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Merging Multiple Mailboxes on Mac Mail (MMMoMM)

Colin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:58:03 +0000

If you are an Apple lover like myself, it was hard to resist buying a subscription to MobileMe for its array of features. The whole time, I had an account with gmail that most everyone knew was my address. It became cumbersome to have to check both accounts throughout the day to receive mail from each account. I then found out there is a way to merge both of the mail accounts into one on the mail feature on the Mac.
This is a quick and very easy process. First open up mail located in the icon tray at the bottom of the screen.

Next from the top tool bar in the upper left hand corner click on Mail–>Preferences (or command , ). This will open the system preferences click on Mail in the top icon bar. See below:

Next, Click on the “+” at the bottom of the window:

Fill in your email name and password:

Mail will then add your account to the left hand side of the Preferences window. Be sure to name the account correctly within the Preferences window so you are able to distinguish how the accounts appear:

Mail will automatically add all of your folders from each account. I found this to be very convenient as now you can have your work and personal mail accounts all in one place.
If you use a different client let me know which one, I would love to know which ones are most popular!

Colin

iPhone and iPod touch OS 3.1.3 released

Colin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:30:53 +0000

It seems that Apple has pushed out the iPhone OS 3.1.3 update. This update has a few behind the scenes performance related updates, aimed at 3GS battery life and 3rd party vendor apps. Third party apps were not launching and working intermittently from reports, and Apple has addressed that with this release.

To update your iPhone plug it in, and start iTunes (you know the drill). Click the “Check for updates” button and the upgrade will run. Its always a good idea to back up your phone in iTunes before upgrading.

Let me know if you notice something else in the comments.

Colin

Bookmark an iPhone Icon for your Web Page

Colin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:50:16 +0000

When saving a bookmark on the iPhone it sometimes saves it as cool icon or as a snapshot of the web page. Here I will list a few web sites that offer to help make your web page icon into an actual icon to match the iPhone icon standard.

1.You first want to have an icon designed and saved to your sites root folder and visit Quirco. This is where you can upload your icon that you designed and click make icon, don’t forget to make sure that the “Make Glossy” check box is checked.
Once you upload and click the button to make the icon it will display a set of icons with different color back grounds.

2. Save this icon to your web sites root folder as it will be used on the iPhone or iPod Touch.
3. Next, within the “head” element of your web page add this code:

This is the code that will be executed when you save the web page on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
4. Visit the page on your device and save the web page as a bookmark to your home screen.

If you have any questions please send me an email or comment below. Try to save this blog on your iPhone and view the icon!

Colin

Apple Announcement Set for January 27

Colin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:12:46 +0000

The Apple event that has had rumors flying around the net have finally been confirmed. From what I have read it is on, and is going to be a major event.
At this event Apple is supposed to be all about the web and they are set to announce a new product to their line-up.
Apple has been tight lipped about the product to be released, and even the event as a whole. In true “Apple” fashion they usually play up these events very well.
More to come on this as details emerge…