02-11-2008, 11:52 AM
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Another Mac Question
Do any of you have a .mac account? My trial period ends in 6 days and I don't know if it's worth the fee. The only thing I've used it for is the email account.
What are your thoughts? Thanks! 
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02-11-2008, 12:24 PM
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Sorry. I'm no help. I never used mine.
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02-11-2008, 02:36 PM
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Sorry, I can't help out on this one. I never tried it.
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02-11-2008, 02:57 PM
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I have one and use it for my email account. I have never taken advantage of the other features though! Shame on me
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02-11-2008, 03:44 PM
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I do have it and I use it all the time. I backup my personal settings daily (address book, iCal, Keychain (passwords), Safari Settings, Stickies) . . . plus I use it to create a family website. The basic membership gives you 10GB space now, and that's enough to support years of family updates. I also love the iDisk feature. I'm able to store files on my iDisk and share them with family/friends who have a .Mac account. Plus, I use the Backup software available to .Mac members to backup to my EHD weekly. It's very simple to use. Of course, I use iChat, too, but you can continue to use your trial .Mac account name to use iChat for free, even if you choose not to renew your membership.
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02-11-2008, 04:18 PM
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Thanks for all the replies everyone!
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02-11-2008, 04:18 PM
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Cassie,
Where do you back your EHD to? I use backup to backup my personal setting as well but ran out of room trying to back up my EHD (it has about 70GBs on it). I recently backed up about 17 layouts to iDisk figuring they would be safe there until I backed them up to DVD but it took about 8 hours!!! I just starting taking advantage of .mac so after seeing your post, I'm wondering if I'm using it all wrong! Sorry Brenda, I'm not much help b/c I obviously have no idea what I'm doing!
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02-11-2008, 04:20 PM
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No, Suzanne, you're not doing it wrong. It does take time to save to the iDisk. I use the software "Backup" to set up my back up schedules. You can tell it to back up any disk to any other disk/CD/DVD . . . I have schedules to backup from my internal HD to my EHD. It has nothing to do with iDisk.
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02-12-2008, 05:01 PM
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I have .mac and LOVE it!
I use it for mail and especially the "gallery"... This way I can post my LO's and pics for my family to see!!! It is definitely worth the $$ in my opinion!
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02-12-2008, 07:28 PM
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yes ditto all cassie said. worth it IMO.
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