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Apple .Mac 5.0

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.Mac, combined with iLife and Mac OS X, helps move your photos and movies to the internet, making it easy for the whole family.

Web Gallery

You can move your photos from iPhoto '08 to a web page where the photos are grouped by album, and even use password protection to control who can see them if you want.
Visitors to the web page can select which album to view and choose viewing options such as grid, slideshow, mosaic, or carousel - with automatic resizing so that the photos adjust instantly to fit their browser window.
You can allow friends to contribute their photos, and they can do it right from their browser or via email. Whenever new photos are added, they sync to your iPhoto '08 library.
You can share movies directly from iMovie '08. Visitors can view them on the web in several sizes, including a large format that is better than DVD quality. And they can download versions of your video optimized for viewing on iPhone, iPod, or a large screen with Apple TV.
.Mac Web Gallery is fully integrated with iPhone, so you can view all your photos and movies from wherever you are, and even post photos right from your iPhone.

Website Hosting

Working with iWeb, you can create a custom website, blog, or podcast and publish it to .Mac with a single click.
.Mac now lets you use your own domain name when you publish from iWeb '08.
You can create a great-looking website or blog in minutes, choosing from a wide selection of Apple-designed themes and customizing your page with photos and text. With one-click theme switching, you can experiment all you like.
You can include live content from other sites in your .Mac site. iWeb widgets Select Google Maps, Google AdSense, or Web Gallery widgets right in iWeb '08, or add an HTML snippet from another site, such as YouTube.

E-mail

.Mac Mail uses the IMAP protocol, which means that no matter where you check your email, it’s always in sync.
It works seamlessly with iPhone
.Mac webmail comes with features like drag-and-drop filing, attachments, and a message pane.
.Mac Mail is ad-free - no banner ads in your Mail page and ads won’t be added to your messages - and your messages won’t be scanned for advertising purposes.
Automatically scans incoming and outgoing messages for viruses. Images from unknown sources are not loaded unless you allow it. Also, enhanced spam filtering in webmail and the ability to create up to five email aliases.

iDisk

With iDisk, you can store files on Apple's servers and access them online from any Internet-connected computer, Mac or Windows.
10 GB of storage with the ability to exchange large files up to 2GB in size.
You can access your iDisk with almost any operating system - use it to transfer files between your PC at work and Mac at home.
With the Mac OS X Finder, you can simply drag and drop your files onto your iDisk as you would any other hard drive or storage device, without having to remember a complicated FTP address.
Your iDisk Public folder makes exchanging files with friends easy. Drop in the files you want to share, and your friends can access them anywhere, or they can even post their own files to your iDisk - with the option where you can add password protection to limit access to your folder.

Sync

Sync with .Mac and Mac OS X give you remote access to the same Address Book contacts, iCal calendars and Safari bookmarks that you keep on your Mac at home.
With Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, your critical Mail information such as rules, signatures, and Spotlight-driven Smart Mailboxes as well as stored passwords from your Keychain are all right at your fingertips, no matter which Mac you're using.
You can sync manually or set your .Mac synchronization to occur weekly, daily or hourly.

Groups

Communicate, coordinate, and stay in sync with your club, team, or organization.
Private Web site with password protected access for Group image, message board, announcements, calendar, member list, offsite links.
Your .Mac Group has its own email address. Email sent to this address goes to the entire group, and messages are posted automatically on the group page.
.Mac Groups are open to anyone, Mac and PC users alike.

Backup

The Family Pack has the following features:

Each Family Pack includes five .Mac accounts: one master account and four sub-accounts.
Your master account comes with 10GB of email and file storage, and each of your four sub-accounts also gets a generous 2.5GB.

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