1.6 Renewing Your .Mac Membership

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Your .Mac membership expires one year, to the date, from when it was first activated. The activation date, of course, is when you purchased the .Mac membership and registered it online via the Mac.com web site. To find out when your activation and expiration dates are, log on to the Mac.com web site, and then click on the button in the navigation bar that contains your .Mac member name .

When your .Mac membership is up for renewal, you will receive an email message approximately 30 days before your account will expire, prompting you renew your .Mac account. If your .Mac account is set to renew automatically, your credit card won't be charged until the day that the renewal fee for your .Mac account is due. When it does renew, you will receive an email from Apple, notifying you that your credit card has been charged ”and for what amount ”and thanking you for renewing your .Mac membership.

You can receive a discount on your annual .Mac membership fee by referring other Mac users to sign up for a .Mac account. When they register their account, there is a space in which they can enter your .Mac member name. You will receive a $10 discount for each new .Mac member you refer to Apple. And since there is no limit to the number of people you can refer in a year, if you refer 10 people to sign up for a .Mac membership, your renewal fee for the coming year will be waived.


1.6.1 Disabling the Auto Renew Option

If you purchased your .Mac membership online, your membership will be set to automatically renew using the credit card information you used to purchase your membership. For most people, having your .Mac account renew automatically is a great convenience; it's one less thing you have to worry about. However, if you prefer to have control over renewing your .Mac membership, you can disable the auto-renew feature, as follows :

  1. Go to the Mac.com web site and log in with your .Mac member name and password.

  2. In the navigation bar, click on the button that contains your .Mac member name.

  3. From the Account Settings page, click on the Billing & Subscription button near the upper right.

  4. In the Membership Information section of the Billing & Subscription Settings page, deselect the checkbox beneath Auto Renew.

  5. Click on the Update button to save your changes.

Now when it comes time for your .Mac membership to be renewed, you will be notified via email. This notice should arrive in your email box approximately 90 days before your .Mac membership is due to expire.

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Inside .Mac
Inside .Mac
ISBN: 0596005016
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 132
Authors: Chuck Toporek

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