Max OS X to the Max: Email Away

In this section, you learn where Mail and Address Book information is stored and find keyboard shortcuts for the Address Book and Mail.

Understanding Where Your Mail and Address Book Information Is Stored

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.

Using Address Book Keyboard Shortcuts

Table 12.2 shows keyboard shortcuts for the Address Book application.

Table 12.2. Keyboard Shortcuts for the Address Book
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

Using Mail Keyboard Shortcuts

Table 12.3 shows keyboard shortcuts for the Mail application.

Table 12.3. Keyboard Shortcuts for Mail
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