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Re: A List of iPhone Apps That I’m Enjoying This Week (June 19, 2009) [Review, List]

Franklin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:18:56 -0000

True, I have heard that TigerWoods is very good and probably worth $6 but I guess I'm just cheap. Now, $3.99 and I'm in. ;)

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

Franklin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:09:53 -0000

thanks for the tip! i'll give it a try and report back.

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

Franklin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:25:12 -0000

YES, gmail will give you the option to send mail from those other addresses. In fact I believe the default is that when replying gmail will use the address that the email was sent to as the 'from' address. make sense? Personally, I'd be afraid of making a mistake and sending an email from the wrong address but that decision is up to you I suppose. Let me know how it works for you ...

Re: A Few Tricks for Getting the Most from the Safari (3) Web Browser [Mac Tip]

Franklin — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:27:39 -0000

the easiest way is to press cmd-t in the new safari window. this creates two tabs in the new window. now you can drag the desired tab between the safari windows. then simply close the safari window containing only the empty tab.

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

Franklin — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:18:40 -0000

did you follow the above directions?

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

Franklin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:15:48 -0000

you are correct - see changes above.

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

Franklin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:15:19 -0000

Everyone,

I've updated this post significantly so beware that previous comments may no longer apply!

Cheers,

Franklin

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

Franklin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:08:09 -0000

you'll need to alter the "com.apple.iPod.plist" file as described above to see the sync with google option ...

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

Franklin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:25:23 -0000

good suggestion - in fact I used to use that method myself. however, there are two problems with it:
1) isn't really syncing, rather one way update
2) kills all authorization for gtalk - this one is the real annoyance since you'll have to reauthorize all your chat friends each time you update your contacts via AtoG

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

Franklin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:06:25 -0000

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

http://gmailblog.blogspot.c...

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]

Franklin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:48:42 -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

Franklin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:45:50 -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

Franklin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:44:22 -0000

we could play on the 360

Re: A List of Great Ubuntu Applications

Franklin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:51:17 -0000

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

Re: A List of Useful Ubuntu (Linux) Commands

Franklin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:47:52 -0000

thanks, glad you liked it

Re: A List of Useful Ubuntu (Linux) Commands

Franklin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:47:36 -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

Franklin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:15:27 -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

Franklin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:48:11 -0000

your english is rubbish ...

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

Franklin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:45:43 -0000

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

Re: A List of Great Ubuntu Applications

Franklin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:42:02 -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

Franklin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:20:48 -0000

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

Re: A List of Great iPhone and iPod Touch Applications

Franklin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:38:59 -0000

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

Franklin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:25:56 -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

Franklin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:22:00 -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]

Franklin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:02:09 -0000

Thanks! I agree.