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.Mac Storage Increase

narco said:
250MB is good, but I need better. .Mac has been getting better with the email servers being down, but I need:

The ability to send LARGER file attachments.

I'm sure most will agree with me. What is it now, 3MB? Pshh!
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How many more people are going to ask this same thing?

Not one did I mention above that it has been increased to 10MB, someone ELSE asked after that, someone ELSE answered again, and now you ASK AGAIN.

FILE ATTACHMENTS CAN NOW BE UP TO 10MB. :)
 
narco said:
Sounds great, when it actually WORKS. Plus, having an @spymac.com name isn't the same. The word "spy" just bugs me, and it's not a good word to throw around on the internet.

Plus, honestly, who needs 3 GIGS of email? I've saved every email since '98, and I get a lot of PDF, TIFF, JPG attachments every day from my work and I have barely broken the 3gig mark. They might as well offer a terabyte of storage because they know the average user isn't going to use all of that.

.narco
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Its called sarcasm, I ws just having a laugh because the guy was so agitated at the fact people didnt like the new storage limit apple have introduced. I guess this type of humour is a UK thing.

I agre with you, I'd find a 3 gig idisk very handy, but your right 3 gig of e mail storage is a bit much at the moment. if there was no limit on the size of atachments , then a gig of e mail storage would be quite handy.

Still .mac needs to be cheaper, its darn pricey here in the UK.

jay
 
Apple do sponsor and promote docmac.info as a way of offering a community-like thing, but it is independently operated.

More free stuff would always be welcome, though :D
 
If you're buying .Mac for just the storage GB or just the email, then you're not buying wisely. If you're buying for ALL or most of the MANY features, including easy OS X integration (iDisk, iSync, Backup, etc.) and free/discounted software, then you know why GMail in no way competes with the .Mac package.

Personally, I doubt that very many people really need the whole package that .Mac offers. So don't buy it... I didn't :D And I'm talking my parents into dropping .Mac since they only use email anyway. Yet I don't see people who TRULY use .Mac's features complaining.

It's like saying Photoshop costs too much because you can re-size photos for free with other apps. You probably shouldn't be a Photoshop customer :)

It would be great if Apple offered lower and higher versions of .Mac. But they only offer one, and if it's not for you, leave it to the folks who DO need it.
 
brossow said:
But can your keychain share web pages and files with anyone in the world, 24/7/365? I didn't think so. :p
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If a Web server can be put into a fly, why not a keychain?

A 256MB USB fly would be so cool to have.
 
Its an OK upgrade and about time too, however, I wish apple would update .Mac with other services, i.e., such as the following.

- add PHP hosting
Useful for a lot of people - yes ppl would say that 'newbies' wouldn't use it, but so what, a lot of others would. Yes, you could buy WebHosting- but if you have webhosting there isn't a lot of point having .Mac - email services, web hostings, online space all included.

- Blog, ( perhaps Apple could rip off iBlog ;-) )

.Mac hasn't changed much at all.. still much the same feature list as two years ago - but the email aliases are very useful though.
 
nagromme said:
If you're buying .Mac for just the storage GB or just the email, then you're not buying wisely. If you're buying for ALL or most of the MANY features, including easy OS X integration (iDisk, iSync, Backup, etc.) and free/discounted software, then you know why GMail in no way competes with the .Mac package.

Personally, I doubt that very many people really need the whole package that .Mac offers. So don't buy it... I didn't :D I don't see people who truly use .Mac's features complaining.

It's like saying Photoshop costs too much because you can re-size photos for free with other apps. You probably shouldn't be a Photoshop customer :)

It would be great if Apple offered lower and higher versions of .Mac. But they only offer one, and if it's not for you, leave it to the folks who DO need it.
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I use iSync, iDisk, and email the most of all the .Mac features. I don't use Backup right now, but I might use it in the future. I'll continue to use Carbon Copy Cloner as my primary means of backing up even if I do use Backup (which is extremely easy to use). Being able to see my Safari bookmarks anywhere I can log into .Mac is one of the bigger reasons I'm staying with the service. I don't really use/need any of the discounts .Mac members are offered - in fact I basically ignore most of them.
 
It's about time!

I really like my .Mac service...if for no other reason than i like having a mac.com email address.

