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.Mac to Get New Name/Services?

Posted May 30, 2008 at 9:58am by iClarified · 4389 views
Code enthusiasts have found some evidence in Mac OS X 10.5.3 strings that point to a .Mac name change.

Almost everywhere ".Mac" has been replaced with %@, which means that the name of Apple's online service will be inserted programmatically by applications.

If that is not enough there is the text, "%@ is the new name of Apple's online service (was .Mac)."

It has been speculated that Apple will overhaul .Mac or perhaps form closer ties with Google as early as WWDC.

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