MAILPLANE APP REVIEW MAC

TextExpander works just fine with Postbox and so do popular Mac task management apps Things and OmniFocus. Postbox does integrate with several other apps, including Dropbox (allowing you to send links to your Dropbox files rather than the files themselves) and Evernote (you can send message content to Evernote – Mac only).

This option lets you work on important tasks without distraction, which is great if you either use your email as a task manager (again, I don’t recommend this) or if you want to focus on dealing with particular aspects of your inbox by using this view in conjunction with the Unified Inboxes/Folders and the Focus Pane features. Postbox also sports a variety of viewing options called “Smart Views”, one of which is called the To-Do View. And these to-dos are automatically background colored to be easier to find.

You can “tag” to-dos within Postbox by simply selecting a message and pressing the “S” key. You can also use a dedicated Important view within Postbox, which is great if you’re shifting from the Gmail web interface to a native app – the barrier to entry is that much lower.Īs many of you may know, I’m not a fan of using your e-mail app to manage your tasks. Since I’ve gone back to Gmail, having all of these abilities at my fingertips without having to resort to using Gmail on the web (or Mailplane, for that matter) is incredibly handy. Further support for Gmail Labels includes the ability to tag your messages simply by typing the “L” key, and messages marked by Gmail as “Important” are now recognized within the Postbox thread pane and dedicated folder view. In the Advanced/General preferences panel, you can set Postbox to use Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts and you can also create events within Google Calendar for detected dates. If you’re a big Gmail user, then Postbox has you covered. It looks a lot like the native Apple Mail.app, but has a whole lot more under the hood. The ability to have multiple e-mail accounts shift so easily from your existing mail application, whether it be Sparrow or Apple’s own Mail.app, allows you to get right into Postbox very quickly. It is perhaps the most powerful email app out there – for any platform. Sure, it isn’t nearly as minimal-looking as Sparrow was, but I wanted something that was a little bit more robust and also had a little bit more functionality to it in my search for its replacement.Īnd Postbox is more than just a little robust. Well, Postbox definitely gave me that – and a lot more.

One of the things I really wanted with my new e-mail app of choice was one with familiar surroundings. So, to give you a better idea why Postbox isn’t just right for me but also might be right for you, here’s something a little more in-depth. But I neglected to go into deeper details as to why this was the app I went with. Otherwise, the entire contents of the email will be added to the note field.Īdditionally, two links are automatically added to the note field: one that allows you to access the email from within Mailplane and a second that provides access to the email through Gmail’s standard web interface.It turns out that when I decided to search for a new e-mail app of choice, that Postbox won out. If there is any text selected, this text will automatically be added to the note field of the new OmniFocus action. A new action is created with the title of the action matching the subject of the email. You can create an OmniFocus action based on an email by invoking Mailplane’s “Save Clip” feature then choosing “OmniFocus” from the available options. For example, Mailplane integrates with the Contacts app and can be set to be your default mail application. It’s designed to give you the power and convenience of Gmail’s web-based web client while also introducing features that can only be delivered through a dedicated app. Mailplane is touted as the “best way to use Gmail on your Mac”. You’ll find additional details on the Mailplane website. Update: Mailplane is no longer selling licenses due to some restrictions that Google recently put in place.

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