In this tutorial I’m going to show how to switch an account from POP to IMAP. And to be honest, you don’t need an iPhone to benefit from this setup. IMAP will allow you to check your email from work or some one else’s computer and have access to all of you email folders and sent emails. Also if you compose a new message on your iPhone or other computer, the new message is synced to all computers and iPhone using the IMAP account.
First disable email checking in ALL accounts so that there are no other processes happening while you set up Mail. From Apple’s Mail application menu go to ‘Mail > Preferences’ and select the Accounts tab. Go through each of your accounts and from the Advanced tab deselect “Include when automatically checking for new email”.
Next, select the plus sign at the bottom of the Accounts window to create a new account.
Enter your account description, name and email.
Enter your incoming server info. This is supplied by your email provider and is usually the same as your POP email settings.
Enter you outgoing mail server info as well.
Mail will then check the outgoing mail server before creating the account. This process can take a few minutes.
Once the account is created, deselect the automatic checking for email like we did on all the other accounts.
This step is only taken if needed. In my case, my mail server stores all mailbox folders inside of the INBOX folder. Some server are set up differently, it is best to find out from your provider. Try INBOX to start, we’ll see if that works on step 6.
Once the account is set up properly, if there are folders in your local account, Mail will show the basic Sent, Draft, Trash folder under a Globe icon. This icon is the mail account in your server. To tell Mail these folders should be considered special folders, just choose a folder, i.e. trash, and go to the top menu and select ‘Mailbox > Choose This Mailbox For’ and select it’s type. Trash should be Trash etc.
To copy emails from the POP account to the IMAP account, just create a new mailbox by clicking on the plus sign at the bottom left corner of the Message Viewer window. When prompted, choose your IMAP mail account from the location popup window and name the folder you choose to copy.
Start by noting how many emails are on the local folder you are copying then select them all and drag them to the corresponding folder in the IMAP server. In the screenshot above we are copying all the email from the selected Archives folder to the Archives folder in the All Forces IMAP server at the bottom of the list. The speed of the transfer depends on how many emails you are transferring, their file size and what upload speed your internet connection is. Open the Activity Viewer window to keep track of the progress.
Once all the emails of the folder are copied to the server, double check that they all copied by selecting the folder on the server and looking at its message count in the window name. If all emails copied, control+click the local folder and select Delete from the pull down menu. Sometimes the deleting step needs to be repeated.
Once you are done copying all folders, open the Inbox Mailbox by clicking on the triangle and move all the Inbox emails from the POP account to the Inbox of the IMAP account. Do the same step for the Drafts and Sent folders. Trash is optional. Some of you like to undelete I am sure.
Double check that there are no more local email folders with any emails in them. And that there are no emails in the local POP account Inbox, Draft or sent folders. I can not stress this enough, this step can NOT be undone. Your will loose emails if you still have them locally in your POP account. From the menu select ‘Mail > Prefereces’ and go to the Accounts tab. Select the old POP account and press the minus icon to delete his account. This deletes the POP email account.
Next, go through each of your accounts and from the Advanced tab select “Include when automatically checking for new email”. Now close the Preferences window and from the to menu select ‘Mailbox > Synchronize All Accounts’. This step will synchronize your local emails with the server. This process will take a little while the first time you do it.
Sync up your iPhone to transfer your new Mail account settings. When completed, unplug it and turn it on. From the iPhone, select the Mail application, select your email account and you will notice you now have all of your folders listed there. You might need to wait a little bit the first time as the phone synchronizes with the IMAP server. Tap on a folder to see the emails in them. Also, when reading an email in the inbox, tap the folder icon and you get the folder list where you can move the email to.
Switching from POP to IMAP is relatively painless but it does take some careful attention to avoid any email loss. I have moved accounts in as quick as half an hour ad as long as a day and a half due to lots and lots of attachments and slow upload speeds. Keep in mind, most hosting services do have a size limit for your account so keep an eye on your attachments. Mail provides a nice function under ‘Message > Remove Attachments’ where you can remove large attachments after you have copied them to another place in your computer. I have a dynamic folder called Attachments that automatically gets populated only with emails that have attachments that gives me a quick view off all my attachments. Also, keep in mind that IMAP is not as snappy as POP mail. But the slight delay, which is only noticeable when you first select a folder, is more than made up by the fact that you are always accessing your email directly whether it’s from your Mac, webmail or the iPhone. Also, iPhone shows a maximum of 50 200 emails per folder. So if you do need access to ALL of your emails, try doing sub-folders or just check your IMAP mail through a browser in the iPhone.
