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One Piece To Go

February 23, 2009 in Apple, Phone Posts by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

Google has added another smart feature to their lineup: tasks. That’s not actually news (it’s been available fir at least a couple of weeks), but I just added a tasks icon to the home screen on the iPhone. It’s now possible to keep my todo list synched with Google from the iPhone. That means Google has covered three of the four necessities with iPhone sync: contacts, calendars and tasks.

That leaves just one piece missing: push GMail. Rumor had it that this will be available soon, via the same ActiveSync tools already in use for contact and calendar sync. Push mail is another piece I’ve missed from the Blackberry. I did set up my GMail account to forward to Yahoo, which does have true push mail. It was tough to keep folders in sync, though, and to remember to change the return address in replies to the GMail account.

So, though I didn’t really realize that I missed it, push mail from Google will be a welcome addition to the iPhone.

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Make iPhone, Apple Mail, and GMail POP work together

March 26, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Max OSX Hints.)

I was really sick of POP GMail and the iPhone not just working. I found several types of hints online, and none would really work for my situation. I use POP on GMail so that I can get mail on my Mac and leave a copy on GMail’s server for archive and search purposes, which I do endlessly. The subtle implication here is that I have about 2,500 messsages in there.

So I set up the iPhone and was all excited when it just took my accounts from iTunes and set them up. But I noticed one thing: even if I had Recent on, for some reason, my Mac and my iPhone would race to download a message and if one got it, sometimes the other did, and sometimes it didn’t. I confirmed this to happen to other people via many furious and frazzled searches waaaay past my bedtime.

Another thing I found was that I’m not a super great typer on the iPhone yet, and there were some messages I’d want to read on the iPhone but respond to on my Mac. In short, for a lot of reasons, it wouldn’t…

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How to Become a Gmail Jedi Master

January 2, 2008 in Technology by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Ask The PC Guide.)

Learn to master Gmail through the use of labels, filters, keyboard shortcuts, vacation autoresponders, and the new IMAP support.One of the most useful features in Gmail is its powerful search feature. They have incorporated the ease and functionality of Google search into Gmail, allowing you yo search for specific emails based on the Sender, subject line, date, or the actual content of the email. However, Gmail has gone one step further with what they call filters and labels.Creating Labels in Gmail

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Email Apps: Bookmark Your Email with Gmail or Mail.app

December 19, 2007 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Lifehacker.)

Apple guy John Gruber uncovers an undocumented feature in Leopard: the ability to link any Mail.app email message from any other Mac application using the message: link protocol. This feature is perfect for referencing a message in a to-do, or in your notes, and it’s available in the new version of Gmail, too. When you open any message in the new Gmail, its unique URL shows up in the address bar. Just copy and paste it to any document or other webapp and you’ve got a permalink to an email for quick reference later.

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