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Mailbox for iPad now available

by Michael Grothaus (May 23rd, 2013)

Popular email client Mailbox is now available for iPad. Previously Mailbox was iPhone-only, but today's version 1.3 update makes it a universal app that runs on all iOS devices. The iPad version of Mailbox comes less than a month after the developers announced plans that they were working on it ...

Mailbox app does away with reservation system

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 17th, 2013)

Users still waiting in line for access to the task manager/email client Mailbox will be happy to hear that the app's reservation system is no more. Orchestra announced yesterday that the waiting system has been eliminated thanks to its engineers optimizing the service's load to managable ...

Mailplane 3 now available

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 15th, 2013)

Mailplane 3 just came out of beta, and it's great. I've been using the beta for a while, and saw stability and speed improve with each iteration. While Gmail works great in a browser, there's something about having a dedicated application, as opposed to a Chrome SSB or Fluid instance. ...

AppleScripting Email > Developing a Quoted Reply Service

by Ben Waldie (Apr 8th, 2013)

A reader recently wrote to me with a problem. Apparently, Microsoft Outlook no longer contains the ability to create quote level chunks of text when replying to messages in plain text format. Why this functionality was removed, I can't say. But, with a little help from AppleScript and Automator, I ...

AppleScripting Microsoft Outlook > Announce New Emails By Voice

by Ben Waldie (Apr 1st, 2013)

In my last post, I demonstrated how to write an AppleScript that verbally announces when new emails arrive in Mail. Some readers asked whether the same thing could be accomplished with Microsoft Outlook. It certainly can. Here's how... Creating and Installing the Script 1. Launch AppleScript ...

AppleScripting Mail > Announce New Emails By Voice

by Ben Waldie (Mar 25th, 2013)

You're in the kitchen cooking dinner, or sitting down watching TV, or exercising. Ding! You have a new email. Quickly, run to your Mac to see who it's from. Meh, spam. Ding! Meh, a message from your boss. Ding! Meh. Sure would be nice if Mail could announce who's emailing you. That way, you could ...

Mailbox app has filled 1 million reservations, gets new features

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 22nd, 2013)

Orchestra took the iOS world by storm last month when it released its iOS email client, Mailbox. It was so popular at launch that Orchestra had to institute a registration process that gave access to the service on a rolling basis. Less than one month after launch, the team at Mailbox announced ...

Gmail's mobile web interface now looks just like the app

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2013)

I use Gmail pretty much exclusively for my incoming email, with three or four different accounts that redirect to my always online, easily accessible, and seemingly bottomless inbox. I thought the app the company recently released with a brand-new look was pretty impressive, and apparently so ...

Overzealous spam filter causes never-delivered iCloud emails

by Randy Nelson (Mar 1st, 2013)

Back in November, InfoWorld's Robert Cringely told the story of a Hollywood screenwriter's travails involving his iCloud email account. It appeared that iCloud was unable, or unwilling, to deliver messages with a PDF attachment containing the words "barely legal teen." Granted, that's not an ...

Daily iPad App: Rich Notes is another snazzy note-taking solution for your iPad

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2013)

There are a ton of great note-taking apps out there for the iPad at this point (one of my favorites is Penultimate), and because there are so many available, choosing one is really up to personal preference at this point. Rich Notes is a relatively new entry to the pantheon, but it's free ...

TUAW bloggers take on the Mailbox app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 19th, 2013)

You may have heard of Mailbox, an email productivity app that promises to rescue you from your overflowing inbox with its efficient method of email management. The app launched late last week with a long waiting list that's still being processed by the company. Mailbox is more than an email ...

Mailbox for iPhone targets the "broken to-do list" of email

by Michael Rose (Feb 7th, 2013)

Feeling oppressed by your inbox? Struggling under the weight of unread messages? You're not alone. With half a billion results for "manage my/your email" there's obviously a need for help. Now add in the new wrinkle: many of us are interacting with email primarily or exclusively via our mobile ...

Mac 101: dealing with iCloud email spam

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 31st, 2013)

Dealing with an email inbox filled with spam can be a tedious process. Some spam emails, like those saying you have an inheritance overseas, are easy to spot, while others are cleverly crafted to appear legitimate. If you use an iCloud email account, here are some tips to help you curb your ...

Yahoo Mail launches for iPhone

by Randy Nelson (Dec 11th, 2012)

One week after Google released a sweeping redesign of its Gmail app for iOS, Yahoo has jumped on the native email app bandwagon by launching Yahoo Mail for iPhone. The release was timed to coincide with a massive revamp of Yahoo's web mail, which is intended to be far faster than before and ...

Gmail 2.0 hits for iPhone and iPad with a whole new look

by Randy Nelson (Dec 4th, 2012)

Google has just launched version 2.0 of its Gmail app for iOS. The new update introduces a totally revamped interface, which now features contact photos within email, infinite scrolling in mailboxes and various new animations. Gmail 2.0 also introduces autocomplete in its search field and the ...