Now if there was only a way to partition the space so one could allocate more to mail, less to iDisk, or vice-versa. I already had upgraded my mail storage to 200 Mb, so Apple upgraded both my iDisk and mail storage to 512Mb each. I think I would probably only use 200 Mb of my iDisk, and I'd much prefer to allocate the rest to mail.

EDIT: Ooops, I didn't look at my .Mac account settings. I CAN partition it. Woo-hoo!
 
OK, storage costs me (ME! full retail prices!) about a dollar a GB. Gmail will sport 1 GB for free. But apple is getting paid many dollars, and buys everything in bulk. SO WHY SO LITTLE STORAGE!! Bump it up to 5 GB, for MAYBE $5 in expenses, given the cost of servers and bandwith, and then you could claim to be a bit better than AOL. Not to mention, look, apple! make .mac worthwhile, and all sorts of email will be coming from something@mac.com.... letting the windows world know there are mac users! Or maybe we've sunk so far we only email eachother....
 
nagromme said:
If you're buying .Mac for just the storage GB or just the email, then you're not buying wisely. If you're buying for ALL or most of the MANY features, including easy OS X integration (iDisk, iSync, Backup, etc.) and free/discounted software, then you know why GMail in no way competes with the .Mac package.

Personally, I doubt that very many people really need the whole package that .Mac offers. So don't buy it... I didn't :D And I'm talking my parents into dropping .Mac since they only use email anyway. Yet I don't see people who TRULY use .Mac's features complaining.

It's like saying Photoshop costs too much because you can re-size photos for free with other apps. You probably shouldn't be a Photoshop customer :)

It would be great if Apple offered lower and higher versions of .Mac. But they only offer one, and if it's not for you, leave it to the folks who DO need it.
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It's not a matter of buying it based on size, because as you say, there are many other great features. It's a matter of NOT buying it, because of lack of size, because size is pretty darned basic, and not having enough can ruin it. And, no, if you want to send and recieve pictures, maybe a video clip, etc. and you don't want to pay attention to old email that might have something you need, but is as fun to delete as spam, then 250 MB is NOT enough.
 
About time.

I have few complaints about .Mac, it has been getting steadily better. I have a gmail account, it's not as easy as .Mac. I've gotten so used to hearing the 'pop' whenever mail arrives. But the capacity was very low for a paid service.

My gmail and .Mac addresses are the same, but I use one for web stuff and the other is the one that everyone I know has. Even with a good filter, registering on the intraweb for anything is an open invitation for spam.

.Mac isn't completely free of spam, some unscrupulous fellow .Mac subscribers will send spam out occaisionally. But it is really minor compared to most email services.

What I would like to see from .Mac is much better web publishing options. Maybe even image hosting. I use the web function to host my own images occaisionally but the quality is poor, images small.

I would feel better if I could post images to the internet without having to give up ownership of my own pictures.

Maybe you can already do that, I don't know.
 
j_maddison said:
Seeing as you like to compare Apples to Apples, just thought I'd help keep you being a nut! joke :)

Spymac offer 3Gig of e mail storage and many of the sync functions of isync, you also get 250mb of online storage as standard (idisk type service),and you get blogging (personally not a fan of blogging, but some people like it). So pretty much the only thing you lose is the ability to publish a .mac website (which doesnt interest me in the slightest), and for me being a uk person, i dont get so annoyed all the USA only offers that Apple are keen to advertise on their .mac homepage :) OH and it costs an extortionate $39.99 a year! Now how do you like them Apples :p

jay
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Spymac is such a joke. It is run by amatures that don't even have a process for testing software before they release it. They have no clue how to configure their own IMAP mail server (who the hell would put sent & trash folders under the Inbox?) And don't even get me started on the amount of time that Spymac is actually working. I only had to spend $20 to upgrade to the 3GB service and I regret giving those fools that $20 everyday. Don't waste you time on money on Spymac!
 
yay!

I just changed my iDisk space to 235mb and my e-mail to 15mb.

Thank You Apple! :)

A few things, I know Apple had a free .Mac software special called "iBlog" which is perfectly fine for me so I don't know how they can improve on it. :)

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Stewie said:
"I’m not bad. I’ve never been bad... I’m fairly new to mild naughtiness.”.
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YES, brilliant quote. Jeff totally made that show!

I also agree about Spymac. From what I understand, the 1gig email thing was extremely last minute. They pretty much heard the news about Gmail and decided to do it first, but they obviously didn't think about the consequences. Their "community" went from 30,000 to 770,000 in just a couple months. If they were to offer all this to only the Mac community (which the site is supposed to be about in the first place) then it wouldn't be so bad.

