Chapter . Sync Another Mac with .Mac

.Mac is Apple’s entry into the software-as-a-service sweepstakes, and the particular service that .Mac provides is a personal information sharing and exchange center. Included with .Mac’s many features (which would take an book like Joe Kissell’s Take Control of .Machttp://www.takecontrolbooks.com/dot-mac.html—to describe) is the capability to sync both individual files and all the stuff listed in Table 1 (such as Safari bookmarks and some contact info) between your home Mac and office Mac and any other Macs you happen to have handy.

Although you can replicate just about every information sharing and exchange feature that .Mac offers some other way, the part of the .Mac service you can’t replicate is how well ...

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