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.Mac iDiskUtility for Windows XP
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This will make it easier for me to share my iDisk from school. Thanks, Apple. This is very necessary.
Dan
Dan
Um... not even close...
Sure apple likes making mac-only apps but I believe apple has maken other products I think appleworks (ha) runs on PC. (yeah it does).
I'm sorta-of supprised at this but atleast they didn't give .Mac accounts (trial) to pc.
Quicktime, clarisworks (well didn't become an 'apple' product intill) appleworks.
I am supprised..
I am supprised..
doh. Alright, bury me in banana peels. I completely overlooked Quicktime. I guess I was a bit taken back.
I personally think that this can be considered a subtle sign of Apple's coming agression in the PC market. Not talking about marklar or anything, but more along the lines of superior software solutions for PC's, something we mac users see as a daily luxury.
Re: Windows users and .mac
If the program works on XP it should work on 2000, download it and give it a try :]
If the program works on XP it should work on 2000, download it and give it a try :]
actually, i believe claris was always a division of apple. anyway, it's interesting to watch the ms vs. apple war begin to heat up. the page 2 rumors note that apple may have purchaced mariner (among others), lending more credibility to a forthcoming office suite. i think that now that itools (pardon me, .mac) is a pay service, apple should offer it to windows users as a taste of our goodies. i think we'll see even more drastic measures in the months ahead as apple and ms go at each others throats. fortunately, apple has the ability to keep things secret until the last minute, while ms has to give away its plans months in advance just so that people will be impressed.
More Pro Features
I wish Apple would add a database (MySQL), mailing lists, ftp, etc. These things are needed for me to switch 100% to my .Mac address. I do have a .Mac account and my own domain because I need the pro features.
I have had the occasion to ftp software and files to my domain and then remotely, copy them to another machine out of my office. And, I do use MySQL for ease of maintaining my exciting web page
. And, I use mailing lists to gather 'card' games with my friends.
Hopefully, this is just the first (or second) step down that path.
I wish Apple would add a database (MySQL), mailing lists, ftp, etc. These things are needed for me to switch 100% to my .Mac address. I do have a .Mac account and my own domain because I need the pro features.
I have had the occasion to ftp software and files to my domain and then remotely, copy them to another machine out of my office. And, I do use MySQL for ease of maintaining my exciting web page
. And, I use mailing lists to gather 'card' games with my friends. Hopefully, this is just the first (or second) step down that path.
I tend to disagree. While I think Apple is going to "Wintelize" some apps, I doubt thet will go balls to the wall into the PC software market. I think Apple would get crushed by MS and others that feel threatened by the Apple products on Wintel boxes.
I predict that Apple will make nice "niche" apps for the Wintel machines, things that will make sense for pc owners to buy. I wouldn't buy Keynote and drop Powerpoint, or Appleworks and drop Office on my pc's at work, but I would be interested in both for the PC's that do not require FULL MS Office appilcations, as long as the Apple apps save into MS format (doc, xls etc), without ANY conversion problems.
I can see this happening, my first hint Apple existed was because I used Quicktime that came bundled on win95 :]
I think this can be considered a boring insignificant yawn of an announcement. Who cares? They're not going to lure an switchers with .Mac (they're lucky just to keep current subscribers) and they should just make everything ftp accessible, then you wouldn't need a special utility for pc or for Linux or OS/2 or whatever else you might want to access you iDisk from.
Call me when they announce PHP, MySQL, and FTP support.
Unimpressed.
Just on a side note, for those of you who don't know (I would imagine most of you do), it has been possible to easily access your iDisk from your PC for a long time.
All you had to do was add a "network place" with the address http://idisk.mac.com/YourDotMacUserName and then you would be able to get to everything just the same as with this utility (accept it doesn't actually mount it as a drive with a letter).
All you had to do was add a "network place" with the address http://idisk.mac.com/YourDotMacUserName and then you would be able to get to everything just the same as with this utility (accept it doesn't actually mount it as a drive with a letter).
Yes, Claris was always owned by Apple. The office suite only became ClarisWorks when they spun off Claris. Later they bring them back into Apple, and call ClarisWorks by the name AppleWorks again. For many years, Claris was the only thing profitable thing Apple had. It is probably one of the big reasons Apple was able to stay afloat, even with tremendous losses.