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.Mac Update Coming at August 7th Media Event?

syklee26 said:
i wonder if hell will break loose if there is no other update from Apple except .Mac. 2 hours of .mac presentation that is. and if that happens, I am selling my AAPL stock.
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If you don't see a hardware update I would be selling FAST!
 
Grimace said:
10GB storage capacity per user
Integration with Time Machine
Easier photo/video sharing/uploading interface
iPhone integration
More sync between multiple computers (Win/Mac)

Let's see it Apple!
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How about the ability to control your mac from any computer with Safari installed (Mac/PC). Including the iPhone. A streamlined basic version of remote desktop would be nice. More likely will be direct YouTube uploads from iMovie. Ability to easily edit .Mac website from iPhone and post pictures directly to your website automatically. Of course this means iLife and iWork will see updates as well.

I will be shocked if Google/ YouTube aren't involved with the new update.
 
Hmmm...I may actually pay for .Mac if they do something cool...I never discontinued .Mac but haven't paid for hte last two years...if you document all the things that go wrong with it, and then contact the customer service when it's time to renew, tell them all the probs you had, and tell them that you want to give them another chance but couldn't afford to give them another chance unless they comp a year, they will in fact, comp a year for you. Not saying it would work for everybody but has for me for two years. But if they make it better than free services and more reliable I will pay for it next time.
 
too expensive and too darn slow. I've had a subscription for several years. It's about to expire (in September) and I was most definitely not planning on renewing. If they lower the price significantly and add some servers, I might reconsider, though.
 
peterj1967 said:
I think with their "partnership" with Google, there is potential for some really interesting services. Also, I think it would make sense to use Google's back-end services with a much nicer Apple interface through .Mac

Something like this

Full integration of Google Docs and Sheets and iWork. I believe I read somewhere that Google wanted to market an add free version of Docs and Sheets to companies. .Mac would offer that payment and with iWork you would have off line access to everything you need.

I am sure they will improve iWeb, synching and will increase storage, but I think a full blown tie-in with Google, could have some really cool outcomes.

We'll see...
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Not sure about a Google parthnetship.
Today, Gmail is Pop only, people with an iPhone get repeated messages and other issues. Today .mac is iMAP and it works better. I use .mac mail on my TREO 650 just fine, and gmail not so good in the TREO.

There are too many free email services out there, some let you move files that you must have with you. Sure it is not as well integrated as .mac but it is doable.

This better be good, I have been considering terminating .MAC this year, let's see if they can get me to re-subscribe.
 
Tommorow's the Day

So, I have an appointment at the Apple store at 1p.m. EST. Hopefully, I'll be able to walk out of there with a new iMac and updated iLife software, as well as a new .Mac membership. If they do update iLife tommorow, will it be preloaded on new iMacs (the new version)? This is going to be my first Mac, I am SO EXCITED!!! I am finally making the switch!!!
 
MrCrowbar said:
Time Machine over .Mac anyone?

Imagine your data is backed up to some Apple server or the main data center in your company. Might clog your upload bandwidth but would be cool for sure, provided the encryption worked well enough.
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...*might* clog???
...would clog for sure!;)

It's a great idea for the future os...10.7 or 10.8! ;)
I wonder how long would it take me to backup and retrieved 125 GB of data... :rolleyes:
Wait, I only got 10GB available on my .Mac?:eek:
 
for sure

i think that there is going to be a .Mac update for sure. What are the chances that they're gonna update .mac at the SAME TIME as the conference?
 
techie4life said:
So, I have an appointment at the Apple store at 1p.m. EST. Hopefully, I'll be able to walk out of there with a new iMac and updated iLife software, as well as a new .Mac membership. If they do update iLife tommorow, will it be preloaded on new iMacs (the new version)? This is going to be my first Mac, I am SO EXCITED!!! I am finally making the switch!!!
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If they update iLife it will be atleast a month before it's on new machines or available at all. Apple doesn't usually announce things that are available right away, especially software.
 
