offer a portable tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution.
via Financial Times.
27. August 2009
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