.mac

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.mac

Description

Some of what you'll find on the .mac site:

Publishing with iWeb

• Seamless integration with iWeb — the newest member of iLife ’06 — makes it easy to publish your websites with a single click of a button.
• Create beautiful pages with Apple-designed templates
• Publish your websites with a single click — no configuration necessary
• Post blogs and podcasts without the confusion of creating RSS feeds
  Add stunning online slideshows to your photo albums automatically
  Set a password to keep sites private

iDisk

• .Mac iDisk makes it easy to exchange files with friends or centralize your documents so that you can access them anywhere, at any time. See Video Quick Tour...
• Use storage space on Apple’s secure servers
• View files and folders on your desktop
• Drag files to your Public folder
• Invite colleagues to download your documents
• Access iDisk from a Mac or a PC
• Protect your Public folder with a password
• Store up to 1GB; upgradeable to 4GB
• Sleep easy with a data transfer rate upgradeable up to 250GB per month

Groups

• Communicate, coordinate, and stay in sync with your club, team, or organization. .Mac Groups includes a group email address and website.
• Create a private password-protected website for group images, message boards, announcements, calendars, member list, links to other websites of interest
  Make a group email alias
• Post or view group messages on the group’s own private mac.com address that only members can use
• Manage your group with Apple ease of use
• Publish web pages with group photos
• Share files in the group’s private iDisk folder, accessible to members only
• Keep track of group meetings, special events, practices and other important dates on a group calendar
• Create any number of groups (each requires 30MB from your iDisk allotment)

Sync

• .Mac Sync keeps up-to-date information at your fingertips, whether you use multiple Macs or whether you’re on the road without your Mac.
• Synchronize your key information wherever you go
• View and update Address Book contacts and Safari bookmarks instantly
• Sync Mail rules, signatures, Smart Mailboxes, and Keychain passwords in Mac OS X Tiger
• Access contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and email on the Web via any Internet-connected Mac, Windows-PC or even hotel TV

Photocasting

• Let your friends and family subscribe to your shared iPhoto albums and view your full-resolution photos on their own computers.
• Publish your photo albums using .Mac and anyone can subscribe
• Subscribers receive your full quality photos directly within iPhoto 6 or RSS reader on a Mac or PC
• Use a subscribed photocast like any iPhoto album in your library
• Subscribed photocasts automatically stay updated

Backup 3

• Protect your precious memories with this powerful upgrade to .Mac Backup. Scheduled automatic backups are as easy as 1-2-3.
• Back up your iLife files with a single-click
• Customize your own backup plans in minutes using QuickPicks or a Tiger Spotlight search
  Archive your iLife photos, movies, and purchased music in a single step with preset backup plans
• Set flexible schedules that automatically update archives for you
• Back up important files to your iDisk (keeping them secure on Apple’s servers), a hard drive, iPod, CDs, or DVDs
• Save time and archive only what you’ve changed since your last backup using incremental backups

Mail

• .Mac Mail is ad-free and elegant, with virus protection built right in. And you can access it through Mac OS X Mail or through our cutting-edge new .Mac webmail.
• Pick up where you left off no matter which computer you checked email from last with IMAP
• Get 1GB of combined email and iDisk Storage
• Enjoy advanced webmail with message pane, Quick Reply, and drag-and-drop
• Keep your mac.com email address even if you change Internet providers
• Create up to five aliases for fun or to protect against unwanted mail
• Access your email from a Mac, PC or the web and IMAP keeps everything coordinated
• Fix typos instantly with integrated spell-checker
• Add text and photo signatures to messages
  Set an auto-reply to handle incoming email when you’re away

Family Pack

• Enjoy separate .Mac accounts, including private email accounts, websites, iDisk, and .Mac Sync. Share files easily through a family iDisk folder.
• Enjoy the perfect mix of privacy and family sharing at an attractive price
• Share a main account and four sub-accounts
• Utilize 1GB of storage shared between Mail and iDisk on the main account
• Divvy 250MB of storage to each sub-account, for a total of 2GB split among the five accounts
• Maintain separate .Mac accounts, each with a private email address
• Keep the peace: every family member can enjoy his or her own personal website, sync bookmarks and contacts, back up important files, and start a group

Learning Center

• The Learning Center offers step-by-step tutorials on the applications you use most, including iLife, iWork, Mac OS X, and .Mac.
• Follow along with QuickTime movies and text-based information
• Learn at your own pace
• Try out new skills on sample files

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