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Mac OS X Panther Feature: Home On iPod
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2003-10-08 19:56:17
MacRumors has posted a report of a particularly interesting feature of "Panther", the upcoming release of Mac OS X v10.3, that was posted on Apple's site...and then pulled several hours later. The feature is called "Home on iPod" and was originally described on this Apple Panther feature page as follows:
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.
Have a look at this mirror of the aforementioned Panther feature page, captured by MacRumors earlier today, to see the description as it was originally presented.
MacRumors confirms that this feature is not part of the latest pre-release of Panther (build 7B85). Given that the description was pulled so soon after posting, it is questionable whether this feature will make it into the intial release of Panther. This is the first we have heard of this potentially great new enabling capability of Mac OS X.
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