So, instead of leaving it to a robot to decide what I should see, I decided to take control of that process myself. It has the advantage of separating important email messages from unimportant ones, but the trouble is that just because a message is from someone I don’t know doesn’t mean it’s not important, which meant I had to regularly look in multiple places to see if I’d missed something potentially important. I’ve used the service for years, and it has many useful features, but when I took a hard look at it, I wasn’t using many of them. Still, a backlog of messages makes any email app harder to use no matter how good it is, so I spent some time over the holidays tidying up.įirst, I canceled my SaneBox account. It’s not my job to have a perfectly organized inbox, which is good because it can be a mess at times. I used to feel bad about it, but I don’t anymore. My email accounts get messy as the end of the year approaches because it’s our busy season at MacStories. Store emails, capture new leads/opportunities, and create tasks right from your inbox.īefore I get to the apps I’m using to manage my email day-to-day, I want to cover how I dealt with my email backlog. Supported By Dayliteĭaylite CRM App: Direct Apple Mail integration. I knew it was time to make the most of an imperfect situation by cobbling together a hybrid solution that I hope will provide readers with some pointers on how they can improve how they manage email too. However, what started as patience as I waited for Apple to modernize Mail or a third-party developer to build something better, began to feel like stubborn inflexibility on my part. I don’t abandon that approach lightly because I don’t like the mental overhead of juggling multiple apps with different features to accomplish the same task. This is a problem and conversation that goes back to the early days AppStories, and really, long before even that.Īs 2021 came to a close, I knew something had to change and that I’d have to let go of my longstanding preference of using the same app across all of my devices. The trouble is that a lot of MacStories readers could say the same thing but would pick an entirely different set of features they care about the most. ![]() Even so, the features I value in an email app are ones that I care about a lot. On one level, that’s surprising because I don’t think my email needs are unique or complex. No matter which app I picked, I was never satisfied. ![]() I’ve been revisiting my approach to email every year for what seems like forever. I know it doesn’t support iCloud and other email providers, but if you’re in Google Land, this is the way to go.Editor’s Note: Why I Abandoned the Search for the Perfect Email App and Am Making Do With a Hybrid Approach is part of the MacStories Starter Pack, a collection of ready-to-use shortcuts, apps, workflows, and more that we’ve created to help you get the most out of your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. I’ve been using Mimestream for most of its beta, for both my personal Gmail account and my work Google accounts. Mimestream is mature, reliable, ready to take on your most serious email workloads, and will continue improving. During this time, we released 220+ updates, made 2500+ improvements, added 100+ new features, and grew the company from a solo founder to a team of 5. Today’s launch culminates a public beta of over 2 years, with more than 167,000 users joining the beta. ![]() Built using the latest technologies from Apple, using Mimestream is a breath of fresh air that you’ll see and feel. ![]() Unlike other email clients that use the decades-old IMAP protocol, Mimestream uses the Gmail API for a new kind of lightning-fast experience that’s full of features. Mimestream combines the power of macOS with Gmail’s advanced features for a new kind of email client that lets you move through your email effortlessly. Neil Jhaveri, writing about my favorite email client for the Mac:
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