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Fewer prepaid alerts after iPhone 1.0.2 update?

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Aug 22nd, 2007

Now that the iPhone 1.0.2 update is out and growing its installed base, do any of you prepaid users notice a difference in the number of "You Last Transaction Cost $0.00" messages? Maybe it's just me but I'm getting the sense they've been cut back significantly. If you have a prepaid account, let me know whether this latest update has affected your useless message count.

Update: Looks like this is a server-side fix according to several readers.

Tags: Alerts, Notifications, useless alerts, UselessAlerts

Filed under: Software, Internet Tools

Dockstar 2.0 brings screensaver, widget and more badge options to Mail.app

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Apr 15th, 2007

Mail.app junkies who demand more from that little red Dock badge - rejoice! Dockstar, the go-to app for adding up to 5 new notification badges to Mail.app's icon that we've mentioned before, has received some great new features for a version 2.0 upgrade. New in this version are features like counting messages in nested folders, counting flagged, junk or total messages, sound notifications for each badge and even a screensaver and Dashboard widget.

Check out the changelog for more details, or snag a new copy. A license costs a mere $8.

[via Hawk Wings]

Tags: alerts, badge, dock, dockstar, icons, mail.app, notifications

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, iTS, iTunes

New iTunes alert quick link

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Dec 7th, 2006

Alerts are nothing new. You've been able to sign up for e-mail alerts in iTunes for some time through your account management pages. Recently, a new alert quick link appeared on the main iTunes page, letting you hop over to a page to manage those alerts without having to go through several pages of account management first. Just click the new My Alerts link and you're there.

This is not to say that the alerts are particularly good or flexible. I want alerts that let me know when free items appear in iTunes. (Don't you?) Currently, the only alerts you can add are for particular artists (click "Alert Me" on their page) or for when any individual in your purchase history has items added to iTunes.

Tags: alerts, iTunes, quick links, QuickLinks

Filed under: Odds and ends, Troubleshooting

Help Dori Smith get her System alerts back

by C.K. Sample, III (RSS feed) on Dec 22nd, 2005

Check out this post over at Backup Brain. Dori Smith is having a very odd problem where her System Alerts aren't playing, although every other sound on her computer sings like a charm. It's like a troubleshooter's puzzle for the holidays. She even posted a Flickr set of her settings to serve as clues. Checking in on the comments reveals a few helpful suggestions like playing with the MIDI settings and zapping the PRAM, but no word on whether any of that has helped yet or not.

For those of you who are about to flame this post, asking, "Why is this on TUAW?" The answer: Because I needed to get a post up by 12:30, I like Dori's blog, and it actually stumped me and I thought the phrasing of the whole thing was very mind-bender puzzle-esque. :-b

Tags: alerts, apple, mac, os x, solund, system, troubleshooting

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