One solution for IMAP message upload issues in Mail

I've been using Mail for a long while with POP accounts. Recently I decided to stop using POP and switch all my accounts to IMAP. I simply disabled my POP accounts (not deleted at all yet) and set up the IMAP ones. Everything worked perfectly until I decided to move important messages from my Mac to the IMAP accounts (you do ithis in the same way as if you where moving messages between different mailboxes). The problem was that moving messages wasn't reliable -- sometimes messages got uploaded, while other times they became grayed out, but nothing happened.After trying several things, including moving them one-by-one (which didn't work either), I found that rebuilding my local mailboxes seems to fix the problem -- as I write this, Mail has uploaded (moved) 350 of 870 messages without any problems.As rebuilding is a per-mailbox thing, I've had to rebuild each local mailbox. I'm guessing that this problem comes from the fact that I've been moving my mailboxes around be...

published on Wednesday, the 12. November 2008, macosxhints

Mac data recovery software adds iPod, LaCie support

Stellar Data Recovery has released Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery 3.0, with new support for LaCie hard drives and iPods. The software supports finding lost or deleted files like video, audio, photos and documents (supports 61 file types), recovers the original names and creation times, and works on HFS, HFS+, HFSX and HFS Wrapper volumes. It also offers file mask and file filter options f...

published on Friday, the 17. October 2008, macintosh-news-network

A detailed look at File Vault and data protection

There's a certain amount of spookiness that goes on regarding Apple's FileVault encryption. As everyone knows, it's very difficult to get into anything that's encrypted without the proper keys. But let's assume for a minute that you already have the key via, say, a court order for a suspect in a law enforcement action. Even with the key, however, there's still a lot of ambiguity about just how well the suspect's data (and in particular, deleted data) may be protected.I've written a brief titled FileVault Imaging: Apple's Dirty Little Secrets that explains exactly how you can mount a FileVault volume (with the key, of course) to obtain the raw disk image. I will also illustrate how deleted data can be preserved inside a FileVault, and how a free space wipe does nothing to purge deleted data from inside one. The protection offered by an encrypted volume seems to aggravate other security issues, possibly making deleted da...

published on Tuesday, the 14. October 2008, macosxhints

A fix for Google calDAV calendars nor showing up in iCal

I synchronize my iCal and Google calendars using calDAV (based on these instructions). After getting everything running, I had a calDAV calendar in my iCal which was not showing up in the sidebar. The "account" was showing up (the stuff written in grey, capital letters, with a triangle next to it) but no calendar in the account. No error message, either.The problem was that I was using non-ASCII characters in the name of the calendar (what a surprise). I changed it on the Google website, deleted the account in iCal, added it again, and voilà, now it shows as expected.Not sure if this is linked to 10.5.5 or not; I just know it was at some point working, and that I had this problem for about a week or so. Hope this helps.

published on Monday, the 29. September 2008, macosxhints

iPhone Takes Screenshots of Everything You Do

The_AV8R writes "Jonathan Zdziarski showed that every time you press the Home button on your iPhone, a screen capture is taken in order to produce a visual effect. This image is then cached and later deleted. Zdziarski says that there have been cases of law enforcement looking up sex offenders' old data and checking recovered screenshots." This revelation occurred in the midst of a webcast on iPhone forensics, demonstrating how to bypass the iPhone's password security (not trivial but doable). Video from the talk is not online yet but is promised soon over at O'Reilly.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

published on Friday, the 12. September 2008, apple-slashdot

Quick Tip of the Week: Locking Files

Everyone has done it at least once ? accidentally deleted a file. On a Mac, however, Leopard offers a numbers of ways to safeguard your documents. Using Time Machine tops the list, of course. But Mac OS X Leopard also lets you lock files or turn them into templates, actions you can accomplish with a single click. Find out how by watching the latest Quick Tip of the Week.

published on Wednesday, the 10. September 2008, apple-hot-news

Schlage unveils home locks controlled by web/mobile

Schlage today announced its new line of deadbolts, LiNK, that allow users to remotely control their home locks using an internet connection, even from mobile phones. The keyless locks use four-digit access codes that can be changed from the keypad or from a web browser. Limited access can be given to certain guests; the temporary codes are deleted after a set period of time....

