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Sun, Oct 12, 2008 - 01:29 AM EDT — AAPL: 96.80 (+8.06, +9.08%) | NASDAQ: 1649.51 (+4.39, +0.27%)

Apple boosts Euro .Mac speed

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 03:01 PM EDT

"Apple has responded to .Mac critics and implemented improvements that should speed up European users upload and download speeds, at least when using the .Mac Web Gallery," Jonny Evans reports for Macworld UK.

"Apple has now implemented a number of enhancements that should make Web Gallery pages load 'noticeably faster,'" Evans reports. "The company warns that actual page load times will vary depending on a user's connection speed and Mac setup, 'but most customers should notice an immediate improvement,' it promised."

"The company has done nothing to boost up/download speeds for users of iDisk or any other .Mac services, "at this time," the company said, hinting that such improvements may emerge," Evans reports.

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Nov 20, 07 - 04:05 pm Comment from: Jack_Ryan

That's great, if only they'd ever get around to boosting iDisk speeds, then they'd have something to brag about. iDisk has been useless in recent weeks.

Nov 20, 07 - 04:15 pm Comment from: Crabapple

The proof is in the pudding! Who is eating it?

Nov 20, 07 - 04:16 pm Comment from: Meh

In my couple of years of experience with .Mac, the dialogue box and progress bar that appear while copying files into iDisk folders have always acted strangely. For a 32MB file being uploaded via DSL, for example, a solid progress bar flashes across, but then a striped progress bar associated what would seem to be the final short step of "Closing file..." all but hangs for the several minutes it takes to actually complete the upload. If it were not for the blinking activity lights on my router, I would suspect that the process was completely stalled.

Nov 20, 07 - 04:30 pm Comment from: luke

I agree. iDisk in Europe is horribly slow. I really can't upload anything too large.

Nov 20, 07 - 04:37 pm Comment from: Reality Check

No noticeable improvement on my .Mac gallery. The speed is slow so that it is practically unusable. This is not acceptable for a fee-based service - particularly when free alternatives are so fast. Time for Apple to get its act together.

Nov 20, 07 - 05:02 pm Comment from: dave

Doesn't sound like Apple really fixed the problem. Apple might have to mirror the .Mac content in Europe to give users across the pond what they paid for...

Nov 20, 07 - 06:02 pm Comment from: Steve Ballmer

Macs don't work right with much over dial-up speeds!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

Nov 20, 07 - 06:54 pm Comment from: John Crawford

Just uploaded several (~60) photos to my iWeb site.
There was a definite improvement in speed.

John

Nov 20, 07 - 09:40 pm Comment from: Less is More ★

Well hoo-fucking-ray!

I'm one of those who paid for .Mac and couldn't connect to the sucker even once because it was so slooeewww. I gave up after a week and didn't ask for a refund, figuring the company must need the money more than me to sell such a crappy service in my neck of the woods.

Imagine that! Charity for Apple!

Message to non-US users: Get some feedback from local users before shelling out for dot-Mac or the only thing you'll be uploading is your moolah.

Nov 21, 07 - 03:09 am Comment from: st1

Upgrade the euro connection please, and i might use idisk for once

The transaction to take my money for the .mac was fast...

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