.Mac 2002

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006FXKP
• Item model number: M8778LL/A
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 1, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,443 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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  #33 in	Software > Macintosh > Operating Systems & Utilities > Backup
  #33 in	Software > Macintosh > Operating Systems & Utilities > Virus Protection
  #45 in	Software > Macintosh > Operating Systems & Utilities > System Utilities

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Join .Mac and get a suite of software and services designed to extend your digital life beyond the desktop. The .Mac retail boxed version includes a one-year membership to .Mac and a CD containing Virex antivirus software, Apple backup software, iDisk Utility, and iPhoto. With .Mac, you have access to HomePage Web page design and publishing tools, world-class Mac.com e-mail, 100 MB of iDisk online storage space, and more.

Each annual .Mac membership includes your own home page for sharing photos, premium e-mail, and the latest security software to protect your Macintosh. To keep your Mac safe from destructive worms and viruses, .Mac includes Virex virus-protection software from McAfee Security, with regular updates. You also get software for backing up your most important files to iDisk, CD, or DVD. You can even schedule automatic backups to your iDisk and store files on Apple's online servers. Enjoy access to members-only Web-based support, where you can check your account status, learn tips and tricks, and share experiences with other members on .Mac discussion boards.

HomePage Web design and publishing tools let you create your own Web pages simply and easily without HTML knowledge. Publish photos directly from iPhoto in just three clicks. You can even password-protect your Web sites to keep your private pages private. With Mac.com, you can access your e-mail from Mac OS X Mail, a Web browser, and most e-mail programs. You get premium features like mail forwarding, auto reply, POP, or IMAP functionality, with no annoying ads to distract you. You'll also get 100 MB of iDisk storage on Apple's servers, plus the option to purchase more space if you need it. Thanks to built-in WebDAV support, you can access your iDisk from Windows computers as well as Macs, so sharing large files with anyone is easy.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All-In-One Online Support, August 29, 2002

By	Bruce Aguilar (Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This software package gives you an account with .Mac for one year. What that really means is that you'll have an @apple.com email address, 100MB of storage space on Apple's servers and a few other services. Those services are:

Webmail - Access to your mail from any computer with internet access.

Homepage - An insanely easy to use program for posting your own webpages (only the people you give the address to can access them).

iDisk - Your personal hard disk on the internet. Perfect for sharing files and archiving.

Backup - A very easy to use program for backig up your important files to iDisk, CD & DVD

Anti-Virus - A continually updated (by Apple) program to keep your Mac virus free.

Support - Online support in the form of FAQ's, Discussin Boards, hlepful links, Tips and the AppleCare Knowledge Base.

This is the perfect solution for people (like me) who don't want to be bothered with finding multiple other companies to preform these same tasks. It's also good to know that someone's watching your back. Apple does this by continually updating the support pages and anti-virus software as well as offering many free programs and demos through iDisk. For me though, the best feature (besides email) is homepage. It allows me to eaisly keep family and friends up to date with my life. I post a quartly newsleter as well as photos from special occations. And speaking of email it's terrific. It's not the most feature laden account out there, but it's more than enough for the average user.

For keeping family up to date, an internet based hard drive with 100MB of space AND anti-virus protection as well as backup software you could hardly do better than a .mac account.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Necessary accessory to your OS X Mac, April 13, 2003

By	Andrew L. Kitzmiller "agitprop" (Mundelein, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you run OS X on your Mac, .Mac is recommended to enhance the functionality of your machine. In order to use Apple's Backup and iSync utilities you need a subscription to .Mac. The .Mac mail service is not as user friendly or powerful as other services such as Yahoo mail, but the Apple Mail program makes it easy to get your .Mac mail. The value of the free games that you get throughout the year is negligible, but if Apple continues to add features and software available through .Mac it will be hard to make a case against subscribing.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apple out-.NET's Microsoft with .Mac, July 30, 2002

By	xMac (Boston) - See all my reviews

Apple got a lot of grief for switching its free iTools service to the paid .Mac service. But really, the goods are there: 15 MB of fast, ad-free email storage, 100 MB of online iDisk storage space, Backup and anti-virus software, iCal integration, and more.