Updated Backup, exclusive widgets coming to .Mac soon?

Think Secret reports today that those exclusive .Mac widgets we've all been waiting for (well, some of us, right C.K.?) may be about to arrive, as well as an updated version of Backup.

According to Think Secret, Backup 3 will see some major changes from version 2. At first launch, Backup 3 offers users a choice of four pre-set backup plans. The first backs up your Home folder daily to a hard drive, and then monthly to CD or DVD. The second plan backs up personal data and settings to your iDisk on a daily basis. The third option will back up iLife data in your Home folder to CD or DVD weekly, and finally, a fourth option backs up purchased music to CD or DVD monthly. Adding or editing a plan is done via an action menu button. There is also a custom backup option, that allows for greater flexibility than is currently available in version 2.

As for those exclusive widgets, the word is they'll focus on making .Mac features accessible from the Dashboard, like Mail, Backup and others. All I'll say is, after all this time, those had better be some sweet widgets.

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Source: http://thinksecret.com/news/0508dotmac.html

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warren Buckley

I love Apple and usually don't have the usually laundry list of gripes that most people whine about on forums. They're a business and have to make money, so I can forgive them for not supporting a five year old Powerbook or fixing iPod's after they've been charged for 18 months. But....I think .Mac is way overpriced for what you get. The only thing I like is the convenience of being able to post pictures simply and have an email address account that's easy to access and setup where ever I am (desktop, laptop, treo) and stay synced. I could care less about the backup software or anti-virus nonsense. They should just lower the price since the storage amount isn't that great and it's all gotten cheaper over the past few years.

August 09 2005 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brian

If you don't want to wait for .Mac to release Widgets you could check out dotMac Menu, which puts all of .Mac in your menubar for easy access - and it's free! (yes, I'm biased, but hopefully readers will find it useful, 30,000 users can't be wrong :D)

August 09 2005 at 3:15 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

krez

Bout time. Very cool. www.tigercompatible.com is your app compatible?

August 09 2005 at 3:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

krez

Bout time. Very cool. www.tigercompatible.com is your app compatible?

August 09 2005 at 2:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Erik

Its about damn time those widgets surface - they should have come out with Tiger. I like .Mac but I want more free stuff!

August 09 2005 at 2:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Gary Troup

Also, the umbrella will be orange!