Comments on: .Mac re-branding is coming http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/ In bytes we trust Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ship http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-364 ship Sat, 31 May 2008 14:16:17 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-364 <p>cool,very very nice</p> cool,very very nice

]]> By: StevenotJobs http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-363 StevenotJobs Fri, 30 May 2008 19:36:52 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-363 <p>That would explain the strangeness.</p> <p>I've had my .Mac account since .Mac was called iTools (and was free). I had forgotten that name--iTools--until yesterday, when I ran the 10.5.3 upgrade. On my Intel iMac, my desktop, when the software was finished running, the system ran me through a welcome screen almost as though I'd booted up the mac for the first time. I should have got a screenshot of it, but I was using back-to-my-mac from my aging Powerbook. It asked me for my dot mac ID, and mentioned something about my iTools account being upgraded.</p> <p>Didn't think much of it until seeing this.</p> That would explain the strangeness.

I’ve had my .Mac account since .Mac was called iTools (and was free). I had forgotten that name — iTools — until yesterday, when I ran the 10.5.3 upgrade. On my Intel iMac, my desktop, when the software was finished running, the system ran me through a welcome screen almost as though I’d booted up the mac for the first time. I should have got a screenshot of it, but I was using back-to-my-mac from my aging Powerbook. It asked me for my dot mac ID, and mentioned something about my iTools account being upgraded.

Didn’t think much of it until seeing this.

]]> By: Aaron Huslage http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Aaron Huslage Fri, 30 May 2008 17:22:52 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-362 <p>This is likely just fixing a problem with substituting strings. I'm surprised this wasn't fixed earlier. All strings should be mutable like this, and in OS X nearly all of them are. Don't read too much into it.</p> This is likely just fixing a problem with substituting strings. I’m surprised this wasn’t fixed earlier. All strings should be mutable like this, and in OS X nearly all of them are. Don’t read too much into it.

]]> By: Albert http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Albert Fri, 30 May 2008 11:57:48 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-361 <p>I'm in the mood for a bold (and somewhat random) prediction:</p> <p>Rebranded as MobileMe, which will be tied to both mobileme.com and me.com (and mobile.me.com). Me.com is currently pushing to snappville.com, and seems to be a recent rebranding/change.</p> I’m in the mood for a bold (and somewhat random) prediction:

Rebranded as MobileMe, which will be tied to both mobileme.com and me.com (and mobile.me.com). Me.com is currently pushing to snappville.com, and seems to be a recent rebranding/change.

]]> By: Andreas Lanjerud http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Andreas Lanjerud Fri, 30 May 2008 10:24:29 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-360 <p>Note that there's a new top domain called .me too. Perhaps Apple in that case registered mobile.me already?</p> Note that there’s a new top domain called .me too. Perhaps Apple in that case registered mobile.me already?

]]> By: Anthony http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-359 Anthony Fri, 30 May 2008 10:09:04 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-359 <p>Mobile Me, yuck...</p> Mobile Me, yuck…

]]> By: mike http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-358 mike Fri, 30 May 2008 09:26:03 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-358 <p>Maybe the file /System/Library/CoreServices/AOS.bundle will be replaced with a new file? At the moment the AOS.strings inside it contains</p> <p>AOS_BRAND = ".Mac"; AOS_DOMAIN = "mac.com";</p> <p>I guess AOS stands for Apple Online Service</p> Maybe the file /System/Library/CoreServices/AOS.bundle will be replaced with a new file? At the moment the AOS.strings inside it contains

AOS_BRAND = “.Mac”; AOS_DOMAIN = “mac.com”;

I guess AOS stands for Apple Online Service

]]> By: mark http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-357 mark Fri, 30 May 2008 05:07:41 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-357 <p>The new name could be Mobile Me. Apple applied for a trademark on that name in Jan 2006.</p> <p>Search for it or see www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/01/11/apple_applies_for_mobile_me_trademark.html</p> The new name could be Mobile Me. Apple applied for a trademark on that name in Jan 2006.

Search for it or see http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/01/11/apple_applies_for_mobile_me_trademark.html

]]> By: Lakshmi Vyas http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Lakshmi Vyas Fri, 30 May 2008 03:31:19 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-356 <p>Its also possible that apple is opening up syncing to other services / providers - taking the cue from address book app syncing to google and yahoo.</p> Its also possible that apple is opening up syncing to other services / providers - taking the cue from address book app syncing to google and yahoo.

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://www.codingrobots.com/blog/2008/05/30/mac-re-branding-is-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Partners in Grime Fri, 30 May 2008 03:15:13 +0000 http://blog.codingrobots.com/?p=271#comment-355 <p>Cool. Nice sleuthing!</p> Cool. Nice sleuthing!

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