[Ti] CD writing software that's smart?

[Robert Nicholson]

Please tell me what is Apple's motivation for tying Backup to .mac.

If I'm to Backup to CD why should I need a .mac account to do that?

Again, the program doesn't run unless it can find a .mac account. What 
happens
when I stop my .mac subscription? This is effectively a software lease 
limiting
the life of the product.

If I buy a backup solution today from another vendor I can be sure that 
it will run next year and the year after without any further 
"subscription"

What happens if I backup using Backup with a valid .mac subscription 
and I choose to cancel the subscription and then want to do a restore 
at a later date?

On Jan 26, 2004, at 10:54 PM, Tom Warner wrote:

>
> On 26 Jan 2004, at 8:50 am, Robert Nicholson wrote:
>
>> Backup doesn't run unless it can find a .mac account.
>>
>> That is why it's outrageous Apple tied this product to their .mac 
>> product.
>
> This seems to be a rather strange position to take.
>
> 'Backup' the product, is part of the .mac package. It is not available 
> (like all the other parts of a .Mac account) to people like me who 
> don't want it.
>
> You could say the same thing (just as inappropriately) about any or 
> all of the .Mac features.
>>
>> It's equivalent to only being able to iSync to your cell phone if you 
>> have a .mac account. (which thankfully isn't the case)
>
> It is only equivalent to other products included with a .Mac 
> subscription.
>
> I don't understand your position at all.
>
> There are other methods of backup you know.
>
> From Mac Help:
>
> There are many applications and utilities you can use to back up the 
> information on your computer. Three methods are available in Mac OS X:
>
> 	▪ 	Backup (a full-featured backup application for .Mac members)
> 	▪ 	Disk Utility (located in Applications/Utilities)
> 	▪ 	Finder (Burn Disc and Create Archive commands
>
> Puzzled am I
> Tom
> -- 
> My ol' grandaddy taught me to always;
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> quote only that portion to which you are replying,
> post replies at the bottom.
>
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