Developer Bloop on Monday issued a major update to its excellent OS X email client on the Mac App Store, Airmail. Available as a free upgrade for existing users, Airmail 3 brings some of the best features from its iPhone and iPad edition to the Mac.
In addition to improved handling of your VIP contacts and the ability to quickly reply to emails from a notification, Airmail 3 includes a rich set of options for customizing your menus, gestures, keyboard shortcuts and folders.
The app now integrates with your calendar, has a lot faster message rendering engine, will sync more settings via iCloud between OS X and iOS editions (rules, VIP contacts and Smart Folders) and more.
“We have taken usability and function to the next level with Airmail and bring a striking-design with support for all major email services,” said Bloop. “Switch between accounts like a breeze and quick reply to incoming messages within seconds—email has never been so easy and productive”.
A quick overview of Airmail 3 for Mac
In addition to the aforesaid new features, Airmail 3 also brings support for Gmail’s VIP and Primary inboxes, the Send Later feature available to Gmail and Exchange account holders and now includes a handy Reply To field.
In addition to a redesigned interface with revamped email threads, the polished app now recognizes recipients from previously sent messages. Also new in Airmail 3: message sorting by accounts, message forwarding in Rules, importing and exporting your rules and much more.
Lastly, new integrations in Airmail 3 for Mac include Asana and Trello services and the app now lets you search emails by the sender or recipient, subject or keyword. I highly recommend reading a detailed review over at MacStories to learn about other minutiae in Airmail 3 for Mac.
Airmail 3 highlights
Here’s what’s improved, fixed and new in Airmail 3 for Mac:
New:
- Smart Folders
- Vip
- Vip notifications
- Actions
- Send Later (Gmail and Exchange)
- Customizable Menu
- Customizable Gestures
- Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts
- Customizable Folders
- Calendar integration (apply to new permissions)
- Fuzzy Label, Move to
- Online Search
- Message Rendering Engine
- Action Space Key to scroll
- Action Unsubscribe
- Rules Export/Import
- iCloud Rules sync
- iCloud VIP sync
- iCloud Smart Folders sync
- Forward messages in Rules
- Sort Messages By Account
- Recipients detected from previously sent messages
- Integration Asana
- Integration Trello
- Gmail (Primary Inbox support)
- Redesigned threads
- Reply To Field
Improved:
- Sending with VPN (Gmail)
- Quick Reply
- Composer Attachments
- Thread rendering
- Respect Silent Notification
- Starred on threads
- GAL now support groups
- Contacts
Fixed:
- Autocorrect on Subject
- Gmail multiple Login Windows
- Sporadic Half rendering Messages
- Links messages
Airmail 3 is designed for El Capitan and features support for iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, Gmail, Google Apps, IMAP, POP3, Yahoo, AOL, Outlook.com and Live.com inboxes.
As mentioned, the update is free to existing users of the app.
Pricing and availability
Airmail 3 requires an Intel-based Mac with OS X 10.8 or later and is localized in English, Arabic, Burmese, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Airmail 3 can be purchased for $9.99 on the Mac App Store.
The universal version for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is $4.99 in the App Store.