Emailing is probably the activity we do the most on our computers. Even if you don't work on a computer during the day, you probably sit down in front of it to check your inbox at the end of the day. If the Mail app that comes with your Mac doesn't provide the features you need, you're in luck. There are dozens of great email apps in the Mac App Store. I've tested many of them and these are my favorites. Each one has a little something special that makes it unique.
Polymail
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Polymail for Mac has a fantastic interface with cute buttons everywhere so you don't have to think about what to do next. It actually looks like it belongs on a mobile device, except that you click the buttons instead of tapping them.
There is a fourth section that appears whenever you select an email, which displays all of the past correspondences you've had with that particular contact or group of contacts. It's great for quickly tracking down something you've talked about in the past.
You can set up new mail with a pre-made template, send calendar invites, get notifications when someone has read your email, and schedule an email to be sent at a later time.
You can also write or respond to emails with rich text formatting. So, if you want to change the font, add bold lettering, bullet point a section, or just slap an emoji in there, it's all available right from the toolbar at the top of your new email. The only thing it's missing is Touch Bar support, which would really make this app shine.
Polymail can be used for free, but you'll need to sign up for a subscription if you want all of the awesome features that make Polymail stand out, like read notifications, send later, and messaging templates. You can add these features for as low as $10 per month. If you are a heavy email user and these features entice you, give the free trial a run to see if it's worth your money.
If you want your computer email experience to look and feel more like a mobile experience, with big, easy-to-find action buttons, Polymail is the one for you.
Spark
Spark has this 'Smart Inbox' feature that separates mail into categories: Personal, Notifications, Newsletters, Pinned, and Seen. That is, any email that is from someone in your contacts or otherwise looks like a personal email will be filtered to the top of the inbox list. Below that, in a separate section, emails that look like alerts from companies you deal with, like your gas company or Amazon, that include some kind of alert or notification. Below that, you'll see a section called 'Newsletters' which is exactly that. Below that, there are emails you've flagged or tagged as important in some way. Lastly, emails you've seen, but haven't moved to another folder.
Spark also allows you to snooze an email and come back to take care of it at a later time. This is invaluable when you regularly get emails that you need to respond to but don't have time for until the end of the day. I use it all of the time.
It also has gesture-based actions for getting to inbox zero. You can swipe to the right or left to delete, archive, pin, or, mark an email as unread.
And it has Touch Bar support, which I love.
Spark is best for people that like to have their inbox organized before they go through and move emails to new folders, address them, or delete them entirely. If that sounds appealing to you, try Spark.
Kiwi for Gmail
If you have one or more Gmail accounts, you should consider switching to Kiwi. This all-in-one triumph brings the look and feel of Gmail for the web to the desktop in the form of an app. With the service's unique Focus Filtered Inbox, you can view your messages based on Date, Importance, Unread, Attachments, and Starred. In doing so, you can prioritize your emails in real-time.
Perhaps the best reason to use Kiwi for Gmail is its G Suite integration. Thanks to the app, you now get to experience Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, as windowed desktop applications. Kiwi is available for Mac and Windows.
Postbox
New on our list for 2020, Postbox has been designed for professionals, but anyone with more than one email account should continue using it. Available for Mac and Windows, Postbox works with any IMAP or POP account, including Gmail, iCloud, Office 365, and more.
Postbox offers one of the fastest email search engines available, which is ideally suited when you need to find files, images, and other attachments. With the app's built-in Quick Bar, you can move a message, copy a message, switch folders, tag a message, Gmail label a message, or switch folders with just a few keystrokes.
Looking for more? Postbox comes with 24 (counting) themes, and much more.
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Updated February 2020: Guide updated to reflect price changes and more.
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I’ve been a PC guy forever and I broke down last year and purchased an iMac. Certain things are better in OS X than they are in Windows, and certain things are…well….just plain different. As the time has come for me to upgrade hardware, I face the tough decision of sticking with my PCs and my PC laptops and all the software that goes with them — or taking the plunge and really truly switching my web development to the Mac.
Like many developers, I have a primary desktop PC and a capable laptop, and over the years I’ve developed a workflow whereby I can pretty much achieve the same tasks whether I’m in front of the desktop or the laptop. Going cold turkey and dumping my desktop and laptop for another iMac (my family has claimed the iMac I mentioned in the first sentence of this article) and a MacBook Pro — and thus removing Windows from my workflow may be too abrupt a change. So ultimately what I will probably do is grab a MacBook Pro and use that alongside my desktop PC
But in the meantime, here’s a list of the programs that I use on my PC and what the replacements will likely be on my Macs. Note that I’ve also included a few hardware things as they are important to my workflow as well. And PLEASE feel free to chime in. There are programs I will list below that I only found by recommendation from others that I truly find indispensable and work with every day (such as ClipMate).
Note that in the cases where I haven’t decided what to use as my OS X equivalent, I’ve listed my options and I’ve made the background yellow. And where I’m still searching for an application, I’ve highlighted the box in red.
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Asset | PC | Mac OS X |
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Web Development Suite * *I’m well aware that many people do not use Creative Suite and instead have other programs that replace the functionality. I am not mentioning these here because I’ve used the Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Photshop trio for so many years that even though there may be a better coding program out there, I cannot work without Fireworks or Photopshop. | Creative Suite 3+ | Creative Suite 3+ |
Office Suite – Word Processor, Spreasheet* *I only mention Word Processor and Spreadsheet because I use Powerpoint only infrequently, and I hardly ever use Outlook. I use OneNote extensively and it’s listed in its own category below, | Microsoft Office 2010 Business | – Microsoft Office 2010 Buisness (there are reports of bugs — see Amazon.com revies), -Pages (hard to get used to, butchered the headers and footers in the first and only .docx file I opened) |
Email Client | Thunderbird | Thunderbird |
FTP Client | Filezilla | |
LAMP Server | WAMP Server | MAMP Server |
Photo Browser | Picasa | -Aperture (though you could use Picasa for the Mac or even iPhoto, the advanced features that Aperture provides is worth the around ~$80 price and keeps me out of Photoshop unless I really need to be in it) |
Photo Editor | Photoshop | -Photoshop (you could use iPhoto, Aperture or Photoshop depending upon your level of experience and your acutal needs) |
Mercurial Client | Command line and TortoiseHg | |
Subversion Client | SmartSVN | |
Clipboard Mamager | ClipMate | |
Note Taking Application | OneNote | |
MySQL Database Editor | MySQL Query Browser | |
MySQL Database Query Designer | FlySpeed SQL Query | |
Multi-Monitor Management | DisplayFusion Pro |
Mac Os Email Server
Asset | PC | Mac OS X |
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Second Monitor | The PC has a littany of available “sets” of dual monitors. | While the same array of monitors are avialable for the Mac — it’s a darn shame that Apple only makes a 27″ Cinema Display and nothing smaller. I |
External Monitor/Second Monitor Adapter | Dual Head Video Card (or expensive external dual-video card solution for those without a dual-head card) | DisplayPort adapter |
Docking Station for Laptop | HP (or your brand here) docking station. | Nothing official from Apple but 3rd parties do make docks for the MacBook Pro. |
Email Application For Mac Os X
So there are my lists. Feel free to help me fill them in or make suggestions and additions.