Disqus - Friends of SamDavis

Re: Guide: Ideal Settings for Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP Syncing

fdavis — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:06:25 -0000

I agree, Google's new advanced imap features have made this tip less relevant (I've stopped using it myself).

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-la...

Now I simply remove any IMAP prefix (before the changes described in the link this would have made a mess of folders in Mail.app) and then use Assign folders action for my Sent, Drafts, and Trash mailboxes.

Re: How to Encrypt Your USB Memory Stick in Case of Loss or Theft [Mac Tip]

fdavis — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:48:42 -0000

Good addition, however, I'm using 10.5.6 and I still see a New Image option in the toolbar.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

fdavis — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:45:50 -0000

Excellent Tip! I wasn't aware of the manual sync script. You could also add this as an alias in your local .bashrc file for quick execution, i.e.,

alias gsync='/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GoogleContactSync.framework/Versions/A/Resources/gconsync --sync com.google.ContactSync --report 1 --entitynames "com.apple.contacts.Contact,com.apple.contacts.Email Address,com.apple.contacts.IM,com.apple.contacts.Phone Number,com.apple.contacts.Street Address"'

note, that is a double quote followed by a single quote at the end there.

Cheers!

Re: Top 10 Technologies to Help Change the World

fdavis — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:44:22 -0000

we could play on the 360

Re: A List of Great Ubuntu Applications

fdavis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:51:17 -0000

I couldn't agree more! Sam you are so helpful! - mild sarcasm ...

Re: A List of Useful Ubuntu (Linux) Commands

fdavis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:47:52 -0000

thanks, glad you liked it

Re: A List of Useful Ubuntu (Linux) Commands

fdavis — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:47:36 -0000

Mostly for $$$ reasons. Don't worry, I still have a Mac at home and I will continue to do Mac oriented posts.

Re: Watch hulu.com and abc.com Videos Without Commercial Interruption

fdavis — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:15:27 -0000

you are correct, the gig was great while it lasted ...

Re: If You Don’t Know How to Use an Abacus You Can Learn Here

fdavis — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:48:11 -0000

your english is rubbish ...

Re: Guide: Ideal Settings for Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP Syncing

fdavis — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:45:43 -0000

are you sure you aren't using POP3 instead of IMAP?

Re: A List of Great Ubuntu Applications

fdavis — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:42:02 -0000

You are probably right, I just thought that some might appreciate the more 'graphical' nature of Beagle. Google Desktop definitely does a better job of search (especially within files).

Re: Guide: Ideal Settings for Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP Syncing

fdavis — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:20:48 -0000

Not yet, for your own sanity I recommend keeping Notes and Todos locally.

Re: How to Get Animated Weather Radar on Your iPhone or iPod Touch [iPhone Tip]

fdavis — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:25:56 -0000

pretty nice, thanks for the tip. I'll add my-cast to the post.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

fdavis — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:22:00 -0000

did you enable yahoo syncing and try a reboot?

if that doesn't work, trash the iSync plist file and try again ...

Re: How to Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon [Tips]

fdavis — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:02:09 -0000

Thanks! I agree.

Re: Leopard Tip - Restart Unresponsive or Misbehaving Spaces

fdavis — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:11:57 -0000

Good tip! One could also hit command + spacebar to bring up spotlight and type 'terminal' to launch Terminal.app that way as well.

Re: A List of Great Mac Freeware Applications

fdavis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:53:06 -0000

That is a very good suggestion. I'll test Butler for awhile and consider adding it to the list. Thanks!

Re: Anxiety - A Simple and Elegant To-do List Manager [Mac Freeware, Review]

fdavis — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:51:53 -0000

Thanks, I'll try to do some more reviews soon.

Re: Guide: Ideal Settings for Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP Syncing

fdavis — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:19:05 -0000

Apple Mail.app will now only show the messages contained within Gmail's Inbox (not the All Messages box). Is this what you mean? Any message you 'flag' in Apple Mail with show up as 'starred' in Gmail. Perhaps if you tell me more about your setup, I could be of more assistance ...

Re: How to Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon [Tips]

fdavis — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:09:11 -0000

Ah, that did it. Awesome! I will add that tip to the post when I get a chance.

Re: How to Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon [Tips]

fdavis — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:27:02 -0000

Jake, Are you using a Windows machine? I tried it on my Mac and it doesn't seem to work. Thanks for the tip!

Re: Hulu, Let Me Count the Ways I Love/Hate You [Review, Opinion]

fdavis — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:04:50 -0000

Well, Cleoptra 2525 does have Gina Torres (Zoe from Firefly) and Victoria Pratt (Shalimar from Mutant X), so maybe I was a bit hasty in my judgment. I'd still rather see Hulu focus on adding some classics and uploading all seasons/episodes for shows already available.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

fdavis — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:48:42 -0000

That page is the google support page for the sync ability described above. To confirm bring up the 'Address Book Help' window. Then search for google and click Show the 'Synchronizing with Google Contacts ' topic. The link to the google page is at the bottom. Note, be sure to bring up the help window then search, searching from the menubar doesn't work for this topic. Too bad the directions from the help topic omit the required tips listed above. I'm thinking 10.5.4 might remove some of these troubles.

Re: Guide: Ideal Settings for Apple Mail and Gmail IMAP Syncing

fdavis — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:02:35 -0000

With the settings above Drafts will be stored locally as you mention. You can create a /IMAP/Drafts and assign the mailbox to Drafts. After doing so Drafts will be stored on the Gmail servers.

This tip will create /IMAP/Trash and /IMAP/Sent lables in the Gmail interface and will map the 'extra' Trash and Sent folders to the default ones in the Mail.app interface.

Re: How to Enable Mac Address Book Syncing with Google’s Gmail Contacts without an iPhone or .Mac

fdavis — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:16:55 -0000

You are correct about needing the Yahoo account for iSync's 'Sync Now' to show up in the menubar. Do you perhaps have a device you could add to iSync or a .Mac account? Here is the list of iSync compatible devices,

http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/