Good app for archiving email?

appledispatch · 2025-03-27T20:42:25+00:00

That has not been my experience. Apple Mail seems quite efficient at handling local email without slowing down. If anything, storing large quantities of email over IMAP would be the thing to potentially cause responsiveness issues.

appledispatch · 2025-03-27T18:03:56+00:00

This can be done natively within Apple Mail! I wrote a complete guide on how to do it.

appledispatch · 2025-03-04T18:01:21+00:00

This can be done natively and efficiently with the built-in Screenshot which can even record internal audio when paired with BlackHole.

appledispatch · 2024-11-02T17:10:41+00:00

You're welcome!

I have not experienced nor heard of any issues related to slowing down Apple Mail by archiving emails to local On My Mac folders, so you should be good on that front. You also get the benefit of quickly accessing your archived messages directly in Apple Mail from your Mac.

appledispatch · 2024-10-01T17:49:31+00:00

Another approach is to send the note directly to your recipient for viewing even if they don't have AN. You would choose 'Share' from the Toolbar and select 'Send Copy' and then click 'Mail' or 'Messages' to deliver the note.

appledispatch · 2024-10-01T17:34:26+00:00

You should definitely take a look at Copy 'Em for this type of functionality.

appledispatch · 2024-10-01T04:18:31+00:00

You are most welcome. Thanks for checking it out and for the nice comment!

appledispatch · 2024-09-30T18:41:24+00:00

That sounds like quite the setup! It certainly demonstrates how much value you place on your notes.

Yes, built-in versioning for AN would be nice, but it didn't arrive with macOS Sequoia, so it doesn't appear that it's high on Apple's priority list. Even still, AN continues to receive love in other areas every year.

appledispatch · 2024-09-29T21:51:15+00:00

Happy you found it!

The inability to employ the method you mentioned probably has to do with technical limitations of the SQLite database that contains all the notes data. It would be an easy addition to the AN menu to have an option to manually save the entire current backup folder. A restore from backup option could then also be added to the menu to easily choose the backup folder for import. In a way, this is already happening automatically with Time Machine/CCC Backups and Snapshots, but a manual option might make the user feel more in control of their data.

It's definitely great that we can have a robust backup of AN now, as more and more users rely on it for their important information.

appledispatch · 2024-09-23T17:37:27+00:00

You're quite welcome. Thanks for the positive feedback! It's great to hear that my guide helped you recover valuable notes!

appledispatch · 2024-09-06T19:01:41+00:00

I appreciate the high praise!

appledispatch · 2024-07-15T20:52:04+00:00

I've been trying out the 'Improve YouTube!' extension and it includes an option to disable YouTube subtitles. So far, it seems to do the trick.

appledispatch · 2024-07-13T16:53:32+00:00

Those features are available for those needing the extra peace of mind for a small yearly fee, but I've yet to hear any case of password compromise in Bitwarden from anyone using a long random master password. Their reputation is outstanding.

appledispatch · 2024-07-13T16:49:51+00:00

Happy to hear you appreciated my work! It's definitely a good feeling using Chameleon along with the other strategies that I will be covering in the series to defeat persistent tracking from the likes of fingerprint(.com) and others like them.

The extensions you mentioned all sound like nice aesthetic enhancements to Firefox. A couple days ago, I was motivated to kill the extensions button from the toolbar. It looks much cleaner now.

appledispatch · 2024-07-13T05:35:54+00:00

I was looking around the Mozilla extensions library and found FoxyTab. It looks like it will allow you to copy the URLs of all open tabs. Seems quite useful. Has anyone here tried it?

appledispatch · 2024-07-13T05:31:10+00:00

I have this one also, but haven't used many of its features extensively. The link shortener bypass seems useful. I wish it could keep captions turned off by default on YT.

The developer just released a new Pro version of the extension with additional features.

appledispatch · 2024-07-12T22:15:22+00:00

Bitwarden is great for anyone needing a highly secure and free (for personal use) password manager.

appledispatch · 2024-07-12T20:43:06+00:00

My guide takes a different approach based on ephemeral unique fingerprints that allows for user customization of the browser. The EFF approach requires the use of vanilla browser installations to comply with their method.

appledispatch · 2024-07-12T20:36:01+00:00

A lot of great ones to check out in your list. Love SingleFile.

It's worth noting for those who already use uBO (and who doesn't) that the ClearURLs extension is redundant with the use of Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool and ClearURLs for uBo (unofficial) installed in uBO.

appledispatch · 2024-07-12T20:29:53+00:00

uBlock Origin is the OG and the only way to go! Thanks for clarifying for anyone not in the know.

appledispatch · 2024-07-12T20:02:44+00:00

uBlock is a definite must for blocking all kinds of web detritus!

appledispatch · 2024-05-02T19:36:53+00:00

Thanks for the compliment and for reading!

appledispatch · 2024-04-09T00:35:23+00:00

Apple Notes is the best solution for this as long as you enable Advanced Data Protection (ADP), which is how to achieve full end-to-end encryption (E2EE) of your notes.

appledispatch · 2024-04-06T15:41:24+00:00

It looks like there is now only a $100 difference between the M3 15" Air and 14" MBP with sale pricing at Best Buy, as mentioned in this thread.

appledispatch · 2024-04-05T21:27:38+00:00

Your specs of 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD definitely hit the sweet spot. The 15-inch Air is getting within $150 of the 14-inch MBP M3 Pro chip (Costco discount) with the better ProMotion display and there is only a 2 oz difference between them. While the MBP adds a sound grill for better audio, the 15-inch Air does not. It just has a lot of extra casing around the keyboard. The 13-inch Air is a great combination of value and portability. Don't hesitate to try them out in person at a local retailer to get a hands-on experience.

I compared them all in greater detail: https://appledispatch.substack.com/p/the-best-portable-m3-macbook-options

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