Comments for Hawk Wings http://www.hawkwings.net Tips and add-ons to make Apple Mail / Mail.app even better Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on A faster way to speed up Mail.app by Wm. Cerniuk http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/#comment-328215 Wm. Cerniuk Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:24:25 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/#comment-328215 With so many successful uses and therefor problems, this seems to be an endemic problem with the design of Mail.app and sqlite. I have to run this about once a week to keep mail.app running. I had a Fiat X-1/9 (Italian mid engine sports car) in college. Every week I had to open the hood and putz around with the rotor and coil, adjust timing, etc. I eventually got rid of that piece of junk and got a real car. Apple needs to fix this. This Mail.app problem not a changing oil issue ... this is broken down on the road side, get your took kit out, missed the meeting/interview/flight issue. With so many successful uses and therefor problems, this seems to be an endemic problem with the design of Mail.app and sqlite.

I have to run this about once a week to keep mail.app running.

I had a Fiat X-1/9 (Italian mid engine sports car) in college. Every week I had to open the hood and putz around with the rotor and coil, adjust timing, etc. I eventually got rid of that piece of junk and got a real car.

Apple needs to fix this. This Mail.app problem not a changing oil issue … this is broken down on the road side, get your took kit out, missed the meeting/interview/flight issue.

]]> Comment on Lock up Leopard Mail in three easy steps by Brian http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/16/lock-up-leopard-mail-in-three-easy-steps/#comment-328176 Brian Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:51:20 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/16/lock-up-leopard-mail-in-three-easy-steps/#comment-328176 Wow, I've been plagued by that problem with both dropping the attachment on the icon and when I select the attachment file with Quicksilver and tell it to compose an email. Spinning Beachball of Death each time. ugh! And I just happen to have plain txt with signatures. I really hope Apple / Mac support fix this problem. Wow, I’ve been plagued by that problem with both dropping the attachment on the icon and when I select the attachment file with Quicksilver and tell it to compose an email. Spinning Beachball of Death each time. ugh!

And I just happen to have plain txt with signatures.

I really hope Apple / Mac support fix this problem.

]]> Comment on A faster way to speed up Mail.app by Misha http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/#comment-328174 Misha Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:39:58 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/#comment-328174 Zowie, wowie. I'm not a computer internalist, yet a heavy user just the same. This was fast simple and it worked. You never get all of those at once - how great. Thanks a lot. Zowie, wowie.
I’m not a computer internalist, yet a heavy user just the same. This was fast simple and it worked. You never get all of those at once - how great.
Thanks a lot.

]]> Comment on Fix for Leopard Mail’s broken new mail alert by fogarty http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/09/fix-for-leopard-mails-broken-new-mail-alert/#comment-328166 fogarty Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/09/fix-for-leopard-mails-broken-new-mail-alert/#comment-328166 Re Hans Taktmann: I have tried deleting the file that you mention several times, and I have not had any success. Still no new mail sound. Re Hans Taktmann: I have tried deleting the file that you mention several times, and I have not had any success. Still no new mail sound.

]]> Comment on Fix for Leopard Mail’s broken new mail alert by Alan http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/09/fix-for-leopard-mails-broken-new-mail-alert/#comment-328165 Alan Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:14:07 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/09/fix-for-leopard-mails-broken-new-mail-alert/#comment-328165 Thanks so much. I had been looking for a solution for a long time but gave up. Then I decided today after updating to 10.5.4 to see if it was fixed. Nope, so I did a google search......and here I was directed. And to all the others who say that theirs works fine, great, however for many of us it is broke. It is broke on 2 of my MacBook Pros. 1 of which I bought with Leopard on it. The other I upgraded from Tiger and that is when it broke. Apple should have fixed it a while ago. Thanks again!!! Thanks so much. I had been looking for a solution for a long time but gave up. Then I decided today after updating to 10.5.4 to see if it was fixed. Nope, so I did a google search……and here I was directed.

