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.Mac is a slick web-based subscription that provides web-based storage and integrates with a variety of OSX applications.
Classes: October 9 and January 17th - 3:30-5:30 District Library
.Mac provides
- 1GB of storage on the web for documents, web sites, movies, and photos
- a built-in connection to iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and iWeb so that web-pages can go up almost instantly
- easy, form-based web pages with HomePage
- extra software such as a year's subscription to Backup & VersionTracker, GarageBand Jam Pack loop samplers, .Mac images for iChat, and easy access to Apple updates.
- an email account with 5 additional "alias" accounts.
- access to using iChat for chatting with audio and video
- syncing between several computers
- posting of iCal calendars
- posting of other .Mac savy applications such as Comic Life
Basics 1 Class - overview
*** District Policy ***
-School account.
If this is a account paid for with site funds, it needs to be used for site purposes. Material posted here should adhere to AUP guidelines web posting guidelines.
*** Choosing your site's account name ***
- email address name/iDisk name / login name
Note policy above
- more than one user?
*** Logging On - two ways ***
-iDisk - computer access to upload files
Briefly look at purpose of iDisk folders
(music, software, documents, sites, pictures, movies, backup, public)
System Preferences -
.Mac (account setup, syncing, public folder access)
-Dotmac - web access - to look at web applications (Mail, Address Book, Bookmarks, Homepage, Groups, iCards)
Web Preferences
(changing password, adding email accounts, changing account allocations...)
Easiest Publishing - from iMovie, iPhoto, iWeb, etc.
Upload Publishing - photos, movie, or form-based HomePage
Basics 2 - details
-iCards Dotmac
Syncing How to
-Mail/Address Book/Bookmarks/iCal
-documentsSyncing Apps
-iCal publishing (Note: iCal Publish)
-Mail
-Address Book
-Bookmarks
iDisk Extras
-storage 500MB+500MB (use .mac Accounts to re-allocate space)
.Mac Links
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