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Comment on Entourage Must Die by Allen

Allen — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:03:35 +0000

It was the Mail Attachment Iconizer, found here: http://lokiware.info/Mail-Attachments-Iconizer.

I’m back on Entourage now, though. But take heart. Microsoft is ditching Entourage in the next version and is writing a new version of Outlook for the Mac from the ground up.

Comment on Entourage Must Die by amy

amy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:01:21 +0000

I’m an ambivalent Mac newbie after 25 years on a PC. I’m missing Outlook terribly and am struggling to make Mail work. May I ask what third-party app you use to “fix” the attachment annoyance in Mail?

Comment on “Mr. Voice” Has Passed Away by Deepvoice101

Deepvoice101 — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:55:50 +0000

This is so sad because I’m 15 and I Do a lot of voice overs for different people and this man inspired me and fellow voice overs we will miss him. Rest in Peace Don.

Comment on Entourage Must Die by Allen

Allen — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:14:44 +0000

I do like having an all-in-one solution as opposed to a mix of iCal and Apple Mail. However, I wish there was a better solution than Entourage. I scream, “I HATE ENTOURAGE” at least three times a week.

And to answer your question, I’m only still using Entourage because it’s my work machine, my company is on an Exchange server, and I have one of only a handful of Macs in the building. They can get Apple Mail working, but Address Book and iCal will not work with the Exchange server. I know Snow Leopard enabled Exchange support, but only for Exchange 2007, and my company is still on Exchange 2003.

Comment on Entourage Must Die by Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:09:29 +0000

So I’m trying to work out why Entourage must die if you’re still using it and you’ve stated that Mail is awful? You just feel bad because Entourage is actually better, but you can’t say it.

I understand, i’m using Mail still against my better judgement, because surely the Apple program is better? I am suspecting that actually Entourage IS better and a quick trip with Google has confirmed my suspicions. Think I shall change back.

(bring on the paperclip to properly attach things!!!)

Comment on Abby: Walking and Dancing! by ebrown

ebrown — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:50:39 +0000

Dude, time is flyyyyyying. She is getting so big. Hang in there “Dad” you’re doing great.

Comment on Abby: Walking and Dancing! by Grandma M

Grandma M — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:37:19 +0000

The last part with her asleep on her toy is hilarious! Poor tired baby! So exciting to see her walking. And the fancy footwork is awesome – what a little dancer she is!

Comment on Entourage Must Die by Allen

Allen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:09:19 +0000

Actually, there is a possible cure. There’s a VITAL check box that is deeply hidden in the prefs for Entourage. In Entourage, go to Preferences. Select Notifications in the left sidebar. Make sure that there is a check mark next to “Require confirmation when deleting.”

When I first stumbled across this, it was not checked. Surely that can’t be the default, right? Anyway, if it is checked, Entourage will ask you before throwing your hard work out the window. You can test it by opening a new email message, typing in some gibberish, and then hitting cmd+delete. If you get a confirmation box, you should be relatively safe.

Comment on Entourage Must Die by Peter

Peter — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:43:59 +0000

So no cure for this. How brutal Open a draft hit the delete button to edit it…and it’s gone. 10 hours of work. THanks Microsoft. I’ll get right on WIndows 7. And there weren’t no command delete synergies happening. I tested it with old drafts. It’s gone. UGHH

Comment on A Father’s Whine by Allen

Allen — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:46:32 +0000

Hey Joe! Yup, that’s where I am right now. I keep giving things up one at a time. I have this dream that one day, I’ll give something up and realize, “That’s it! That’s the perfect balance!” I doubt it’s that easy.