In this section, you learn where Mail and Address Book information is stored and find keyboard shortcuts for the Address Book and Mail.
Mail stores all your email in the location username/Library/Mail, where username is your short username. In this folder, you will find the following:
A folder for each of the accounts you have configured in Mail. Within each accounts folder are the Inbox, a Drafts folder, and support files for that account.
The Mailboxes folder that contains each mailbox you have created. If you have nested mailboxes, the inclusive mailbox appears as a folder.
Your mailing sort, signature, and other preferences files.
NOTE
The filename extension for a mailbox is .mbox. The filename extension for preference files is .plist.
Your Address Book is stored in the location username/Library/Application Support/ AddressBook/AddressBook.data, where username is your short username.
Table 12.2 shows keyboard shortcuts for the Address Book application.
Action | Keyboard Shortcut |
---|---|
Address Book Help | -? |
Edit Card | -L |
Hide Address Book | -H |
Import vCards | -O |
Merge Cards | -| |
Minimize Address Book Window | -M |
Move Between Fields on an Address Card | Tab and Shift-Tab |
New Card | -N |
New Group | Shift--N |
Next Card | -] |
Open in Separate Window | -I |
Preferences | -, |
Previous Card | -[ |
This is a Company | -\ |
View Card and Columns | -1 |
View Card Only | -2 |
View Directories | -3 |
Table 12.3 shows keyboard shortcuts for the Mail application.
Action | Keyboard Shortcut |
---|---|
Add Reply-To Header | Option--R |
Add Sender to Address Book | -Y |
Address Panel | Option--A |
Append Selected Messages | Option--I |
Apply Bcc Header | Shift--B |
Apply Rules | Option--L |
Attach File | Shift--A |
Bigger | - |
Bounce | Option--B |
Check Spelling | -; |
Copy Style | Option--C |
Decrease Quote Level | Option--' |
Delete | Delete |
Erase Deleted Messages In All Accounts | -K |
Erase Junk Mail | Option--J |
Find Messages | Option--F |
Find Next | -G |
Find Previous | -D |
Find Text | -F |
Forward | Shift--F |
Get New Mail In All Accounts | Shift--N |
Go To In | -1 |
Go To Out | -2 |
Go To Drafts | -3 |
Go To Sent | -4 |
Go To Trash | -5 |
Go To Junk | -6 |
Hide Deleted Messages | -L |
Hide/Show Mailboxes | Shift--M |
Hide/Show Status bar | Option--S |
Increase Quote Level | -' |
Jump to Selection | -J |
Message Long Headers | Shift--H |
Make Plain Text | Shift--T |
Mark As Flagged | Shift--L |
Mark As Junk Mail | Shift--J |
Mark As Unread/Mark As Read | Shift--U |
Move Again | Option--T |
New Message | -N |
New Viewer Window | Option--N |
Next Alternative | -] |
Paste as Quotation | Shift--V |
Paste With Current Style | Option-Shift--V |
Plain Text Alternative | Option--P |
Preferences | Option-, |
Previous Alternative | -[ |
Raw Source | Option--U |
Redirect | Shift--E |
Reply All | Shift--R |
Reply | -R |
Reply With iChat | Shift--I |
Save As | Shift--S |
Save As Draft | -S |
Select All Highlighted Messages | Shift--K |
Send Again | Shift--D |
Show Activity Viewer | -0 |
Show Colors | Shift--C |
Show Fonts | -T |
Show Long Headers | Shift--H |
Smaller | -- |
Spelling | -: |
Use Selection for Find | -E |