That’s all for now. Happy emailing…
I’ve had my iPhone for months now and, until about two weeks ago, I was secretly unhappy with how it handled my email. I discovered that the phone’s lack of spam-filtering power was annoying.
Mail always sorted my mail invisibly, and its built-in spam filter kept the junk out of my Inbox.
It has taken me a while, but I’ve discovered a solution that leverages several great pieces of technology to make Mail on the iPhone work the way it should.
The truth is that this is pretty easy. All I’ve done is send all of my personal email to a secret Gmail account that nobody knows about. Then I connect to Gmail from the phone and Gmail’s powerful server-side filters keep the junk out. The only hang-up is that when I send people mail, I want them to receive it from my personal account, not my Gmail… but there’s a fix for that, too.
Step one is to get a Gmail account. Even if you already have one, go ahead and send yourself an invitation for another one and give it a crazy log-in that nobody will ever know. Once the new account is created, tell your other email account to auto-forward all of your mail to your secret Gmail account. This means that any mail sent to your personal account will show up in your new Gmail account.
The next step is to fix things on Gmail’s end so that when you send people mail, it looks like its coming from your personal account and not your secret Gmail identity. You can do that from within the Gmail interface in your web browser. Click on the Settings link in the upper-right corner of the Gmail interface (next to your secret name) then click on the Accounts tab. The first option says “Send mail as:” and there’s a link there to add another email address. Click it.
In the resulting pop-up, add your personal account and then check it. Google will have sent you a verification email with a link in it to click to prove that you can access that account. Once you do that, head back to the Settings screen and click the link to make your new “Send As” address the default.
Whew! Once that’s finished, you can add the Gmail account to your iPhone. One caveat: DO NOT use the iPhone’s built-in Gmail account tool when you add the account. Instead, set the account up as an Other account, then click the IMAP tab and use the following values:
IMAP Account Information
Name: What you want your name to appear as when you send
Address: Your personal email address (not the secret Gmail address)
Description: Whatever you want
Incoming Mail Server
Host Name: imap.gmail.com
User Name: Your secret Gmail login (without the @gmail.com part)
Password: Duh.
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)
Host Name: smtp.gmail.com
User Name: Your secret Gmail login (without the @gmail.com part)
Password: Duh.
You can look at the Advanced settings, but you shouldn’t have to touch them unless you want to. When you’re done, you should be all set up. Now when someone sends an email to your personal account it will show up on your phone via Gmail, but when you respond it will look like your response came from your original account, not your Gmail. If you like, you can even add the account to Mail on your Mac.
Via: http://macapper.com/2008/03/06/3677/
Here’s what worked for those with a legitimately activated phone.
Make sure you have a version of iTunes other than 8.2 (you can download 8.0.2 here).
1. If you are using iTunes 8.2 you will need to downgrade to 8.0.2. This can be done by deleting the iTunes app.
2. You then need to open Activity Monitor (in the utilities folder) and quit  iTunes Helper.
3. Go to System Prefrences>Accounts>Login Items and disable iTunes helper.
4. Restart you computer
Once your computer restarts follow the steps below…
Step One
Make a folder called “Pwnage” on the desktop. In it, you will need a couple of things. PwnageTool 2.2.5, found here or here
You will also need the 2.2.1 iPhone firmware.
2.2.1 (3G): iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Restore.ipsw
When downloading the IPSW file, it is best to download it with Firefox!
Step Two
Double click to mount PwnageTool 2.2.5 then drag the PwnageTool icon into the Pwnage folder.
Then from the Pwnage folder double click to launch the PwnageTool application.
Click Ok if presented with a warning.
Step Three
Click to select Expert Mode from the top menu bar
Step Four
Click to select your iPhone. A check-mark will appear over the image of the phone.
Step Five
Click the blue arrow button to continue. You will be brought to the “Browse for IPSW” page. On my laptop, it automatically found the IPSW. If PwnageTool doesn’t automatically find the ipsw file you can click Browse for IPSW….
Click to select the found IPSW file, a checkmark will appear next to it. Then click the blue arrow button to continue.
Step Six
You will then be brought to a menu with 7 choices. Click to select General then click the blue arrow button.
The General settings allows you to decide the partition size. Click activate the phone and Disable partition wipe-out. Click the blue arrow button.
