arstechnica.com — .Mac sucks. And (to quote Steve Jobs) I don't mean that in a small way; I mean that in a big way. Put aside, for a moment, the cost and feature set compared to its competitors. Instead, let's pretend .Mac is free, rather than $99/year. Even at zero cost, .Mac is no good. It's actively harmful to the user experience in Mac OS X.
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fluffyarmadaDec 23, 2006
I'm converting it to something small enough for youtube to have uploaded.... I promise I'm still working on it! :)edit: johnpaul is right btw, he never said "forever".
vwnlinuxDec 23, 2006
.Mac is an interesting idea and concept, but is not what I think many Mac users (like myself) really need. All I want to do is sync between my desktop mac, and my laptop mac. Documents, bookmarks, mail, media (pics, movies, music), and address book. I don't want my data to go out to Apple's server - I just want an easy way to sync my data between two computers.
thedillydotcomDec 24, 2006
It needs a significant improvement to be worth it. I sampled it and found nothing but false promises and system corruption. Their buggy .mac syncing goofed the keychain and .mac syncing on 2 of my machines. This product is so bad it shouldn't even be allowed to wear the apple tm.
aristotle0dudeDec 24, 2006
Why are you expecting a consumer service to work from behind a proxy? How many average users know what a proxy is let alone use one?
chukdDec 25, 2006
As a former dot mac subscriber, i did like the email and dot mac was a good idea at its inception. however the free web services have made dot mac out of date. If apple wishes to continue charging for the service it needs a major upgrade. right now i can do more with gmail and other online services that are way better than dot mac.
skellenerDec 25, 2006
Why does it need to be a single package?- Rapidweaver - build you own website in minutes (works with all iLife apps) - $40- Globat.com - 100 GB webspace /unlimited email accounts/your own domain $40 year- Gmail - check your email free via the webSo that's a one time $40 for Rapidweaver then $40 a year for 100 GB of space with unlimted email accountscompared to:- iWeb - $79- Dot Mac $99One time $79 for iLife (or free with a new mac) and $99 a year for 1 GB of space with one email account without your own domain and no FTP (only WebDAV).You can always get Transmit from Panic.com for $30 to sync anything on your Mac to another Mac or the Web.
r3zonanceDec 30, 2006
The IMAP mail access alone is worth it for me, and the Bookmark syncing.
r3zonanceDec 30, 2006
"Sync two Macs via Rendezvous straight from the box?"You can always do the Migration Assistant thing with a new mac though, and if you have .Mac that is made all the more easier with some things.Migration Assistant absolutely kicks ass.
Closed AccountJan 21, 2007
agree