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Mail

Quickly create new contacts from Mail and add context

18 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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Contacts, data detectors, Mail
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
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Swipe right in Mail for iPad in portrait to get to your messages, folders

08 Feb 2013
David Chartier
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gestures, iPad, Mail, portrait
When viewing Mail on your iPad in portrait, you can swipe right to show the message list. If you’re in the inbox and you swipe right again,
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Get to all your Mail drafts quickly with a shortcut

02 Jan 2013
David Chartier
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email, gestures, long press, Mail
From just about any screen in Mail, you can long-press the Compose button to view a list of drafts across all your accounts. Tap one to start
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OS X Mountain Lion shares to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr with style

12 Dec 2012
David Chartier
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Facebook, Flickr, Mac videos, Mail, Mail Contacts Calendars, OS X Mountain Lion, social media, System Preferences, Twitter, videos
If you select one or more files in the Finder, right-click, and use the Share option for a service like Flickr or Twitter, your files will
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Mail for iOS: How to get the option to archive or delete messages

16 Oct 2012
David Chartier
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archive, gestures, long press, Mail, tap-hold
If you use a Mail account that supports archiving, such as Gmail or iCloud, the archive button will replace delete in the toolbar when viewing an
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Mail on iPad is smart about picking your next message

09 Oct 2012
David Chartier
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iOS polish, iPad apps, Mail, polish
If you delete or archive a message on iPad in landscape orientation (or with the message list shown in portrait), Mail usually moves your
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Pick a default iCloud mail alias, disable others [iOS 6]

21 Sep 2012
David Chartier
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iCloud, iCloud aliases, Mail, Settings
Apple’s email service, whether it was .Mac, MobileMe, or iCloud, allows you to create aliases as different addresses that still funnel into
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Set VIPs in Mail to filter for important messages [iOS 6]

19 Sep 2012
David Chartier
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iCloud, iOS 6, Mail, VIP
Mail in iOS 6 (and Mountain Lion for Mac) features a VIP inbox to collect messages from people that you definitely don’t want to miss.
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Mail peels back the pile to find that one message

19 Sep 2012
Finer Author
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Mail, skeuomorphism
If you select a series of messages in Mail, then change your mind about one that’s not on top, the stack of messages will curl forward to
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A handful of new features and details of iOS 6 and iPhone 5

12 Sep 2012
David Chartier
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Camera+, iOS 6, Mail, Passbook, Siri
Apple announced the iPhone 5 today and updated its website. iOS 6 arrives on September 19 for all compatible devices (starting with the iPhone
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