Macworld: Apple Moves From ITools To .Mac
News Apple Computer on Wednesday announced that it will transition its iTools Web services to a paid programme from a free one, under the .Mac name. Apple took iTools offline on Wednesday morning, ahead of chief executive Steve Jobs' keynote address at...
[July 17, 2002, 14:08]
Apple Extends .Mac Sign-up Deadline
News Mac users who have not converted their free iTools accounts to paid .Mac subscriptions have a little more time to consider whether to make the switch. Initially, iTools users were given until the end of the day on 30 September to pay a discounted...
[September 30, 2002, 10:45]
Apple's .Mac Service Goes Down Again
News The problems come as the company is trying to get users of its discontinued free iTools service to sign up to .Mac, a similar, but fee-based, service that offers email, online storage and Web hosting, among other things.
[October 8, 2002, 8:09]
.Mac May Prove A Hard Sell For Apple
News On Wednesday, the company took another step by replacing its free iTools service with new suite called .Mac. I use iTools and if they would give free customer service and fix a (Mac OS X) 10.1.5 issue with uploading video, I'd probably go for it.
[July 18, 2002, 12:43]
Apple's New ISync Puts Bite On Bluetooth
News In July, Apple eliminated its free iTools suite of Web services and replaced them with .Mac. On Friday, Apple extended an important deadline for people to convert their older iTools accounts to the newer .Mac.
[September 30, 2002, 8:35]
Macworld: Apple Expands Its Consumer Services
News The company currently has a suite of consumer-oriented services known as iTools, which helps people create Web pages and offers online storage and greeting cards. Although many iTools services are free, the company does charge for some services...
[January 9, 2002, 10:29]
Apple Preparing New Upgrade Fees
News During last summer's Macworld in New York, Jobs revealed that Apple would charge as much as $100 a year for .Mac, a service that includes Web-based email and other utilities that previously had been free under the name iTools.
[January 6, 2003, 7:34]
Apple Harvest In Jeopardy?
News In July, Apple revamped its existing iTools Web services, renaming it .Mac, which Jobs at the time acknowledged was a stab at Microsoft's .Net. The overhaul eliminated free iTools services and replaced it with more robust options that people must...
[September 11, 2002, 7:55]
Jobs Becomes Permanent Apple CEO
News In the surest sign it's getting into the Web hosting business, Jobs introduced a set of services called iTools, which provide OS 9 users with space on Apple servers, where they can store 200 MB worth of files and their personal Web pages.
[January 6, 2000, 8:15]
.Mac Numbers Grow
News Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg called the 180,000 users "a significant number -- but a far cry from the 2.2 million users that were signed up for iTools. Some educators partially based their Mac buying decisions on access to iTools.
[October 2, 2002, 13:03]
Apple Plays Up .Mac Subscriptions
News Still, with .Mac, Apple significantly increased the services available compared with iTools and tied a number directly to new applications or aspects of Mac OS X. But the number pales in comparison with the estimated 2.5 million people who...
[September 17, 2002, 16:26]
Apple Starts Charging For Formerly Free Software
News A more basic set of services, dubbed iTools had been free. Apple's decision to stop offering free downloads of iMovie and iPhoto is part of a clear shift by the Mac maker to try to recoup more of the dollars it invests in creating software for the...
[January 9, 2004, 8:00]
Lycos Rolls Out Web-based Video Apps
News Apple iTools users can add video to a Web site, send video emails and even get free Web-based video storage space, according to Apple spokeswoman Vanessa Rios. Lycos Communications will roll out a free digital video-hosting and production tool...
[September 6, 2000, 14:02]
Mac OS X Upgrade Doesn't Come Cheap
News Similarly, Apple said it will begin to charge $100 a year for its previously free iTools services. The company will not offer a discounted upgrade version of Mac OS X version 10.2, code-named Jaguar, to current users of the operating system.
[July 18, 2002, 8:31]
Apple Goes On Safari With Open-source Browser
News Apple now has 250,000 paid subscribers, compared with about 2.5 million users when the service was free under name iTools. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs kicked off his Macworld Expo keynote speech on Tuesday by focusing on the company's software...
[January 7, 2003, 19:40]
Email For The Mac Faithful
News However, Apple's other new section, iTools, is only for Macintosh users. Among the revelations at Wednesday's keynote address by Apple's now-permanent CEO, Steve Jobs, were a number of tidbits about the company's newly redesigned Web site...
[January 6, 2000, 14:37]
Mac OS X Beta's Grab Bag Of Apps
News The browser also includes plug-ins for QuickTime, iTools, Shockwave and Flash. Besides the complement of core OS tools supposedly on tap for the public beta of Mac OS X, the new software will reportedly arrive at this week's Apple Expo in Paris...
[September 13, 2000, 9:29]
