Streetmaps UK is an Address Book plug in that maps UK address using the maps provided by www.streetmap.co.uk which are clearer than the MapQuest maps used in Address Book by default.

They are also pleasingly nostalgic to anyone who has used the London A to Z street directory:

The new version released today is a universal binary and offers several minor bugfixes.

Streetmaps UK is freeware and is available from the developer’s web site .

The developer also makes a plugin using Google Maps for UK addresses. You can see a comparison of the maps in the two plugins in an earlier Hawk Wings post.address book, addresses, maps, plugins, streetmaps UK, Google maps

GoogleFill is a plugin for Address Book that allows you to search Google for addresses that match any phone number in your Address Book.

For example, your mobile / cell phone offers the option to add the phone numbers of callers to your phone’s address book. The next time you sync your phone and Mac OS X Address Book, the number shows up in without any other information.

If you have this plugin installed, you can then right click on the number and select “Autofill from Google for”:

It then heads off to search Google. Wen it finds a match, if offers a confirmation dialog:

An updated version (1.1) released today is smarter about matching the phone numbers and is also a universal binary.

GoogleFill is freeware and is available from the developer’s web site .address book, contacts, phone numbers, addresses, Google, autofill, universal

Greg Neagle has posted an interesting account of his trials and tribulations in getting Mail.app to work with LDAP servers in his corporate environment.

He also describes some reasons why Mail.app is so much better than Entourage when it comes to enterprise environments.entourage, mail.app, apple mail, LDAP, addresses, address book

Snail Mail is a stand-alone app that addresses and prints envelopes based on the information in your Address Book.

It can print single envelopes or an envelope for every member of an Address Book Group. You also select multiple cards for printing on the fly.

Snail Mail can also print USPS or Australia Post barcodes on its envelopes. Finally, it trumps Address Book in its ability to print address lists.

The envelopes themselves look very good indeed:

You can see why Macworld gave it a four mouse rating.

The app is available from the developer’s web site. Unbelievably, it is free (actually it’s “UNDER”-Ware (“User Now Defines Entity Rights”) but you can read about that in the readme file.)address book, envelopes, usps, Australia post, addresses, productivity, snailmail