News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
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One of Entourage's endearing features is its ability to group messages by date. In moving from Entourage to Apple Mail, some users find themselves longing for those grouping features.
Like them, I find these Entourage entries (termed “Saved Searches” in Microsoft parlance) useful. Fortunately, it's possible to create something similar in Apple’s Mail by putting Smart Mailboxes to good use. Try this:
Open Mail and choose Mailbox -> New Smart Mailbox. Configure the resulting Smart Mailbox window to read:
Contains Messages That Match All of the Following Conditions:
Date Received is Today
Message Type is MailGive it a name like “Today” and click OK. Any e-mail messages you receive that very day will appear in this smart mailbox. Because smart mailboxes are dynamic, when today becomes yesterday, these messages will be removed from this mailbox—and moved to Yesterday, if you've created such a smart mailbox. Speaking of yesterday, you can create additional smart mailboxes that include conditions such as Yesterday, This Week, and Last Week. If you want to go waaaay back and file all the messages within a particular year, configure the mailbox so it reads:
Date Received is in the Date Rangeand then enter a date range. For example, if you want all your messages from 2008, configure the rule to read:
Date Received is in the Date Range 1/1/2008 to 12/31/2008
What if you’re emptying out a spam-trapping folder, or a folder of ancient Mail messages, and you know you don’t want to keep them in the trash?
Rob Griffiths | Sep 2, 2008
If you’re running OS X 10.5, you’re probably aware of the new “data detectors” feature in Mail (and in iChat via a Terminal command). Data detectors see dates, times, and addresses in e-mails, and provide the ability to add those items to iCal or your Address Book, as appropriate.
Rob Griffiths | Sep 26, 2008
So, you recently sent out a message to friends and family -- lots of them. Instead of the supportive reply you expected, an upstart relation chided you not only for putting the recipients’ addresses in the To field of the message but also for replying to the group. What’s his problem!?
Christopher Breen | Oct 7, 2008
If you frequently use signatures in Mail, you've probably had issues managing them all, especially if you're using a Signature file. Fortunately, there's a way to get Mail to automatically insert either sequential or randomised signatures with each email.
Christopher Breen | Nov 13, 2008
This morning Apple released a new version of its iPhone SDK for developers. iPhone SDK beta 2 includes Interface Builder, a component of Apple’s development tools that lets developers create the interface for their applications. That seems to be the only major change in the latest build, according to the SDK’s read me, which continues to list some known issues. Apple says “this second beta is known to be incompatible with installation folders other than the default /Developer.” Given the importance of UI on the Mac, Interface Builder is a pretty critical tool in the development process, and some developers had chosen to hold off on their efforts until the SDK was revised. Apple unveiled the iPhone SDK at a special event earlier this month, allowing developers to begin building applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Several high-profile companies have already jumped onboard, demoing their applications at the event. Highlighting the demos was AOL with a native AIM client; other applications from Electronic Arts, Salesforce.com, and Apple were also shown.
