January 2012
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December 2011
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Using Dropbox with Sparrow
Sparrow 1.5 introduces Dropbox support for attachment.
Go in Sparrow’s “Preferences”
Click on the “Services” tab
Log out from CloudApp (if needed)
Click on Dropbox & enter your credentials
You’re all set
Once you have activated CloudApp in Sparrow, here are the basics of how it works:
Dragging and dropping attachments in the composer will...
October 2011
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Using CloudApp
Once you have activated CloudApp in Sparrow, here are the basics of how it works:
Dragging and dropping attachments in the composer will directly upload it with CloudApp.
Dropping an attachment to the bottom of the compose window will attach the file the classic way.
Using the Attachment button in the top-left corner will always upload files the old classic way.
Dragging and dropping...
September 2011
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WatchDefining your default account in Sparrow
Go to Preferences > Account.
Drag and drop your mail accounts to re-order them the way you want. Re-ordering accounts in Preferences re-orders them in Sparrow’s sidebar.
Placing one account on top of the list tells Sparrow this is the default one . Sparrow will always use this address by default when composing a new message.
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July 2011
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Disabling the Priority Inbox
If you want to disable the Priority Inbox in Sparrow, here is what you can do:
Go to your Gmail Web app Settings > Labels
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Untick the ‘Show in IMAP‘ corresponding to the ‘Important’ label.
Wait 5 minutes for the change to be taken into account by Sparrow and restart the app.
Priority Inbox markers should have disappeared.
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The Extended Sidebar
There are 2 ways to activate the extended sidebar in Sparrow.
You can simply drag the separtor between the message list and the sidebar to the right
or
You can do it via the Menu > Window > Extended Sidebar
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Start hidden at login
To launch Sparrow when starting up your Mac, do the following:
In Sparrow Preferences, make sure that you have ticked the ‘Start Sparrow at login’ option.
And in your System Preferences > Account > Log In Items, tick the Sparrow corresponding box as seen below:
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Keep it minimal
In Sparrow 1.2, we added a lot of new features but also made sure that hard core minimalists and shortcuts lovers could keep a streamlined Sparrow.
Here is how to keep it minimal:
Go into Sparrow Preferences and you’ll have all the option you need:
‘Hide pictures’ will allow you to hide avatars in the message list
We’ve added an option to ‘hide the selection...
March 2011
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WatchMark as Read/Unread
In Sparrow, you can mark a mail as unread by:
Right-clicking on a message and selecting ‘Mark as unread’
Use the ⇧-⌘-U shortcuts
Or simply clicking on the blue dot
Using the Conversation View
To open the Message Panel, simply press ⟶ to open and ⟵ to close it.
No need to remember long shortcut ⇧+⌘+T.
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February 2011
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WatchIn Sparrow, you can choose to attach images either inline or as a classic attachment.
Drag & dropping an image to the bottom of the compose window will add the image as a classic attachment.
Drag & dropping an image in the upper part of the window or in the text will add it as an inline attachment.
You can also use the ⇧-⌘-A .
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