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howto fix apple mail to send to bellsouth email servers

Matt — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:43:51 +0000

i just migrated over from microsoft entourage 2008 to apple mail. i never had issues sending from entourage, but in apple mail I couldn’t send. so i fiddled with the settings and i was able to determine the following.

In Entourage - i just used my username (for example “jdoe”) for connecting to the mail.bellsouth.net and it worked perfectly in entourage

not so in apple mail

In Apple Mail - i thought instead of just having “jdoe” as the user, i should try using “jdoe@bellsouth.net” and it worked!

so for some unknown reason, when connecting to bellsouth (mail.bellsouth.net), apple mail needs your complete email address.

howto migrate microsoft entourage 2008 to apple mail 3.2

Matt — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:34:29 +0000

as i stated in an earlier post. im fed up with entourage. here is how i migrated over to apple mail 3.2.

its really pretty simple…

1. open apple mail
2. click file
3. click import mailboxes
4. select microsoft entourage
5. click continue
6. apple mail will then import one folder at a time from microsoft entourage to apple mail. it will store all these folders in a mailbox called imported.
7. from there i sorted my mail folders in apple mail, basically i just dragged them out of the “imported” folder. then i rearranged them the way i wanted them, and took some time to delete some unneeded stuff.

basically the way i organized my boxes/folders in apple mail is as follows.

on my mac
– temp
– family & friends
—- sub folders for each family member / friend
– work
—- sub folders for work files
– vendors etc…
—- subfolders for all the vendors and assorted companies and websites i work with

after all that was completed i added my bellsouth acct info into apple mail.

microsoft entourage 2008 and sync service problems

Matt — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:19:16 +0000

the other night i really got fed up with entourage 2008. i have been using entourage for a long time at home and at work. what really gets me going is how much of a hog microsoft entourage sync service is. it sucks ram like a pig. i have been checking it in activity monitor and its eating well over a gig or actual ram. on top of that it never the sync service never really works all that well. there are actually a lot of things i like about entourage, but i just cant get over the sync issues and a few other beefs. so i decided to migrate over to apple mail 3.2

i hope that it goes well, i will try it at home first. i will also try and migrate at work, it it works well at home.

how to flush dns in mac osx leopard with terminal

Matt — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:57:05 +0000

we moved a server today and i was messing with the host file on my mac pro. afterwards i had to flush the dns so the new site would appear. i could not for the life of me remember the terminal command for flushing the dns. here are the steps:

1. open terminal
2. type the following command: dscacheutil -flushcache

thats it!

fujitsu snapscan s510m thoughts and review part one

Matt — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:50:54 +0000

i have to say my first couple days with the fujitsu snapscan s510m have been pretty impressive. i was worried that it might fit the bill or live up to my expectations, but so far it has been a champ! i guess before i start elaborating too much i should show off some geek pr0n - so here are some pics.

the fujitsu snapscan s510m arrives home!
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declutter your dock with quicksilver

Matt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:47:06 +0000

im a big fan of quicksilver. it’s the app i use every day of every week - all-day-long. this post isn’t about how i’m a quicksilver fanboy or anything, it’s just about how i use it to de-clutter my dock. if you are a mac user and dont know what quicksilver does check these tutorials out.

so basically i use quicksilver as a launcher throughout the day. since there is no real need for the dock then, i have removed 90% of what i used to keep on it. a year ago you would have seen a dock with easily 30-40+ icons. today i only have 8 [not counting the finder or trash icons], i will most likely scale that number down as well. Here is what my dock looks like right now.

so, here is the list of what’s there..

1. finder icon

2. firefox beta 3

3. quicksilver

4. trash-it

5. skitch [only showing because its on for the screen capture

6. dockables

7. file cabinet

8. downloads directory

9. junk drawer aka temp folder

10. servers [rdc shortcuts to the servers i work with]

11. trash

i am actually going to be looking for a way to remove the finder icon from the dock [if there is one]. for me it seems pretty useless. the finder is always on, i dont need to see the icon.

next i have firefox [beta 3], i leave this on the dock since its always open anyway. plus quicksilver crashes every once and awhile for me and, it always seems to happen when i need to launch a website. lately, i have been trying to use quicksilver to launch my browser and sites. im using beta 3 since i have had horrible luck with the last two versions of firefox.

quicksilver is always open, so this icon is always showing.

trash-it, a great little utility for the times the trash wont empty, or when i want to secure delete something. this icon is relatively new. i keep it in my dock to remind me to use it as needed. eventually i’ll ditch the icon and open with quicksilver when needed.

skitch is a great screen capture app [in beta at the moment] its only open so i can take the capture of the dock image. otherwise its closed till i need it.

dockables, these are easy to use shortcuts to things like restart, set screensaver, lock screen etc… most of these commands can be launched from quicksilver. the reason i keep it here is for the lock screen icon. for some reason i cant use quicksilver for that command anymore.

filing cabinet [stack], this is where all my files are stored. everything has its own folder and is sorter pretty well [for me at least] since everything has a folder it is easy for me to navigate through the structure with quicksilver. i leave is there in case quicksilver crashes.

downloads [stack], this is where i sort all my downloaded files. i also leave it there incase quicksilver crashes.

servers [stack], this stack contains a number of servers i connect to on a daily basis via rdc. i leave it there since its easiest for me to launch these from the dock.

lastly we have the trash icon. that is always there =)

hopefully, you see there is no need for the overstuffed dock if you use a launcher like quicksilver.

how to go paperless and declutter my life part one

Matt — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:49:21 +0000

it’s sad but true, but i am a pack-rat - and i am trying to cleanup my act. one of the things that has annoyed me is filing paperwork. our lives are inundated with paper. it seems that everywhere i turn around there is more of the stuff. our hon filing cabinet at home is packed with paperwork, as are the couple of file piles that are scattered around the home and office. in the closets, in the attic and in various drawers you will find sheets of paper, magazine clippings, recipes, receipts, bills yada-yada-yada. i even have some of my dad’s collections of paper [seriously i do] from the 40’s - 50’s in a box under one of my desks at home. this collection is from when i had to go though his stuff after he died. papers that he felt were important enough to save for 50+ years. i tossed most of the papers he saved, but these are things that i knew were rather important to him.
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quicksilver crash fix

Matt — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:58:33 +0000

this morning i was using quicksilver [one of my favorite mac apps] and it started crashing over and over upon launching. after some research i found that inside ~/library/Application Support/Quicksilver/Shelves there was a 600 mb history file for the copy/paste utility called QSPasteboardHistory.qsshelf. after deleting that file, quicksilver stopped crashing and started working much faster again.

i would suggest that if quicksilver starts acting up, try deleting this file. it will start to rebuild itself next time you copy something.

remove dot-underscore files

Matt — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:10:19 +0000

last night i had to upload some pdf’s to a website for my wife. i was on my mac, and zipped the pdf’s an ftp’d them over to the site, dropped in a link on the webpage and called it a night. well this morning the wife gets about 50+ calls emails that the files are all messed up on the website and the zip must be corrupt. well, it was those dang dot_ files that caused a panic. most of the people her company deals with don’t have a clue about macs.

well i found this little tip on lifehacker & macworld. its a neat little terminal command that joins the dot_ files with the actual files.

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1password review 1coolapp

Matt — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:31:44 +0000

tonight, i wanted to write a little about one of my super-favorite-most-awesome mac apps… 1password. this is one of those apps, that i don’t know what i would do without it. 1password is so ingrained into my daily life that its almost a digital extension of me. i cannot say enough to express just how amazing the app is. aw heck, ill try anyway.
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