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Pulled Panther Feature? "Home on iPod"
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Quote directly from Apple (before they pulled the info. from their site).
Home away from home
Ever thought you could carry your home in the palm of your hands or in your pocket? You can. Panther's Home on iPod feature lets you store your home directory � files, folders, apps � on your iPod (or any FireWire hard drive) and take it with you wherever you go. When you find yourself near a Panther-equipped Mac, just plug in the iPod, log in, and you�re �home,� no matter where you happen to be. And when you return to your home computer, you can synchronize any changes you�ve made to your files by using File Sync, which automatically updates offline changes to your home directory.
***[Update:] Apple has removed this feature description from their web site. But the link below is a mirror site that MacRumor saved prior to Apple yanking the information.
MacRumors.com
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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This is from the WWDC rumors thread:
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...Take your user account to go. A different form factor, but tightly integrated with the Mac. You will see a OS X option for allow login from 'iDevice' in user accounts. The login prompt will also support logging in from the device. Look for changes in the security model including support for PAM. Take your homework from home to school to work on a Pod.
This is the major difference between Apple's model of user data storage (locally) vs Microsofts (on the .NET). If Apple plays its cards right, it may well be the coup de grace for .NET. This would have to mean an open pod architecture with multi-vendor suppor
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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Oh don't worry. Home on iPod is coming. It was released with the GM build of Panther because there are some security issues as well as permissions issues with the home directory on the iPod. The main focus of this initiative is not the consumer though, it's the education market. The possibilities are endless when the Home on iPod feature comes to the schools equipped with Apple Computers.
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London, UK
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Originally posted by iDriveX:
Oh don't worry. Home on iPod is coming. It was released with the GM build of Panther because there are some security issues as well as permissions issues with the home directory on the iPod. The main focus of this initiative is not the consumer though, it's the education market. The possibilities are endless when the Home on iPod feature comes to the schools equipped with Apple Computers.
sweet, any idea how long till this might be ready?
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