Anybody else not renewing their .Mac account?

[slo]

Although it has it's good points, I finally decided to not renew my .Mac account.

There just isn't enough benefit to warrant such a high price. The only items I ever used where iDisk and Virex. iDisk was way too small of drive space as well.

For those of you that have one and don't want to renew, be sure to "uncheck" your auto-renew status, or they will automatically bill your credit card.

.Mac definately didn't make it easy to find. It's under the "credit card" setting.

slo

[themacko]

I already renewed mine, I love having a big email box and the Homepage .. not to mention the free goodies they provide every few months. The ease-of-use and integration with my Mac make it worth $8.50 / month, IMO.

[Lyra]

Thanks for the tip, slo – I just decided yesterday not to renew mine because of so many problems with Backup, which would be my main reason for keeping it on. It works, it doesn't work, it works, it doesn't work – too flaky to keep paying for.

[hulkaros]

Renewed! Things will just get better...

[mindbend]

I actually make good use of .Mac. I found it very worthwhile and convenient.

For one, the free music library (initially only available through .Mac) was a huge bonus that I used on many video edits and still use.

The disk space I use as temp storage for client review files, so I don't fill my own server with junk that I know I should clean out, but forget to do so.

Also, even though I do web design with pro apps, I like their quick and dirty site design tools, which I also use for client review. You know, throw up the latest video edit wrapped in Apple's cute movie theatre theme. Fun and easy. Easier in many cases than if I used Dreamweaver and FTP'd it.

I also like the convenience of .Mac as the storage center for my Calendar and iSync info. Throw the iPod in the middle and .Mac makes for a great, easy sync system for home and work. Yes, I know there are free third party (or do it yourself) solutions, but .Mac is just easier and tied nicely into the OS.

I also love the Finder connectivity and how .Mac shows up as just another mounted disk. Very easy to shuffle around files. If they would just open it up for FTP access.

My biggest .Mac complaint is the sluggishness in moving around in the Finder and when you send up a file, it shows 99% completion immediately, so you have no idea how long it will take to finish.

What I never use is the extra software and otherutilities like Backup and such. Don't need em, but maybe another little app will sneak in there that I might use. either way, I still find .Mac worth it and recommend to those who have similar needs.

[bobw]

I renewed mine. Just have too much money here and I can't take it with me.

[dave17lax]

Will be renewing, I use the email address all the time, and though idisk is slow, i use it for my web space. I also use isync and backup, have not had any troubles luckily.

[Arden]

I represent the portion of the Mac population who never bought .mac in the first place. I couldn't see justifying the cost for features that I can easily get for free elsewhere, and I also had trouble with iTools trying to use it as remote storage.