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I work online and currently use a windows pc and windows laptop and I am considering making the move over to mac. But there are a number of things I want to clarify first and am looking for some advice on what set up I should go for as well so if anyone can answer any of my questions that would be great.
1. Can mail have sub folders, for example I have a folder for my employees called Team and then within that folder I have a folder per member of staff eg one for Fred where emails from Fred are automatically filtered to and another for Sam where emails from dean are automatically filtered. I need to be able to have at least 4 layers of folders deep so a folder within a folder within a folder within a folder. Can I do that in mail?
2. Can I create an unread folder that shows all the unread email from ALL folders? This is usually what I work from. I believe I can and I believe this would be called a ‘smart folder’, I would also like to be able to have this folder be at the top of my list of folders as is the folder I use most often.
3. Can you write an email in mail and schedule it to send at a later date?
3. 1 I am not simply talking about turning off the send of Any emails as I might still want to be sending some but there may be others that I want to schedule for a later date. Please clarify if this is possible in Mac Mail?
3.2 I would also be interested to know if it is possible to schedule recurring emails, so that an email is sent on a set date each month reminding someone to do something for example (I suspect if mail cannot do this then maybe the mac automator robot app could do it using mail?)
4. Is there a limit on the number of rules / filters I can set up in mail? In outlook for example there is a limit of 300 which I pass very quickly.
5. In Mail if I have multiple email accounts (which I do) when I reply to a message will it automatically reply from the same email address?
6. I would ideally like to have all my emails in one place but be able to use them from all devices so that any email sent from any device (be that laptop, pc, iphone or ipad) goes into the same email thread. This would mean:
i. When I view my sent folder on ANY device I would see the same sent email.
ii. I would have access to ALL past emails from any device.
6.1 Currently I use thunderbird portable which is installed on a 500GB remote drive, this means I can work from any pc or laptop that I connect it to as all of my emails are stored on that device. However If I reply to an email from my iphone or ipad then the sent email is not seen in my thunderbird portable. Hence I am looking for a better solution that allows all of my devices to send and then all see what has been sent as well as see all past emails (back in time forever). It seems that when used daily either the remote drive OR Thunderbird (I don’t know which ) becomes a little unstable as now after only 6 months use it crashes and freezes on a regular basis losing any emails I am mid way through writing which wastes my time so very annoying. Hence I am looking to move away from the remote drive solution but want an improved solution.
6.2 I cannot change from my email provider spamarrest as it offers the best spam protection and I cannot afford to be without that. I have checked and Spamarrest only allows a 1GB inbox see Spam Arrest - Help and I can tell you that since I set up thunderbird portable in June 2012 I already have over 30GB worth in its folder!
6.3 Maybe some kind of online solution would be best but I don’t know what as I am not prepared to move away from spamarrest (I used to waste the first 2 hours of my day dealing with spam and I really don’t want to go back to that).
6.4. One option I was hoping for would be to be able to set mail up so that I could have all mail saved to a home server then when I view mail on ipad or iphone etc I will have access to all of my past emails. Is this an option with Mac mail? If so what setup would I need?
7. Is there a simple ‘snippet tool? By simple I mean super fast, using snippet in windows I can very quickly take a screen grab of exactly the part of the page I want to talk about and highlight or draw on it. I use this feature daily to feedback to staff as it means I can quickly show them specifically what I am seeing on a certain part of a webpage without any fuss opening another program to crop a screen shot.
8. I have heard that macs come with windows in them too so you can still run all you windows programs is that true?
8.1 Assuming that is true then will I be able to install my adobe CS4 suite straight onto it or would I need to buy a version for mac?
9. Is there a quick and easy way to make clips? Showing just part of the screen? I understand quicktime on a mac that has mountain lion allows you to make a movie of the entire screen but if I understand correctly, it does not allow you to edit it? Ideally, I would want to select the area of the screen to make a clip of first and then press record rather than create the movie and then HAVE to edit it later. This is handy for when I create training clips for example.
sorry for so many questions and thank you for reading and any help you can give.
