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Get more out of Google Notifier

Google NotifierMac OS X Tips UK has written up a list of tips to wring the most out of the menubar helper for Google services like Gmail and Google Calendar.

It shows you how to set the default number of messages displayed using the hidden Defaults Editor.

You can also set the Notifier to display only email matching a particular label in the same way.

Of course, the Defaults Editor just a fancy GUI to Notifier’s preferences file — com.google.GmailNotifier — stored in your ~/Library/Preferences folder, which you can edit directly with Proprty List Editor or any text editor.

The list also mentions Gmail+Growl , a plugin for Google Notifier that passes notification of new messages to the Growl alert system .Gmail, google, calendar, menubar, notification, not apple mail, not mail.app, email, tips

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5 Responses to “Get more out of Google Notifier”

  1. lex says:
    February 8th, 2007 at 12:13 am

    This might be a dumb question, but what are the reasons for NOT using Mail.app to manage a Gmail account? Thanks!

  2. subcorpus says:
    February 8th, 2007 at 7:24 am

    i use mail.app to pop my gmail …
    works fine …
    i repeat lex …

  3. john says:
    February 8th, 2007 at 6:47 pm

    I use Gmail and always check my mail through my browser. I don’t use the Mail.app anymore. I may again some time, but I don’t see a need for it for me right now. I don’t download mail to my hard drive.

    I also like not having the mail icon in my dock. I check my email when the notifier says I have a new message, and sometimes I check it out of habit.

    If you are someone who wants or need your mail downloaded then I could see using Mail. But, it’s easy to check and keep up with through my browser.

    BTW, I am thinking of getting my parents to use Safari to check email. Mail.app is not “mom-proof.” A browser is a little more straight-foward.

    (On my computer, I mainly use Shiira as my browser…not that that’s relavent. :P )

  4. Thomas says:
    February 14th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

    The only problem I have with the Notifier is or maybe was is that it doesn’t use an SSL connection to the server. Even when I access to write an email it goes through an unencrypted connection.

    But Gmail actually supports SSL. But only if you connect via https in the first place.

  5. carcus says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 4:54 am

    @ Thomas, I’ve written an article on how to do edit Google Notifier to use ssl:

    http://www.carcus.net/2007/04/01/making-google-notifier-secure-on-os-x

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