data detectors

When viewing a message in Mail, you can hove over a name and address to reveal a little ‘Data Detector’ icon. Clicking this icon lets Read More

Like iOS 5′s support for tracking numbers, OS X Mail’s support for data detectors means that it can quickly display package tracking Read More

If you see a date like “December 7” or “11/20/2011” linked in apps like Mail or Safari, it means you can tap it to do Read More

Mail Tip: When using data detectors (introduced in 10.5 Leopard) to create iCal appointments from Mail messages, highlight some text first in Read More

In version 4, iOS’ data detectors feature can now sniff out shipping numbers for UPS and FedEx, just like phone numbers and addresses, and Read More