Perfect. .mac family pack now purchased.
Find 4 friends, save $75 on the first year of MobileME. Sounds good.
Were you able to get your desired screen name?
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Were you able to get your desired screen name?
I'm not sure yet. I know I won't be able to get "jbaker" due to existing .mac users getting first priority. I won't be able to set it up until I get the DVD in the mail in 3-5 days. I believe periods are accepted characters, so I'm sure I'll be able to work out something that's not too bad.
Perfect. .mac family pack now purchased.
Find 4 friends, save $75 on the first year of MobileME. Sounds good.
Remember that only the main account holder gets all the services -- sync, backup, idisk, etc., while the other "family members" get an email account and mot much else.
Well, go to mac.com and sign up for a trial. If you can get jbaker@mac.com for the trial, sign up for it ASAP. Once you register on the trial, it's your username forever, wether you renew or not.
Seriously...?
Well that was a waste of an extra $20...
I figured that it would just be a shared 20 GB, but we'd all have the sync ability.
Hopefully they'll offer a discounted upgrade plan for those accounts that won't get sync and backup. I'll have to talk it over with a rep when it's closer to launch and more info is known I guess.
Sorry, but I think that you'll be out of luck with a discount. It can be rather difficult to discount free stuff. But I'd gladly let them pay me to upgrade. With the family pack, you get more iDisk space, so it wasn't a total waste. That's just if you're planning on using it for personal use. If not, I'd see if I could cancel that order. If not, you could always sell it on the macrumors marketplace.
I had already registered for a trial previously using a username that I definitely don't want to use in the future. Whenever I go to mac.com, that name shows up in the username field, and I don't see an option to sign up for a trial. Any help?
What I meant about the "discount" was, rather than each of the sub-accounts I set-up having to pay $99, they could get $10 or something off because I have in a way already paid for those accounts. I doubt it'd happen, but it's worth giving it a shot to save a couple bucks.
Did you by chance register your computer when you first got it with the .mac trial? If so, there's an easy fix to rid the account from your computer.
Oh. Well, you should probably know that the terms of the EULA require all five users to reside at the same location.
I hope your not talking about the Intellisync Application for the Sidekick, sorry but that type of integration can't be compared with Apple's MobileME service.
Ah, well it's too late to cancel my order, so I guess I'll just send it back, eat the shipping cost, and buy the $70 single user account.
Guess my scheme failed. Live and learn I guess.
Guess my scheme failed. Live and learn I guess.
i hadnt thought of this...if you cant sync up gmail/other personal accounts...then .me loses almost all of its appeal to me.
i have .mac now but dont use the email address at all.
i imagine a lot of people will want to use their existing addresses and not .mac or .me addresses...
edit: when i watched the guided tour, i pictured being able to 'set up' the website the same way Mail or Entourage is setup...then you can have whatever email accounts you want in there. is that not how this is going to work?
Ah, well it's too late to cancel my order, so I guess I'll just send it back, eat the shipping cost, and buy the $70 single user account.
Guess my scheme failed. Live and learn I guess.
There used to be a program by which you could convert .mac family plan members to their own accounts, not sure if it still works that way, or if that is what you are looking for. I did that with my daughter when she went to college and wanted to do her own web gallery and iweb pages.
Thanks, I'll probably just end up calling Apple tomorrow and asking about it.
Can't hurt to ask.
I apologize, I think I was confusing the famiy plan with the individual plan with email subaccounts I have. I think the individual plan gets extra email addresses for free or a small fee. The faily plan on .mac does offer all services or so it appears rom this from Apple:
Q: What does the .Mac Family Pack include?
The .Mac Family Pack includes a master account with all the great features mentioned above, including 10 GB of online storageplus four sub-accounts for family members. Each sub-account gets its own email address, 2.5 GB of online storage for email and files, and full access to .Mac services. You also get a dedicated iDisk folder for sharing files between family members. The master account administers the sub-accounts and membership can only be renewed through the master account.
Sorry for the confusion. Now, sharing an account with friends might still be a problem...
Q: What does the .Mac Family Pack include?
The .Mac Family Pack includes a master account with all the great features mentioned above, including 10 GB of online storageplus four sub-accounts for family members. Each sub-account gets its own email address, 2.5 GB of online storage for email and files, and full access to .Mac services. You also get a dedicated iDisk folder for sharing files between family members. The master account administers the sub-accounts and membership can only be renewed through the master account.
Sorry for the confusion. Now, sharing an account with friends might still be a problem...
Well the plan was to share it with my dad and two of my roommates. So I think I can TECHNICALLY say I live with all of them and not feel too bad about it.
Thanks for clearing that up, but yeah, I'm definitely going to call Apple tomorrow and see if they have any info (maybe unlikely...).
Worst case scenario is that you could just forward your other mail accounts to your .Me account. The only problem is that if you reply, you won't be able to "reply as." At least that is what I gathered from this thread.
It could change though... who knows.
In all my years on a Mac I paid $99 for .Mac; found it worthless and unapplesque and dropped it. I was basically paying for Mail. This is a revolution for me.
Color-coded calendar on my iPhone (HUGE)
Macbook Pro and a iMac I have been using 3rd party Sync
Beautiful interface Web 2.0
Color-coded calendar on my iPhone (HUGE)
Macbook Pro and a iMac I have been using 3rd party Sync
Beautiful interface Web 2.0