Apple .Mac 5.0 Family Pack [OLD VERSION]

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Manufacturer: Apple
Model: MA928Z/A
Binding: DVD-ROM
Publisher: Apple
Label: Apple
Platform: Mac OS X
Platform: Mac OS X

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Features for Apple .Mac 5.0 Family Pack [OLD VERSION]:

Seamlessly extends the Mac experience to the Internet
Share photos and movies beautifully--directly from iLife '08; Publish a professional-looking website or blog with a click
Stay in touch from anywhere using ad-free IMAP email; Keep your team, club, or family on the same page
Sync contacts, bookmarks, and more across multiple Macs
Share and access large files from anywhere; Protect your precious memories with a few clicks

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Editorial Review
Use .Mac 5.0 to share high-quality photos and movies with friends and family directly from iPhoto and iMovie. There's no easier or more stunning way to show off your pictures and video online. Express yourself by creating a custom website, blog or podcast in minutes and publish it with a single click. Add content from Google Maps and even use your own domain name. .Mac Mail gives you ad-free email that stays with you and stays in sync. Create a group website complete with your own group email address and iDisk folder. .Mac Groups makes keeping the gang together a snap. With .Mac you always have up-to-date information and sync bookmarks, calendars, contacts, etc. across multiple Mac computers. .Mac iDisk lets you store, access, and share large files with drag-and-drop simplicity. Now get 10 times more storage than before. With 10GB of online storage and just a simple click, you can use the Backup 3 software to keep your music, photos and other important documents safe and sound. With the .Mac Family Pack, your master account comes with 10GB of email and file storage and each of your four sub-accounts also gets 2.5GB. Now the whole family has plenty of room to email, share, and back up. Sync contacts, calendars and more across multiple Mac computers iDisk - Share and access files from anywhere Backup 3 - Protect your precious memories with a few clicks 10GB Online Storage
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Customer Reviews

Barely worth it, but worth it nonetheless.

2007-10-10
We are five in my family and we each have at least one Mac (yeah, we're lucky like that). So the family pack seems liek a perfect fit for us.

The best part: online address book access, editing, syncing and sharing.

The iDisk is a nice way to share big files and the recent storage bump is very welcome and was badly needed.

I have a Mac mini at home that's always on and I'm looking forward to the Back To My Mac feature in Leopard, which will make .Mac so much better.

I don't have the new iLife nor an iPhone so I'm missing out on some features... for now.

If .Mac was cheaper, I would recommend it for sure. As it stands, I need to think hard every year before I renew.

DO NOT BUY! This is now MobileMe

2008-07-13
I love .Mac services, but this has now been changed to MobileMe by Apple. If you buy .Mac now, it won't work. Amazon also sells MobileMe, so if you want this service, that's what to get. Here's a link to it:

Apple MobileMe Family Pack

Family Help the Easy Way

2007-11-12
The Apple .Mac Family Pack is terrific . My son has convinced me Apples are the best
so after 25 years with PC:s I am an Apple Mac Book Pro user 17 in.laptop and Mini.
Now some of our family is connected with photos and music and we love it, Plus
backup space.

Apple is sure setting the computer business on its ear they are so far ahead of the competition also with Leopard and I wish them the best.

Needed renewal, did not ship in time

2007-11-08
Already a subscriber, so got renewal pack at Amazon. All was on schedule, but then Amazon postponed the estimated ship date at the same moment they made the order impossible to cancel. I had to go out and get a renewal pack somewhere else while Amazon held the committed order.

Dot Mac is a valuable tool

2007-10-22
With the new increased storage .mac is much easier to justify and generally just that much more useful. Nobody is going to backup their multimedia library in 10G but to keep your contacts, calendars, bookmarks, passwords and critical documents safe and offsite there is no easier way. This alone could be worth while for what amounts to $30/year per person.

But take advantage of any of it's other features and it is almost a no brainer. My mom can post a website with the combination of .mac and iWeb and the photo sharing abilities are incredible.

...Do I or Don't I...

2007-10-13
...renew the family pack for the next year! I've read the various reviews of how I can get storage, use Picasso, or other services to create the same bundle, but with the favorable Amazon pricing I keep buying the "empty box" each year!

Product works well, and I truly use it to tie my two college age kids into a common platform. Best services remain on line syncing, and the .mac platform for internet access.

At the end of the day, for $12 a month I can't complain, and will renew again next year.