Once, long ago, being a member of Apple's .Mac seemed like a good idea—even value-for-money. Following the recent Macworld in San Francisco (Jan 2006) I'm left wondering what I'm getting for my money.
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This blog is published using the iBlog client, an easy-to-use OS X application that makes uploading static pages to the .Mac server simple. iBlog version 1.x has been around for a few years now and despite a number of updates its basic feature set has remained relatively static. However, version 2.x is now in development and promises to add some of the features requested by users in the small but friendly community Forum. Mac fans can now choose from an increasing range of blogging software, and here I take a quick look at ecto, a seemingly popular and well-regarded client.
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One of the (increasingly few) benefits of an Apple .Mac account is the iDisk—space on Apple's servers for hosting your website, sharing files or iCal calendars, saving backups, and displaying iPhoto-made photo albums, etc. The Mac OS X Finder mounts your iDisk using the WebDAV protocol, but it does so at a depressingly lethargic pace. Most of my interaction with iDisk involves prolonged periods of observing that all-too-familiar spinning beach-ball. I'm pleased to report that there is a faster, yet still Finder-like way, of working with an iDisk.
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I've updated to Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger" and it's become clear that Tiger has a number of "issues". To minimise the chance of incompatibilities I wiped my hard drive and did a clean install, restoring documents and re-installing applications from a backup. Some of the issues are easily overcome, others a bit more concerning. I'll add to this list as I encounter new issues, and document any fixes as I become aware of them.
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Is your Mac behaving strangely? Are you a .Mac member with Virex 7.5.1 installed? If so, then getting this bug-ridden software off of your system may solve your problems...
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So you've cleared out the folders on your iDisk—Sites, Pictures, Movies, etc.—yet according to the .Mac System Preferences pane you've still got megabytes of iDisk space occupied. What's going on?
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