Full IMAP support is on Mimestream’s roadmap, though it may require more work than it might seem because of Gmail’s significant architectural differences from IMAP. Of course, the downside of a Gmail-specific client is that you can’t use it with any email service other than Gmail. Typically, when I move from one Mac to another, Mimestream looks exactly as I left it on the other machine seconds ago. When I haven’t opened my MacBook Air for a while, it can take Mimestream a few seconds to sync up with the current state of Gmail, but at most, I notice a few messages shuffling into place at the top of my Inbox. With Gmail-and thus with Mimestream-a message either exists or it doesn’t there’s no checking. Mimestream communicates with Gmail via the Gmail API, not IMAP, which eliminates one of the things I dislike about IMAP clients: the process and inevitable delays in checking email. I sometimes link to those email conversations when I leave myself notes or reminders. In fact, menu commands let you open any Mimestream message in Gmail directly or copy a URL to it. If you ever think something is off in Mimestream, you can open Gmail in a Web browser to see how it compares. Mimestream is an alternative front end to everything in Gmail: messages, addresses, filters, settings, and more. Gmail All the Way Downīefore I get into the details of why I’m using Mimestream over free alternatives like the Gmail Web interface or Apple’s Mail, it’s worth saying a few words about what being a Gmail-specific client means, given that Gmail bundles the client and server aspects of email together. He makes a strong case for the subscription model, and in the end, Mimestream can thrive only if it’s financially successful. I asked Neil Jhaveri about the subscription approach, and he said that there was no alternative, given issues with the Gmail API and the need to keep up with Apple’s frequent changes to the Swift and SwiftUI technologies underpinning Mimestream. Some will be perturbed that Mimestream is not free and has no one-time purchase option, but real software costs real money, particularly when it doesn’t monetize your eyeballs or personal information. Mimestream relies on subscriptions, charging $49.99 per year with a 40% first-year discount for those who subscribe before 9 June 2023, dropping the price to $29.99. For Mac users who rely on Gmail, I believe it’s the best email experience available today. Mimestream has finally emerged from beta, with version 1.0 now available for download and promoting ten new features (plus a discount) to encourage both its 167,000 beta testers and newcomers to become paying customers. At first, he was the only person working on Mimestream, but as he got closer to completing his checklist of core features, he brought on additional people, building a team of five. Even though I’ve used it as my daily driver, I also submitted 46 bug reports and have had numerous discussions with developer Neil Jhaveri about interface intricacies and email oddities. In some ways, it’s hard to remember that Mimestream has been in beta all this time, given how much time I’ve spent in it since switching to it in November 2020.īut beta was the correct designation for Mimestream. We’ve been writing about its betas for years, starting with Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s “ Mimestream Brings Gmail Features to a Mac Email App” (25 September 2020) and continuing through numerous Watchlist updates. The Gmail-specific email app Mimestream is what I want to tell you about today. I noted there that Arc had become the default dashboard for much of what I do, so much so that I had moved my email to my secondary screen. Most recently, I went in-depth on the beta Web browser Arc because, well, the title of my article says it all: “ Arc Will Change the Way You Work on the Web” (). I regularly use beta software but seldom write about it in TidBITS unless it is sufficiently stable, feature-complete, and interesting. #1681: Take Control Books 20th anniversary, USB-C Apple Pencil, Kini motion detector monitors access, topical social spaces.#1682: Apple’s “Scary Fast” announcement, X.1 updates to 2023 OS versions, Microsoft Word’s 40th anniversary, 5G wireless Internet.#1683: New M3 chips in updated MacBook Pros and iMac, record Apple Q4 profits on lower revenues, no more 27-inch iMacs.#1684: OS bug fix releases, Finder tag poll results, Messages identity verification, blocking spambots, which Apple services do you use?.#1685: Hidden secrets of the Fn key, Emergency SOS via satellite free access extended, RCS support in Messages, Rogue Amoeba icon evolution.
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