I work online and currently use a windows pc and windows laptop and I am considering making the move over to mac. But there are a number of things I want to clarify first and am looking for some advice on what set up I should go for as well so if anyone can answer any of my questions that would be great.
1. Can mail have sub folders, for example I have a folder for my employees called Team and then within that folder I have a folder per member of staff eg one for Fred where emails from Fred are automatically filtered to and another for Sam where emails from dean are automatically filtered. I need to be able to have at least 4 layers of folders deep so a folder within a folder within a folder within a folder. Can I do that in mail?
2. Can I create an unread folder that shows all the unread email from ALL folders? This is usually what I work from. I believe I can and I believe this would be called a ‘smart folder’, I would also like to be able to have this folder be at the top of my list of folders as is the folder I use most often.
3. Can you write an email in mail and schedule it to send at a later date?
3. 1 I am not simply talking about turning off the send of Any emails as I might still want to be sending some but there may be others that I want to schedule for a later date. Please clarify if this is possible in Mac Mail?
3.2 I would also be interested to know if it is possible to schedule recurring emails, so that an email is sent on a set date each month reminding someone to do something for example (I suspect if mail cannot do this then maybe the mac automator robot app could do it using mail?)
4. Is there a limit on the number of rules / filters I can set up in mail? In outlook for example there is a limit of 300 which I pass very quickly.
5. In Mail if I have multiple email accounts (which I do) when I reply to a message will it automatically reply from the same email address?
6. I would ideally like to have all my emails in one place but be able to use them from all devices so that any email sent from any device (be that laptop, pc, iphone or ipad) goes into the same email thread. This would mean:
i. When I view my sent folder on ANY device I would see the same sent email.
ii. I would have access to ALL past emails from any device.
6.1 Currently I use thunderbird portable which is installed on a 500GB remote drive, this means I can work from any pc or laptop that I connect it to as all of my emails are stored on that device. However If I reply to an email from my iphone or ipad then the sent email is not seen in my thunderbird portable. Hence I am looking for a better solution that allows all of my devices to send and then all see what has been sent as well as see all past emails (back in time forever). It seems that when used daily either the remote drive OR Thunderbird (I don’t know which ) becomes a little unstable as now after only 6 months use it crashes and freezes on a regular basis losing any emails I am mid way through writing which wastes my time so very annoying. Hence I am looking to move away from the remote drive solution but want an improved solution.
6.2 I cannot change from my email provider spamarrest as it offers the best spam protection and I cannot afford to be without that. I have checked and Spamarrest only allows a 1GB inbox see Spam Arrest - Help and I can tell you that since I set up thunderbird portable in June 2012 I already have over 30GB worth in its folder!
6.3 Maybe some kind of online solution would be best but I don’t know what as I am not prepared to move away from spamarrest (I used to waste the first 2 hours of my day dealing with spam and I really don’t want to go back to that).
6.4. One option I was hoping for would be to be able to set mail up so that I could have all mail saved to a home server then when I view mail on ipad or iphone etc I will have access to all of my past emails. Is this an option with Mac mail? If so what setup would I need?
7. Is there a simple ‘snippet tool? By simple I mean super fast, using snippet in windows I can very quickly take a screen grab of exactly the part of the page I want to talk about and highlight or draw on it. I use this feature daily to feedback to staff as it means I can quickly show them specifically what I am seeing on a certain part of a webpage without any fuss opening another program to crop a screen shot.
8. I have heard that macs come with windows in them too so you can still run all you windows programs is that true?
8.1 Assuming that is true then will I be able to install my adobe CS4 suite straight onto it or would I need to buy a version for mac?
9. Is there a quick and easy way to make clips? Showing just part of the screen? I understand quicktime on a mac that has mountain lion allows you to make a movie of the entire screen but if I understand correctly, it does not allow you to edit it? Ideally, I would want to select the area of the screen to make a clip of first and then press record rather than create the movie and then HAVE to edit it later. This is handy for when I create training clips for example.
sorry for so many questions and thank you for reading and any help you can give.