And to all the others who say that theirs works fine, great, however for many of us it is broke. It is broke on 2 of my MacBook Pros. 1 of which I bought with Leopard on it. The other I upgraded from Tiger and that is when it broke. Apple should have fixed it a while ago.

Thanks again!!!

]]> Comment on Set Gmail as default email app in Firefox 3.0 by David Brake http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/24/set-gmail-as-default-email-app-with-firefox-30/#comment-328126 David Brake Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:40:46 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/24/set-gmail-as-default-email-app-with-firefox-30/#comment-328126 The javascript.com issue is because there's an http:// in front of the URL that shouldn't be there I think (and I imagine the smart quotes don't help either). That said it didn't work for me on my PC either even without smart quotes. The javascript.com issue is because there’s an http:// in front of the URL that shouldn’t be there I think (and I imagine the smart quotes don’t help either). That said it didn’t work for me on my PC either even without smart quotes.

]]> Comment on Syncman 1.1: Address Book-Gmail sync app gets new features by alessio http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/21/syncman-11-address-book-gmail-sync-app-gets-new-features/#comment-328120 alessio Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:37:09 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2008/06/21/syncman-11-address-book-gmail-sync-app-gets-new-features/#comment-328120 I can confirm that the Gmail syncing is spawned by iSync alone, you don't really need an iPod/iPhone. It's true that the tools listed above do much more than the simple syncing. I can confirm that the Gmail syncing is spawned by iSync alone, you don’t really need an iPod/iPhone. It’s true that the tools listed above do much more than the simple syncing.

]]> Comment on TapDex 3.0: Universal, function-keyed by Paul http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/04/06/tapdex-30-universal-function-keyed/#comment-328114 Paul Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:50 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/04/06/tapdex-30-universal-function-keyed/#comment-328114 PopBuddyPop doesn't. And it won't Quit. And it wants ten dollars. Plus, it doesn't do what Tapdex' free version does: function. So. Hey, QS is just too much for the most of us, simple folk ;-) PopBuddyPop doesn’t.
And it won’t Quit.
And it wants ten dollars.
Plus, it doesn’t do what Tapdex’ free version does: function.
So.

Hey, QS is just too much for the most of us, simple folk ;-)

]]> Comment on Using TextMate to edit emails in Mail.app by VOIP News » Blog Archive » Crux immissa - edit External http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/04/26/using-textmate-as-editor-in-mailapp/#comment-328112 VOIP News » Blog Archive » Crux immissa - edit External Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:35:31 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2006/04/26/using-textmate-as-editor-in-mailapp/#comment-328112 [...] Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Using TextMate to edit emails in Mail.app The text editor TextMate comes bundled with an “Edit in TextMate” input manager which allows you to call Textmate as an external editor in Cocoa apps. [...] [...] Hawk Wings » Blog Archive » Using TextMate to edit emails in Mail.app The text editor TextMate comes bundled with an “Edit in TextMate” input manager which allows you to call Textmate as an external editor in Cocoa apps. [...]

]]> Comment on A faster way to speed up Mail.app by Bill McGonigle http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/#comment-328111 Bill McGonigle Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:13:41 +0000 http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/03/01/a-faster-way-to-speed-up-mailapp/#comment-328111 Wow, not much size reduction for me (296 to 283MB) but the 'system load' on my machine is dramatically reduced. Before, when AppleMail was very busy it would take 90% of both CPU's or more in System time. Now it's barely registering. Additionally, this made my disk thrash wildly (what's with OSX not caching this? I have 4GB of RAM) for hours on end. I believe this single tip will extend my hard drive life more than anything else I'll ever do, short of dropping AppleMail. Kudos, sir. Wow, not much size reduction for me (296 to 283MB) but the ’system load’ on my machine is dramatically reduced. Before, when AppleMail was very busy it would take 90% of both CPU’s or more in System time. Now it’s barely registering. Additionally, this made my disk thrash wildly (what’s with OSX not caching this? I have 4GB of RAM) for hours on end. I believe this single tip will extend my hard drive life more than anything else I’ll ever do, short of dropping AppleMail. Kudos, sir.

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