NOTE*: Deselect Activate if you have an iPhone legitimately activated on an official carrier.
NOTE*: You may need to increase the size of the root partition slightly. My first attempt failed at creating the IPSW until I increased the size to about 695 MB.
The Bootneuter settings are greyed out for the 3G iPhone. Click the blue arrow button.
The Cydia settings menu allows you to create custom packages so you do not have to manually install the necessary them later.
Click to select the Download packages tab. Then click the Refresh button to display all the available packages. Double clicking the package you want will download it and make it available in the Select Packages tab.
Checkmark the ones you want then Click the blue arrow button.
The Custom Packages Settings menu displays listed package settings for your custom IPSW. For know leave these settings as is. Click the blue arrow button to continue.
The Custom Logos Settings menu allows you to add your own images as boot logos. Click the Browse button to select your Boot logo and Recovery logo. If you would like to use the iClarified ones they can be found here: Boot Logo, Recovery Logo
Remember the rules for them: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension bellow 320×480…
Click the blue arrow button to continue.
Step Seven
You are now ready to begin the pwnage process! Click the Build button to select it then click the Blue arrow button to begin.
Step Eight
You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file. Save it to your Pwnage folder you created on your Desktop.
Your IPSW is not being built. Please allow up to 10 minutes.
You will be asked to enter your administrator password. Do this then click the OK button.
When prompted if your iPhone has been Pwned before, we clicked No. It allows for a more thorough restore.
You will be asked to turn off the device. Make sure it is connected to the USB port.
Step Nine
Be ready to follow directions now. It will ask you to hold the home button and the power button for 10 seconds. Then, you will have to release the power button and hold the home button for 10 seconds to enter DFU.
If you fail, it will show you a message. Click Yes. Unplug the iPhone from the USB. Turn it off, then turn it back on. Plug it back into the USB and turn off the iPhone when prompted.
When done correctly, Pwnage 2.2 will display a message telling your that it successfully entered DFU mode. iTunes will also pop-up.
IMPORTANT***: If you have Mac OS X 10.5.6 you may have an issue with putting your iPhone into DFU mode. The easiest option is to use a USB hub between your iPhone and the computer. Another option is to run this automator script. NOTE*: Make sure the script completes properly. If the files are not replaced properly you will lose keyboard and mouse upon reboot. Later today we will post a third alternative for enabling DFU mode on your Mac.
Step Ten
In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option button and click Restore.
Step Eleven
Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop using the dialog window that appears. Select the custom IPSW that was created (iPhone1,2_2.2.1_5H11_Custom_Restore.ipsw) and click the Open button.
Step Twelve
iTunes will now restore the firmware on your iPhone. This can also take up to 10 minutes.
If you so desire you may restore from a previous backup to keep all your settings or set your iPhone up fresh.
Step Thirteen
Once the restore is completed your iPhone will reboot and you will notice Cydia is present on the SpringBoard!
Now you have 2.2.1 Jailbroken on your iPhone. Â Next you will update to 3.0
Download a copy of the Jailbroken 3.0 software from here.
Connect iPhone to computer and open iTunes.
Select iPhone and hold option and click restore.
Choose the iPhone 3.0 software you just downloaded and wait for the magic to happen.
via iClarified
This tutorial will show you how to jailbreak your 3G iPhone by creating a custom ipsw that can automatically jailbreak, install applications, and add your own boot logos.
To learn how to use PwnageTool to unlock/jailbreak a 2G iPhone you can use the tutorial which will be: here…soon…
If you have an iPhone 3G make sure you have iTunes 8.2 installed and continue…
Step One
Make a folder called “Pwnage” on the desktop. In it, you will need a couple of things. PwnageTool 3.0, found here
You will also need the 3.0 iPhone firmware.
3.0.0 (3G): iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Restore.ipsw
When downloading the IPSW file, it is best to download it with Firefox since Safari often auto extracts it!
Step Two
Double click to mount PwnageTool 3.0 then drag the PwnageTool icon into the Pwnage folder.
Then from the Pwnage folder double click to launch the PwnageTool application.
Click Ok if presented with a warning.
Step Three
Click to select Expert Mode from the top menu bar
Step Four
Click to select your iPhone. A check-mark will appear over the image of the phone.
Step Five
Click the blue arrow button to continue. You will be brought to the “Browse for IPSW” page. On my laptop, it automatically found the IPSW. If PwnageTool doesn’t automatically find the ipsw file you can click Browse for IPSW….
