Did you know that Apple’s Mail application automatically builds a list of all recipients to whom you’ve sent email? I think it’s very useful to review this list a few times each year. By reviewing this list you can easily add useful email addresses to your Contacts and delete outdated email addresses or ones that … Read more
When you open Entourage 2004 does it immediately display the spinning multi-color ball icon? This icon simply indicates that Entourage is thinking. However, if this icon never goes away, then Entourage is getting stuck while trying to complete a task. There are a number of possible causes, but over the past two months I’ve had … Read more
If you use Entourage 2004 or 2008, I believe that it’s critically important that you backup your Entourage database daily or even more often.
Read moreDealing with spam or junk email in your Inbox is a waste of time. If you run a small business, the time wasted identifying and deleting email can add up over weeks or months. This is true whether you are one person or a multi-person team. Here are a couple of ways to reduce the … Read more
Here’s a list of features in Apple’s Mail application which I use regularly and people appreciate when I point them out.
Read moreDo you access your email account from multiple computers? Have you added a smartphone to the mix as well? If so, you should be aware of IMAP. IMAP-enabled email accounts offer better email handling than old-fashioned POP email accounts.
Read moreWould you like to spend less time filing your email messages? If so, you should try MsgFiler. It is a keyboard-based filing system for Apple Mail. MsgFiler (read “Message Filer”) is critical to me. I should note that Mail uses the term Mailbox instead of mail folder, but in this context they are synonymous.
Read moreIt’s possible to have your iPhone transcribe your speech. Last week, Dragon Dictation, a temporarily free application, was added to the iTunes App Store. This application records your voice, transcribes it, and lets you paste the text into a new email message, text message or any other iPhone application. I tested it last week. It’s not … Read more