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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: A List of Great iPhone and iPod Touch Applications

fdavis — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:38:59 -0000

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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/

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

fdavis — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:10:20 -0000

That is certainly an issue, I'm hoping Google will in the future allow users to disable this feature in the settings.

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

fdavis — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:56:48 -0000

Did you enable Yahoo syncing as well as Google? You will need to enable Yahoo syncing or alternatively have a device (such as a phone or PDA) configured in iSync for the Sync Now option to show up. Let me know if this doesn't fix your issue. Might try a restart after step 3 if you are having trouble. I promise you it will eventually show up.

Re: A List of Great Mac Freeware Applications

fdavis — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:44:40 -0000

Thanks for the feedback. I hope you enjoyed the list. However, an individual paying $650 for Photoshop CS3 is crazy! Pixelmator does a great job for $60. Now, I will certainly agree that GIMP is no Photoshop but I think $650 for a single program is a rip off. Don't get me started about CS3 phoning home on users and how long CS3 apps take to startup on a Mac.

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

fdavis — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:48:51 -0000

Well I'm not a lawyer but I believe the usage of the semicolon (above) indicates the list that follows the semicolon is a clarification of the preceding clause. The clarification examples don't seem to prevent turn by turn directions rather preclude the device from driving the car or vehicle itself. Any lawyers present to confirm?

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

fdavis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:42:34 -0000

I think a 3rd party application could handle the turn by turn stuff. If I was working for a dedicated GPS device company I'd be polishing up my resume or downloading the iPhone SDK.

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

fdavis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:40:08 -0000

It is my understanding that a third party application could make use of the GPS without needing AT&T 3G service in the area. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this one.

Re: Hey Garmin? I'm really sorry. Not really.

fdavis — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:35:17 -0000

The iPhone is the only way I would ever own a GPS device. What? Me lost? Never. ;-)

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

fdavis — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:03:00 -0000

Everyone,
I've discovered that without a mobile phone or PDA setup in iSync you will need to enable both yahoo and google syncing in Address Book for the 'Sync Now' option to show up in the menubar. This should fix the troubles some readers were having.

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

fdavis — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:50:06 -0000

Sorry to hear you are having troubles. I can assure you that I didn't have use Syncrospector to get mine working, that certainly sounds like a lot of trouble. A couple of questions.
1) Do you have any devices setup in iSync?
2) Have you tried deleting your Gmail Contacts before the first sync? That was my method since you can always add them back via AtoG.app if the sync fails.

Keep me informed on your progress, I'm sure we can get it working without requiring a cron job.

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

fdavis — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:57:32 -0000

Thanks for the tip, I added the limitation to the list. Any other troubles?