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Autofill is handy with Mail, but what if Mail keeps putting your buddy's old email address that he doesn't use anymore?  Instead of scrolling down to the right one, it may be time for some simple housekeeping. To clean out old addresses from Mail's autofill do this: Click Window>Previous Recipients.  Then look through the list and delete what you don't need.  If you delete an address that is in your Address Book, no worries, it just removes it from Mail's Previous Recipient list, not Address Book.  Whew!

In a previous post , I discussed the frustration my wife had trying to print address labels with her Mac. She tried using Address Book , Pages and just about anything else she could think of to no avail. Avery DesignPro for Mac was the answer! Here we will explore the basics of the application to help get you started. For full information, see the documentation that is supplied in the help files. The Application As can be seen from the screen shot, there are several options available to you at start-up. At the top are options for different kinds of labels. (Address, shipping, DVD/CD, etc..) You can choose a prepared template or make your own. Search to find the Avery label stock that you have. If you want to print a full page of labels with the same address (for example, your return address) be sure to select All Same On. (See above) It may be easier just to type in by hand for single addresses. When you are ready, print the labels and save your work for next time! If ...

Welcome to this 3rd installment of the Mac Productivity Series. Mail for Mac OS X Mail is a very robust e-mail client. Mail integrates with your Address Book, iChat, iCal, and even Finder smoothly and seamlessly. Some Major features: Smart Mailboxes - These dynamic folders can be configured just about anyway you like. For example, suppose you want to keep track of all email you get from Aunt Dora, but only what she has sent in the past 30 days that you have not yet responded to. Set up a smart mailbox like so: (Picture Smart Mailbox) Now all mail from dear ol' Auntie Dora that you have not had time to reply to is conveniently located in it's own mailbox. This will change automatically as the messages change. Any new messages your dear aunt in your inbox will also show up in this folder. If you reply, that message will no longer be there. If the message is more than 30 days ago, it will disappear from this folder. (The messages will still be in your inbox or where eve...

Address Book. Most Windows users are used to using something like Windows Address Book or Outlook to keep track of contacts. For Mac users, Address Book does this and a whole lot more! Who do you know? Address Book is designed to keep your contacts organized YOUR way. Your business contacts. Your family. Your friends. Keeping them together is a snap with Address Book for Mac. So many people today have several phone numbers, E-mail addresses and even physical addresses. (ie: Home, Work) Address Book allows you to record almost anything about people that you know. You can enter addresses, phone numbers, anniversary dates, E-mail addresses and even the dog's name if you want! Looking at the picture here, you can see that you can add anything you wish to remember about a contact. (All of this is searchable, by the way, in Address Book) You can also import contacts . Using the vCard format or even text formats you can import contacts. Simply click File>Import and you will ...

Mac OS X Productivity Apple has packed so many features into OS X Leopard that, for many, learning each one and becoming proficient at its use seems an impossible task! Over the course of the next few days, I will present a series of "how-to" posts featuring five Mac OS X Applications that really aid in productivity. They are: Spotlight - if it's in your Mac, you'll find it here! Address Book - People, people, people! Mail - From keeping in touch to keeping it together! iCal - Where am I supposed to be today? Quicklook - See what is in that file now! What you'll learn Each article will feature real-life usage and ideas that are practical. You will learn through screenshots, text and video tutorials how each of these applications can help you organize your work and your life. Of course, we'll try to have fun at the same time! After all, that's why you bought your Mac, right? Stay tuned...

Oh, boy.  Was my wife frustrated.  She wanted to simply print a sheet of address labels with her Mac.  No templates anywhere it seemed. So I went on a quest. Here is what she wanted to do: Simply print an entire sheet of labels using the same address. Should be a piece of cake, right? WRONG!  Address book does have many templates for printing labels, true, but only one at a time. A good label printing template should do the following: (IMHO) Print any number of different address labels any number of copies. Have the ability to "skip" over used labels so the labels left from previous jobs are not wasted. Be relatively easy to use. In my search for an answer, I came across this blog entry on Tech-Recipes.com that seemed to be the answer. But on further investigation it was a dead end. Why, then, does Address Book leave this feature out.  Ask Mr. Jobs I guess.  There is nothing at all on the Apple forums about the subject that I could find.  Although many were asking! So, what ...