Alex, I agree that Dropbox seems like a pretty good alternative to IDisk. I'm not creasy about the floating window that comes up at start-up though.
I'm wondering if you have found a way to access the network tab in the preferences. I've been unable to do so. Thanks. On Jul 28, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > The only real ones are remote wipe for iPhone and the "Find My iPhone" > feature. > > You can also set up GMail for web storage and XMarks for bookmarks. > > Regards, > Alex, > > P.S.: > I use Dropbox for data storage. At 2 GB free storage it is great. The > setup doesn't look accessible, but it can be done and the product is a > joy. > > Regards, > Alex, > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 28-Jul-09, at 10:10 AM, Larry Wanger wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> With the discussion last week of Mobile Me I realized that my >> subscription >> is about up and that soon I will need to pay for the family plan I >> have once >> again. I'm really not interested in doing that as I feel the service >> is >> priced a bit high and I am looking for some alternatives. The main >> things I >> see as benefits to the service are syncing contacts and email account >> information across the 2 macs I have and my iPhone, syncing >> calendars and >> the web storage I could but don't often use well. >> >> I have found some alternatives in that I can sync calendar and >> contacts via >> Google. Further, I can use Gmail as an iMap service and therefore >> the Mobile >> Me email service just isn't needed. If I want to, I could use another >> service such as Carbonite for data storage and backup as well I >> think. So, >> with that in mind, are there any other compelling reasons to stay >> with >> Mobile Me that I'm overlooking? Have others dropped the service and >> or just >> found better options? >> >> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