.narco
 
.Mac is something that I like simply for the e-mail address and mostly the iPhoto integration. I know my way around web pages and can code half decently, however when I just want to sit down at home and get some pictures from a party off my camera and onto the web .Mac makes it quick, simple andeasy. I am not saying FTP'ing the files up and creating a quick web page is all that hard, but after working on a computer for 9+ hours a day, I feel like doing the easiest things when I get home. Hence why I have a Power Mac at home.

As for the backup software, it is nice and is also easy, I never backup to the web, just use it to backup to an external drive or a DVD now and then.

I think it is a good upgrade and also have a feeling we will see another increase in the near future with the fact that Tiger will integrate more with .Mac as I am sure iLife '05 will too.

Just my $0.02
 
I am going to just let my .Mac subscription run out. 250M just isn't that much space now-a-days and they haven't added anything decent in a long time. Up the Web/Mail space to a gig and I'll subscribe again.
 
I renewed yesterday before I even knew about the upgrade. Not having to change all of my online accounts to reflect a new email address and change all my stationary is reason enough. This is just a plus.

The only thing I would ask for is for them to upgrade the email only option to around 15Mb. It is at five now and it is kinda small. Abilty to use it with iChat and Backup would be nice too. A family option would be good too, $99 for the first full account and $50 for the second full account and so on. I don't know, I just expect (want) more.
 
gskiser said:
What is Apple charging now anyway, $99/year? For $43, I get 7x what they offer, plus high speed internet access. Sure, I don't have the @mac.com email, or those stupid iCards, but who cares. Oh, I forgot their backup software. What can I back up on a mesely 250MB iDisk, and if I'm backing up on my external drive or DVD-R, why do I need .Mac? Its rather insulting that they think I'm that naive. Apple's .Mac program is a joke, at least thats my opinon. Feel free to disagree.
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That's the real point: .mac doesn't justify its cost. I don't know that there's a killer app out there to add necessarily, but the reason I don't subscribe to .mac is definitely cost vs. features.
 
I disagree

gskiser said:
Apple's .Mac program is a joke, at least thats my opinon. Feel free to disagree.
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.Mac is much more than email and online storage. For one purchase a year, I get a whole lot more value. With four computers, a Palm, and an iPod (basically six computers, more to come), .Mac makes life so easy:

- Address Book everywhere
- Calendar everywhere
- email everywhere
- Safari bookmarks everywhere
- Backup application
- free anti-virus (not that I need it)
- HomePage
- free and discounted software

... the fact that it is built on a model of "continously improving" shows me that I'll continue to get more value throughout my subscription.

Here in Canada, the subscription fee is ridiculous compared to the price in the US, but I bite the bullet anyway, and I'm glad I did this year. More storage has been my biggest request.
 
Dear Steve,

Pls. fix a.s.a.p the message that prevents me to sync my iDisk automatically, yeah, I know you have just upgrade the iDisk storage and since then (This afternoon, CET) I get only the message that my iDisk is bigger than my iDisk in my Mac, and it displays the old capacity... nevermind, great update, now, do not forget the web publishing app., we need the templates offline.

.mac user 100/150 :)
 
OK then theoretical discussion. How much disk space is acceptable for $99?

Personally I would if Apple would up the iDisk to 650MB. A CD's worth of data for $99 a year would be acceptable but they would also have to backup the data. I read that Apple doesn't backup your iDisk. That is BS. You are paying for a service from Apple. They damn well should be backing up the files that are in their care.
 
No one has really mentioned the fact that they added the ability to create aliases, which I think is a cool feature. Not that this should break the bank, but everyone is pointing out negatice things and I think this is a positive thing.
 
How do i allocate more iDisk space

I'm probably missing something obvious... but i could'nt find the place for allocating more room to my iDisk [decreasing .mac mail storage...]

thanks,
/d.
 
dontmatter said:
OK, storage costs me (ME! full retail prices!) about a dollar a GB.
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I hear this type of thing quite often from students at the university I work at. They wonder why their quotas are so low when disk space is so cheap. I don't know what type of servers Apple is running for .Mac, but I know we use Netapp file servers here. They aren't cheap, but they are very reliable. It is usually the case that it's much cheaper to go to CompUSA or Fry's and buy a massive hard drive, but we can't do that and maintain our uptime requirements.
 
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