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									Some of iLife can be emulated with Apache (and specifically mod_dav  
and others), as Matt said.  In particular, you can fool Backup.app  
quite easily if I remember correctly.

However, the *useful* stuff (eg. .Mac Sync) is harder if not  
impossible to fool, as the backend stuff is quite complex and  
unpublished.  I spent about a day trying to pick it apart, and  
finally admitted defeat.

One of the apps (can't remember which) is locked down well enough  
(ie. yes, they verify the certificate) that it's not really possible  
to trick.

Anyway, if you just want Backup.app, then it's easy.  If you want  
more, then getting a *partial* solution is possible but fiddly, and  
getting a full solution is not possible.

I finally decided that the only thing I want out of .Mac is the  
syncing, and that's not worth £70 to me anyway when I can sync most  
of the stuff I need to my mobile and iPod without it.

Tom

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Tom Gidden
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