Click to select the found IPSW file, a checkmark will appear next to it. Then click the blue arrow button to continue.
Step Six
You will then be brought to a menu with 7 choices. Click to select General then click the blue arrow button.
The General settings allows you to decide the partition size. Click activate the phone and Disable partition wipe-out. Click the blue arrow button.
NOTE*: Deselect Activate if you have an iPhone legitimately activated on an official carrier.
NOTE*: You may need to increase the size of the root partition slightly. My first attempt failed at creating the IPSW until I increased the size to about 695 MB.
The Bootneuter settings are greyed out for the 3G iPhone. Click the blue arrow button.
The Cydia settings menu allows you to create custom packages so you do not have to manually install the necessary them later.
Click to select the Download packages tab. Then click the Refresh button to display all the available packages. Double clicking the package you want will download it and make it available in the Select Packages tab.
Checkmark the ones you want then Click the blue arrow button.
The Custom Packages Settings menu displays listed package settings for your custom IPSW. For know leave these settings as is. Click the blue arrow button to continue.
The Custom Logos Settings menu allows you to add your own images as boot logos. Click the Browse button to select your Boot logo and Recovery logo. If you would like to use the iClarified ones they can be found here: Boot Logo, Recovery Logo
Remember the rules for them: RGB or Grayscale format with Alpha channel and dimension bellow 320×480…
Click the blue arrow button to continue.
Step Seven
You are now ready to begin the pwnage process! Click the Build button to select it then click the Blue arrow button to begin.
Step Eight
You will be asked to save your custom .ipsw file. Save it to your Pwnage folder you created on your Desktop.
Your IPSW is not being built. Please allow up to 10 minutes.
You will be asked to enter your administrator password. Do this then click the OK button.
When prompted if your iPhone has been Pwned before, we clicked No. It allows for a more thorough restore.
You will be asked to turn off the device. Make sure it is connected to the USB port.
Step Nine
Be ready to follow directions now. It will ask you to hold the home button and the power button for 10 seconds. Then, you will have to release the power button and hold the home button for 10 seconds to enter DFU.
If you fail, it will show you a message. Click Yes. Unplug the iPhone from the USB. Turn it off, then turn it back on. Plug it back into the USB and turn off the iPhone when prompted.
When done correctly, Pwnage 2.2 will display a message telling your that it successfully entered DFU mode. iTunes will also pop-up.
Step Ten
In iTunes, hold the Alt/Option key and click Restore.
Step Eleven
Navigate to the Pwnage folder on your desktop using the dialog window that appears. Select the custom IPSW that was created (iPhone1,2_3.0_7A341_Custom_Restore.ipsw) and click the Open button.
Step Twelve
iTunes will now restore the firmware on your iPhone. This can also take up to 10 minutes.
If you so desire you may restore from a previous backup to keep all your settings or set your iPhone up fresh.
Step Thirteen
Once the restore is completed your iPhone will reboot and you will notice Cydia is present on the SpringBoard!
via iClarified
Apple has released a new handsfree iPhone. Let me know what you think, personally I think it’s ingenious.
Do you run WordPress blog? If so, do you have a mobile version of your site forthose people who are viewing your site on an iPhone or PDA?
If you answered no to the last question, why not?
It’s easy to have a mobile version of your site and it will only take a couple minutes to set up! Here’s how to do it:
1. Login into your WordPress admin panel
2. Click on plugins
3. Then click add new
4. In the search window type wp-touch
5. Click wp-touch and then click install
6. It will ask you for your server settings, insert them and click install
7. If it doesn’t activate the plugin automatically, do so
8. That’s it, you’re blog now has a moblile version that looks like in the image below.
Google has put up an email about how to use the new imap feature of Gmail on the iPhone (the whole article can be read here). The video clip can be seen below:
This can also be used for your Gmail, when using Apple Mail on your home computer.
Here are the steps to use to get this to work.
1. Open Gmail and select settings, then click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. Make sure that IMAP is enabled.
2. Open Mail and click Mail/Preferences (or press Command ,).Â
3. Click on accounts and add a new account. You should see this window. Deselect automatically set up account. Use your Gmail settings including you full Gmail address. Click Continue.
4. Enter a description and the settings below (use your own full Gmail address and Gmail password). Click continue.
5. Enter the following settings again using your full Gmail address and Gmail password. Click Continue.
6. Your done. Now when you send or receive email on your Mac your Gmail account is automatically synced.
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