Apple addresses European .Mac speeds
updated 11:00 am EST, Tue November 20, 2007
Apple tackles .Mac speeds
Measures have at last been implemented to solve problems with the European .Mac service, Apple has announced. Users have complained for months of abnormally slow image uploads, frequently limited to between 78-80kbps. Posting a notice on its Support forums, Apple now says that it has made changes to the backend of the .Mac Web Gallery, affecting home pages and photo albums. Pages should now load "noticeably faster," although users are cautioned that performance may vary based on connections and configurations.
Also mentioned is the fact that some users are still experiencing problems, which Apple says it is investigating "on a case by case basis." The company has likewise left many sections of .Mac alone, including Web Gallery movies. Plans are reportedly in progress, however, for further improvements within the next few months, based on user feedback.



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Joined: Aug 2001
Not good enough for me...
This is a bizarre and annoying development. Photo albums and home pages are the least important elements of .mac that are affected by this speed cap - who cares how quickly a 10Kb gif preview loads, if a 20Mb movie it links to is still restricted to 60KB/s? What this means is that the pages load quickly but the content doesn't.
What it also says to me is that the cause of the speed cap has been identified, but the solution only applied selectively. Not good, Apple...