Derrick
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So, "cloud-computing" is the future; or so they say.
One day, not long from now, we’ll be storing our data off-site – in the ‘cloud’, on some or other server. And I don’t like the idea. My data is my data, and I prefer to keep it local. If I need to share, I put the data I want to share on a memory stick, and I share. That way I know that my data is secure. I also keep a backup of my system on an external hard drive, so that, no matter what happens to my MacBook’s hard drive, I can boot up from my external drive, replace the hard drive in my Mac, and restore my system. In fact, I always have two backups of everything. I played around with .Mac before it became MobileMe, and although it was ahead of its time and – supposedly – made life easier, it never ‘grew’ on me. But times have changed, and I decided to have a look at MobileMe.
MobileMe (I’m surprised that Apple didn’t call it ‘iMe’ or something starting with an ‘i’) is an innovate service to keep all your Macs, your PC, your iPod touch and your iPhone in sync. If you have a MobileMe account, you can keep your notes, address book and your e-mails on your MobileMe ‘disk’, and when you access the service, your notes and e-mails are pushed to whatever device you’re accessing the service from. You also get an online hard drive, called your iDisk, somewhere in the ‘cloud’, on which you can back up your important documents, those special pictures, and even your applications and settings. You can copy the information (such as photos, Web pages you created, and documents) you want to share to your public folder, using iDisk, and this information will be available to those people you grant access to.
With MobileMe, you can create a Web gallery of your photos - using iPhoto - in just a few clicks, and even add new photos directly from your iPhone. And you could let your friends add photos of their own. MobileMe, as with other Apple software, seamlessly integrates with Mac OS X, and gives new life to iLife ’09 and iWork ’09. You can, from within applications such as iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, Pages and other apps, upload the information you want to keep on your iDisk, or want to share in your public folder.
MobileMe really is an innovative service, and the ability to keep your data synchronised across multiple devices could be a godsend, especially if your iPhone or Mac is stolen. However, and this is where the service falls flat, we live in South Africa. We don’t have uncapped broadband services and high-speed DSL – heck, most Mac users in South Africa don’t have ADSL or HSDPA, let alone a proper, fast Internet connection. And if they do, they pay through their noses for the right to access the World Wide Web. And at R899 for an off-line storage solution, MobileMe is priced way too high.
One day, not long from now, we’ll be storing our data off-site – in the ‘cloud’, on some or other server. And I don’t like the idea. My data is my data, and I prefer to keep it local. If I need to share, I put the data I want to share on a memory stick, and I share. That way I know that my data is secure. I also keep a backup of my system on an external hard drive, so that, no matter what happens to my MacBook’s hard drive, I can boot up from my external drive, replace the hard drive in my Mac, and restore my system. In fact, I always have two backups of everything. I played around with .Mac before it became MobileMe, and although it was ahead of its time and – supposedly – made life easier, it never ‘grew’ on me. But times have changed, and I decided to have a look at MobileMe.
MobileMe (I’m surprised that Apple didn’t call it ‘iMe’ or something starting with an ‘i’) is an innovate service to keep all your Macs, your PC, your iPod touch and your iPhone in sync. If you have a MobileMe account, you can keep your notes, address book and your e-mails on your MobileMe ‘disk’, and when you access the service, your notes and e-mails are pushed to whatever device you’re accessing the service from. You also get an online hard drive, called your iDisk, somewhere in the ‘cloud’, on which you can back up your important documents, those special pictures, and even your applications and settings. You can copy the information (such as photos, Web pages you created, and documents) you want to share to your public folder, using iDisk, and this information will be available to those people you grant access to.
With MobileMe, you can create a Web gallery of your photos - using iPhoto - in just a few clicks, and even add new photos directly from your iPhone. And you could let your friends add photos of their own. MobileMe, as with other Apple software, seamlessly integrates with Mac OS X, and gives new life to iLife ’09 and iWork ’09. You can, from within applications such as iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, Pages and other apps, upload the information you want to keep on your iDisk, or want to share in your public folder.
MobileMe really is an innovative service, and the ability to keep your data synchronised across multiple devices could be a godsend, especially if your iPhone or Mac is stolen. However, and this is where the service falls flat, we live in South Africa. We don’t have uncapped broadband services and high-speed DSL – heck, most Mac users in South Africa don’t have ADSL or HSDPA, let alone a proper, fast Internet connection. And if they do, they pay through their noses for the right to access the World Wide Web. And at R899 for an off-line storage solution, MobileMe is priced way too high.