Tag: Mac

.Mac (pronounced and sometimes written as “Dot Mac”) was a collection of online services and software offered by Apple Inc. Originally and collectively provided as a free service called iTools (and at the time offered exclusively to Mac OS users), .Mac became a subscription-based service with features applicable to users of all current, major computer platforms. On July 8, 2008, .Mac was replaced by MobileMe.
The original Internet software and services known as .Mac were first called “iTools”; it had no relation to Tenon’s Web application with the same name. Announced and released at Macworld Expo San Francisco on January 5, 2000, iTools was made available free of charge for Mac OS 8 and 9 users. While some features of iTools were accessible via non-Mac platforms (such as modifying HomePage content with Internet Explorer on a Microsoft Windows-based PC, or accessing an iDisk via WebDAV in later iterations), iTools was primarily a Mac-only offering and provided only limited, discussion…