Sweet Deals - Written by JPG on Monday, May 5, 2008 10:13 - 2 Comments
Save $30 When You Open a .Mac Account
The free 60-day free trial is a great way to test-drive .Mac. If you decide to open a .Mac account or need to renew your existing account, you can save yourself $30 by going to an Apple store to make the purchase. A basic membership costs $99 online. In the stores it’s only $69.
A few years back, I purchased a .Mac account. And for the most part it’s been really slick. I can access files from any computer. I’ve created and published a family web site and a professional portfolio site all in a matter of hours.
However, it does have its problems.
A big feature my wife and I use is being able to sync bookmarks, contacts, keychains, notes, email, and iCal with multiple Macs. I have an iBook and a G4 at home and a G5 at work, all synced together. My wife used to have an iMac at work until her company made the unfortunate decision to move all the writers to PCs. Now she can no longer sync iCal from work. She can view it on our website, but can’t make any changes. They need to make it possible to update iCal online.
The only other problem I’ve encountered is that the computer freezes sometimes when I’m uploading a really large file to the iDisk. But as with everything Apple does, if you find something about your Apple experience that isn’t perfect, there’s probably an update coming to fix it soon.
Update: Unfortunately, the trial offer is no longer valid. It’s relaunching soon and will include ultra sexy new features. Check out why MobileMe will be my Information Zen Garden. Or get more information at the MobileMe page on the Apple.com website at: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
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Jack
Tony
Sign me up! I had no idea the pricing at the store was different than online. I wonder if other products don’t match up.
Does anyone have any privacy concerns with .Mac or other website storage systems? I mean a lot of private data, info, images, etc. are being put into semi-public areas, and am I just paranoid (unreasonably frightened) to think that Apple, or the gov’t or some hacker or corporation or other (think credit institutions or other manipulators of public domains) is going to make some bad use of my personal information? So three questions: 1. Am I unreasonable in these fears? and 2. Is there a way to use the web without handing over so much control to Apple or Google or MSN or whatever? 3. Which of my fears is more likely and which less (among the different sorts of unwelcome activity I might be afraid of with my personal data.)