How to Clear Up Space in Your Gmail Inbox

by Jul 14, 2011Tech2 comments

I was up to 87% full in Gmail, but there was no way I was going to search for every e-mail that had an attachment (type “has:attachment” in the search box), because I couldn’t sort by size. So I could spend hours deleting e-mails and gain only 1% back. I did search for “filename:.mov” to get rid of one kind of file that I knew was big. Even that would take forever, so I cast about for another way.

I finally found it: use Outlook to download headers only, then sort by message file size, then delete messages in Outlook, then sync up again. Would you look at me now!

image

Full instructions here.

Read More 

Review: The Innovators

Review: The Innovators

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter IsaacsonMy rating: 5 of 5 starsSomehow some writers of biography end up sounding trite, both in their relating of their subjects' stories and in the lessons they draw...

Ode to My iPad Pro

Ode to My iPad Pro

The subtitle for this blog used to be “Bible, Tech, Bible Tech.” I haven’t blogged about tech much in a long time. But I still love it. And it’s time for a break from heavy stuff. One particular piece of tech I love is my new-to-me 12.9-inch iPad Pro. I got it a few...

A Handy Guide to Catching Spam Comments

Look out for these things in your comment spam (some apply to email spam, too), and you're less likely to be fooled by it (click image to see full-size): I don't really mean that Australia is weird, though I may find out this summer that it is as I take my first trip...

How to Listen to Lots of Lectures and Sermons and YouTube Videos

How to Listen to Lots of Lectures and Sermons and YouTube Videos

Updated July 28, 2020 I see many interesting lectures and interviews on YouTube that I know I will never, ever have time for. I simply cannot sit in front of a computer and watch a video. Email beckons too hard. But I can listen to these videos on the bus, while doing...

Leave a comment.

2 Comments
  1. Mark L. Ward, Jr.

    Good tip, Dustin! I just tried that, and it’s a great approach that can either replace or complement the one I mention.