Saturday, June 19th, 2010
As I've mentioned, I handle hundreds of messages per day for myself and my clients. I have separated my email from bulk email effectively now, but still found my computer sluggish.
The problem seemed to be around Apple Mail. I'm new to IMAP so I decided to dig deeper. I initially thought the issue was with Rules, as I have SpamSieve and many dozens of rules to deal with bulk email (things I might want to read but don't want in my InBox).
The problems turns out to be something else altogether:
Smart Mailboxes. Every time you get new mail your Smart Mailboxes folders update their unread counts: "Updating Smart Mailbox Unread Counts" is the message you will see in Mail's Activity Monitor.
Apple Mail
Smart Mailboxes
Spiking CPU
Keep reading Apple Mail, IMAP, IDLE and Smart Mailboxes don't mix well, spike CPU
By Alec
IT |
Friday, June 18th, 2010
WordPress 3.0 is out, finally. No doubt, many good things under the hood. I particularly like that multiuser is now available. For once, the default theme is not visually embarrassing, although no doubt that will change once we've seen Twenty Ten a hundred times on splogs.
One bad thing, people's expectations that WordPress 3.0 is:
- bug free
- compatible with current plugins
No way guys. There's no way that most popular plugins are ready for 3.0. So unless you are willing to go on a severe plugin and functionality diet, just forget about WordPress 3.0 for a couple of months.
It's the same deal when Apple releases a new version of their OS (back in classic days or with OS X). You don't want 10.6.0 or 10.6.1 or even 10.6.2. Applications don't work and are incompatible. The sweet spot to move is the .4 or the .5 iteration.
Keep reading WordPress 3.0: Upgrade Considerations for Commercial Users
By Alec
WordPress |
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
After some analysis of WordPress Javascript code, we were finally able to add autosave to Foliopress WYSIWYG, our WYSIWYG editor for WordPress.
The new version number is 0.9.11, you can download it from its WordPress.org plugin page.
Full list of new features are:
- WordPress autosave support
- better WordPress MU support
- HTML entities are not processed by default - keeping your accented characters unchanged
By Martin
WordPress |
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
If like me, you are an old Eudora hand, you probably used POP reliably for decades before moving to Apple Mail and the possibility of troublefree IMAP use.
Apple Mail Setup IMAP: To Take the Leap Or Not?
You’ve probably also heard horror stories of unsynced and lost email from those who took the jump to IMAP in the 90’s. You prefer the security of local mail on POP for the following reasons:
- your mail doesn’t spend much time on the cloud so there’s less possibility of it being read unless someone is actively tracking you
- what’s on your computer is getting backed up by you so you have physical control of the data
Now however you may have a Mac Mini, a Macbook, Macbook Pro 17” portable desktop, a Windows 7 netbook, a Nokia N97 mini smartphone with keyboard, an iPhone and an iPad as well as a photo studio Hackintosh. Or five of the above at any given time.
Keep reading Apple Mail: Migrating from POP to IMAP Smoothly for Power Users
By Alec
IT |
