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  1. Rusty81, Feb 20, 2007

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    Hello All

    I have recently signed up with the .mac service however the only problem I have found so far is the general speed of the service. When using my idisk the upload and download speed seems slower than what I would have expected. Also when people view my photocasts they say that it's slow to download.

    I know of course the speed of you internet connection will be very dependent upon this, however I have a 2mb connection.

    Just wondered if others have had the same issue if so maybe it's something with the apple servers (maybe very busy).

    Russell
     
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  2. MacBoobsPro, Feb 20, 2007

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    Sorry to tell you this but for how much you are paying .mac sucks ass.

    It is very slow even on my 4mb line. I had the trial (twice) but only used it for 2 days in total as it was just not worth the money in my opinion.

    Improvements have been made but it still is way away from being value for money.
     
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  3. wrldwzrd89, Feb 20, 2007

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    Part of the problem is the Finder itself. Using a program such as Transmit to work with your iDisk (like I do), you might be surprised at how much faster it is that it may at first seem. Anyway, I agree - .Mac is slower than it should be.
     
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  4. cwedl, Feb 20, 2007

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    When connecting up the idisk on my windows computer its actually quite fast, but its slow in mac osx. uploading and downloading.
     
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  5. AdeFowler, Feb 20, 2007

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    I agree with everything said. The difference in speed when using Transmit is staggering. Hopefully Leopard's new Finder will solve the problem :rolleyes:
     
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