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New iCloud FAQ: Yes, there will be webmail

by Steven Sande (Jun 24th, 2011)

Since iCloud was announced by Apple on June 6, the TUAW inbox has been filled to capacity with questions about the many features of Apple's cloud computing platform of the future. Unfortunately, we have been just as much in the fog as you have about what features are moving from MobileMe to ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: MailTab

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 10th, 2011)

Even with the upcoming overhaul to Mail in Lion, there are still plenty of alternatives for accessing your Gmail in OS X without going through the default Mail.app. Several TUAW bloggers are ardent fans of Mailplane, a US$24.99 app that turns Gmail's web interface into a dedicated email ...

Mail gets major overhaul in OS X

by Mel Martin (Jun 6th, 2011)

It's the app we probably use the most, and Mail is getting some big-league features in Lion. Attendees at WWDC only got a brief glimpse of the new Mail app, but it's loaded with new and compelling features. The app has been completely redesigned, with a new multi-column view that looks a bit ...

Get email design chores under control with equinux Mail Designer

by Chris White (Apr 16th, 2011)

If you've ever had to code together a complex HTML email then you know how painful it usually is. It's like taking a trip back to 1999 before the web discovered standards and everyone was still doing table-based design -- only with the addition of cumbersome inline CSS, and the challenge of ...

Sparrow 1.1 lands in the Mac App Store

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2011)

The eagerly-awaited 1.1 update to the Sparrow email app (US$9.99) has landed in the Mac App Store, adding the promised features and bug fixes. The app now supports general IMAP, so for those of you who were waiting to add Yahoo!, AOL or MobileMe accounts to Sparrow and totally ditch Mail.app, ...

Sparrow for Mac beta hands-on review

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 21st, 2010)

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica} Sparrow is essentially what happens when Gmail and Tweetie for Mac hook up and have a baby. It's very much what Gmail should be on the Mac -- minimalist and classy. I tried out Mailplane a few months ago, but ...

Mac 101: In Mail.app, reply with selected text

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 29th, 2010)

More Mac 101, tips and tricks for the novice Mac user. I've been using the Mail app in Mac OS X for a good four or five years now. I thought I pretty much knew most of how to use it, but today I've been pleasantly surprised. I've just stumbled across a nifty little feature that I hadn't known ...

Mac 101: Making a fancy signature in Mail.app

by Steven Sande (Oct 16th, 2010)

I was leafing through some emails this afternoon and came upon one with an extremely attractive signature block. So attractive, in fact, that I promptly stopped doing the writing I was working on and decided to create my own new signature to replace the ugly one I had been using. I wanted to have ...

Postbox 2.0 available now!

by Brett Terpstra (Sep 29th, 2010)

We've covered Postbox in the past, and I've been using it regularly since the beta. Version 2.0 was just officially released, and there's a lot to love in the latest incarnation of this Mail.app replacement. Postbox already had some great organization capabilities, including "Conversation" views for ...

What's new (and gorgeous) in iOS 4.2 beta

by Josh Helfferich (Sep 17th, 2010)

If you're as excited as I am about the iOS 4.2 beta being released, you probably spent the majority of Wednesday paging through all of the tech blogs and/or neglecting your responsibilities as an adult. For those of you who aren't able to experience Apple's latest firmware until November, I've ...

Set up your own Priority Inbox with Apple's Mail

by Dave Caolo (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Last month, Google released Priority Inbox, a system that learns which messages are the most important to you and highlights them automatically over time. It's in beta right now and Google is slowly turning it on for its users. If you're tired of waiting, or if you use Apple's Mail and not Gmail, ...

Apple adds demo video to MobileMe mail

by Dave Caolo (Aug 27th, 2010)

The MobileMe web app went down for scheduled maintenance last night, and returned this morning with an overview video. In about three minutes, it points out the features of the recently-redesigned Mail web app. Those who have been using it for a while won't find anything new in the video, but it's ...

UI changes in Apple's Mail beta

by Dave Caolo (May 13th, 2010)

The surprise announcement of a beta version of Apple's browser-based MobleMe Mail has users curious about the service's future. While we await our invitations, we compared the only beta screenshot we've found to Mail's current appearance. Here's what we found, starting from the top. Toolbar ...

Apple issuing invitations for MobileMe Mail beta

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 13th, 2010)

An eagle-eyed reader spotted something new on his MobileMe account after the completed maintenance this evening -- an invitation to join a "mail beta" for MobileMe. What is this? We originally thought it could possibly be linked into the rumors that MobileMe may soon be free, but reader Beau ...

MobileMe email aliases will be supported in iPhone OS 4

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 11th, 2010)

A reader has sent us a little tip that MobileMe email aliases are now supported in iPhone OS 4. Apple describes MobileMe email aliases as "nicknames" for your account. When you join MobileMe you have a primary user name/email address, but Apple also allows you to create five "nickname" aliases ...