Time Machine and .Mac

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in Mac Software edited January 2014
By creating Time Machine, which just sounds and looks increadable, did Apple eliminate the need for most of the .Mac features?



One of the big .Mac selling points is the Backup software and the online storage. Why would you need to run backup software or store things online if you can just go back in time (what a great name) and retreve them?

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    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    They still fulfill different needs. Web site hosting is 1 thing, file sharing is another...
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    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jdcfsu


    By creating Time Machine, which just sounds and looks increadable, did Apple eliminate the need for most of the .Mac features?



    One of the big .Mac selling points is the Backup software and the online storage. Why would you need to run backup software or store things online if you can just go back in time (what a great name) and retreve them?



    Because you would still have to buy a large hard drive.
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    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    But they said you could keep it on the same hard drive if needed. Think about it, how many home users are going to buy a second hard drive for thier Mini/Notebook/iMac just for backups? You saw the statistics, Time Machine won't require it. I guess I'll just have to wait till Leopard comes out to see the specifics. It's a really cool idea though. Now I wonder how it works with secure delete...
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    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jdcfsu


    By creating Time Machine, which just sounds and looks increadable, did Apple eliminate the need for most of the .Mac features?



    One of the big .Mac selling points is the Backup software and the online storage.



    You so funny
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