published on Wednesday, the 3. September 2008, macintosh-news-network

Replace Songs in iTunes with Higher Quality Versions Keeping Stats

I had a few albums in my iTunes library that were ripped way back in the SoundJam days, before hard disk capacities were what they are today. After I upgraded my sound system, I decided to re-rip some of my favorites from the the CD into higher quality 256 kbps AAC. The problem, though, was that I had these songs in many different playlists and with high play counts and other information I didn't want to lose!Here's how to get around this problem: Rip the new CDs with the higher quality setting. Trash the files you are going to replace and empty your Trash. The files can be found by right-clicking the songs and choosing "Show in Finder". Back in iTunes, right-click on the new songs you just ripped and select Show in Finder. Keep that window open for future reference. Delete the songs you just ripped from iTunes but tell iTunes to keep the files. Try to play the old songs, the ones that you already deleted from your hard di...

published on Thursday, the 14. August 2008, macosxhints

Mail Saver 3.6.2

Apple's Mail works wonderfully to send and receive messages, but using it for long-term storage of email has undesirable consequences. Mail Saver solves this problem by moving messages into the Finder for long-term storage. It does this by linking mailboxes to Finder folders. When Mail Saver saves the contents of a mailbox, it copies its messages into its linked folder, then moves the original messages to Mail's Trash. The linked folders can be located anywhere you wish, such as with a project, an account or an interest group. Mail Saver simply copies a message without doing any file conversion, thus a saved copy of a message is simply a Mail document (.emlx) file which must be opened with Mail. These saved documents may be Replied, Redirected, Forwarded, Bounced and Printed by Mail just like any other message. (But, they cannot be Junked, Deleted or Flagged). Saved messages also retain attachments, if present. Searching saved messages in Leopard is easy, simply use Spotlight. The saved copy of a message is modified so that: • The file name is the header's subject; • The modification date is the header's Date Sent; and • The comment is the header's To: address (for sent mail) or From: address (for received mail). This allows you to easily identify messages in a List View Finder window. Mail Saver always saves the oldest messages first, so that the Finder shows the most recent messages at the top. Mail Saver uses Apple's Mail as its interface and its action is determined by the mailbox selected in Mail's frontmost Viewer. Here is a brief summary of Mail Saver's features: Linked User Mailboxes — Route messages manually or automatically, using Mail's Rules, to User mailboxes, each linked to a folder. Mail Saver moves the contents of a linked mailbox into its linked folder. The originals are not immediately erased, but are moved into the Trash mailbox. Unread messages are labeled gray and the linked folder is opened showing messages ready to read. Mail Saver Table of Contents — Gives you instant access to Mail Saver, Help, Mail-Safe, (Spot-Mail) and to your linked folders via a menu in the Dock or Script Menu. Save Selected Messages — Selected messages in the Inbox and Sent mailboxes can be saved to any location. The original message is not moved to the Trash mailbox, so you can save multiple copies to multiple locations. Mail-Safe — Creates an archive of every message sent or received by Mail. The Trash mailbox is linked to a 'Mail-Safe' folder of your choice where outdated messages are saved into year-numbered folders containing month-numbered folders containing day-numbered folders. The originals of these messages are erased from Mail. If you have a requirement to maintain an archive of your e-mail, Mail-Safe may meet your needs. Spot-Mail — (Tiger only) Spot-Mail uses Spotlight to search the content of .emlx files in the frontmost folder. (In Tiger, Spotlight cannot search these files directly.)

published on Wednesday, the 16. July 2008, scriptbuilders

.htaccess, Open Directory, and Leopard Server

I was looking to set up .htaccess on Leopard server, and as I was testing the .htpasswd file I set up for the user (myself), I tried the wrong password and it let me in! It turns out I had used my regular password that's set up through Open Directory. So I deleted the .htpasswd file, and I removed all references to it in the .htaccess file to further test. This is the resulting .htaccess file: AuthName "Server Access" AuthType Digest require valid-user Just by using the above .htaccess file, I am able to login with any user that has an Open Directory account. Nice treat, for me anyway. I'm guessing others will have to add restrictions for users they don't want to have access. [robg adds: I have no way of testing this one...]

published on Wednesday, the 2. July 2008, macosxhints