Apple has increased the combined storage for .Mac Mail and iDisk to 250 MB. That means .Mac members now have additional room for email messages and mail attachments, web pages, and backups. .Mac members now also have the option of upgrading your .Mac account to 1 GB for US$49.95 per year.
.Mac Mail now comes with a default 125 MB of email storage so .Mac members can keep more messages available for online access. .Mac members can also configure their individual account’s 250 MB of combined storage to best fit the way they use your .Mac account. Maximum message size has been upped to a hefty 10 MB, giving .Mac Mail the power to handle attachments such as hi-res images and large project files.
.Mac memebers can log into .Mac, click their Account Settings, and click the “Storage Settings” button and choose from among the following choices in the “Storage Settings” drop down menu:
– 16 MB Email / 234 MB iDisk
– 20 MB Email / 230 MB iDisk
– 25 MB Email / 225 MB iDisk
– 30 MB Email / 220 MB iDisk
– 35 MB Email / 215 MB iDisk
– 40 MB Email / 210 MB iDisk
– 45 MB Email / 205 MB iDisk
– 50 MB Email / 200 MB iDisk
– 55 MB Email / 195 MB iDisk
– 60 MB Email / 190 MB iDisk
– 65 MB Email / 185 MB iDisk
– 70 MB Email / 180 MB iDisk
– 75 MB Email / 175 MB iDisk
– 80 MB Email / 170 MB iDisk
– 85 MB Email / 165 MB iDisk
– 90 MB Email / 160 MB iDisk
– 95 MB Email / 155 MB iDisk
– 100 MB Email / 150 MB iDisk
– 105 MB Email / 145 MB iDisk
– 110 MB Email / 140 MB iDisk
– 115 MB Email / 135 MB iDisk
– 120 MB Email / 130 MB iDisk
– 125 MB Email / 125 MB iDisk
– 130 MB Email / 120 MB iDisk
– 135 MB Email / 115 MB iDisk
– 140 MB Email / 110 MB iDisk
– 144 MB Email / 106 MB iDisk
More info here.
MacDailyNews Take: Most of us here at MDN have been bumping up against the 100MB limit for some time now, with some of us actually contemplating dumping the .Mac service due to storage concerns. With that no longer an issue, we’re all happy .Mac campers again! And $49 for 1GB is very reasonable for future expansion of our .Mac usage. Good move, Apple!
’bout time they upped the perks.
now…how about allowing us to “back up” our iTMS purchases.
damn good idea hairbo
The $49 is in addition to the $99 membership, right??
I agree, hairbo, I would love to be able to use my .mac account to back up my iTunes music.
how about adding events to a calendar from any computer and having it sync to you home computer like address book already does?
you can back up your iTunes purchases, using Backup. there is a setting control to back up iTunes – and i do believe purchased music as well.
addendum:
here is the link for info:
http://www.mac.com/1/iTour/tour_backup_b.html
webbyswim, i think what people mean is to be able to re-download purchased songs…not just backup the aac/mp3 files in your itunes library
10MB Maximum message size is completely useless though for anyone sending pro files back and forward.
.Mac mail is not even good for home use – my family MPEG vids regularly exceed 10MB in size.
Randy: That’s what iSync is for. You can sync as many calendars from as many locations as you want.