I've never really been into the .Mac experience. but one thing that would make me jump on board would be something along the lines of gotomypc
then again i hope this isnt the only thing that is talked about tomorrow
 
Link to datacenter story

MikeDTyke said:
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edit: Just remembered there was news of a level 2 data centre that Apple bought around this time last year, fill it with xserve RAIDS, some google know how in massive redundant filesystems (GFS) and you'd have an awesome repository for all Mac Users "Precious Things". Apologies to all that don't get that reference, i feel sorry you've never experienced the League!
M.
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You can find the story here:
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2006/Feb/27/apple_buys_california_data_center.html
 
useless to some...

stoutboy1 said:
.mac is useless. When 10.5 is released and backup in .mac is useless the whole program wont be worth any money. There are better options (free) out there for everything listed except maybe the sync but you can get apps at more then 1/2 the price that do the same thing.

Make it free / or include it with ilife :D
no one wants to be stuck paying $99 a year for 2gb of email storage/ disk space when you get nearly 3 @ gmail for free.:(
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If it is useless why would you even want it. Free...

I have been a .mac account 3 years before I got a mac. I am all about how easy it is setting up new macs and new computers. The intergration is worth the money to me. iDisk helps me out all the time, especially with cients/friends with the public folder.

Its all about how you use it.

Its like someone who drives a h2 and it never even touches dirt in it's pathetic suburbian life.
 
Maybe they'll have a G5 PowerBook.

What, is that too old of a joke now? I just wanted to try it on...

But a better .Mac would be great. That and a new iMac. For their conference this year, I think they might introduce a new Mac line. Macworld 01/08 they will announce the superthin laptop, then Fall 08/January 09, they'll announce the tablet Mac. Maclet, iPad, MacNano, whatever they call it...it'll do very well if priced decently. Let's say, $600-1000. With more focused and varied machines, they're marketshare will double. Having a computer business with only 3 different desktop computers won't cut it. They need 4-5 desktop computer choices and maybe 3-4 portable choices, portable is very important since it will outdo desktops.

:apple:
 
ChrisA said:
You can do that now, for free. Do a Google on "VNC". It works well.
While VNC is free software Apple re-packages it and calls it "Apple Remote Desktop" so if you want the apple supported version you can have that too. The two inter-operate too, VNC and Remote Desktop use the same on-wire protocol.

VNC runs on Linux and Windows too both as client and server. This is a good way to "run Windows on a Mac" (sort of) by building a headless windows box and getting at it using VNC from you Mac desktop.
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The feature wasnt dumped in iChat it was just moved to the finder. VNC is ok but I could never get it to work just right between mac and windows.
 
bkwest918 said:
Ok I suspect we will get both an iLife and iWork updates. But the biggest thing I think we might see tomorrow is iWork for Windows. They have a chance to beat Microsoft to the punch here. Who would pay money for office on a PC if iWork is in the 79-99 range can open Office Documents. The reason I say this is the recent release of Safari on Windows is once step forward in the framework to build iWork and possibly iLife for Windows.

Who knows really but it has been rumored that iWork was coming to windows can't recall where I seen this.

/b
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You can get office for $150 and it includes tons more functionality that iWork can even dream of at this point.

Also, I would bet money the only reason you have safari on windows is because of the iPhone. They are trying to build the brand. You use safari on your phone, you go home use safari on your computer. It makes it seamless for the customer.
 
syklee26 said:
what .Mac needs are following: what da heck happened to .Mac exclusive widgets?.
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I emailed the .Mac customer service department about those "exclusive widgets" a couple of years ago, and received a reply in which they insisted they never promised any such widgets. This despite the fact that the widgets were indeed promised on the front page of the .Mac website shortly before Tiger was released.

My history with this service goes back to the free iTools days, and I've continued to renew my .Mac subscription every year. Here's hoping that my (and countless others') loyalty to this service is finally rewarded in a big way.
 
Hairball said:
I hope there is a major overhaul. Once my free trial ran out, I didn't think having @mac.com for an email address was worth $99 a year.
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So, you're the one who locked up hairball@mac.com...only to go and not renew it! :mad: ;)

Yeah, it's kind of crazy when I think about it....I'm paying $99 a year for just an @mac.com e-mail address. I haven't used the other features for a good 5 years. I hope they add something really compelling so I can justify the hundreds of dollars I've spent over the years for e-mail.
 
So .Mac is being updated too. Isn't it amazing that - as with iPhone - there have been no reliable or detailed rumours, or screenshots, circulating about the .Mac refresh?

Once again, Apple has this secrecy thing tied up. Impressive.
 
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