Chapter 14. Harnessing .Mac

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Signing up

  • Configuring Mac OS X for .Mac

  • Using Mac.com e-mail service

  • Using .Mac Mail on the Web

  • Using the .Mac Address Book

  • Using iDisk

  • Understanding HomePage

  • Using .Mac Slides Publisher

  • Back to My Mac

  • Working with iCal

  • Synchronizing with iSync

  • Creating iCards

At the July 2002 MacWorld Expo in New York, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the free suite of Mac-only Internet-based applications and services previously known as iTools would now be fee-based, and its name would be changed to .Mac (pronounced "dot Mac").

The .Mac services greatly expand on iTools, and have evolved into a remarkably powerful combination of software and services that help you easily store, share, and protect your files as well as communicate in text, voice, or video. As a result, the number of users willing to pay $99.95 for .Mac has been steadily growing.

Previous versions of Mac OS X had been designed to work with the .Mac services, and Mac OS X 10.5 continues this tradition by integrating .Mac further, now providing a separate .Mac System preference pane, as well as including with it several integrated applications that can take advantage of .Mac services.

In this chapter, you find out about the Internet services .Mac has to offer, including .Mac mail, iCards, Homepage, and the iWeb service. We discuss the applications included with Mac OS X 10.5 that interoperate with each other and with or without the .Mac service: Address Book, iCal, and iWeb. You also explore the main ...

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