Tag Archives: dotmac

Another MobileMe Extension From Apple

Apple has extended MobileMe subscriptions for an additional 60 days. My paid subscription expired recently and I’m currently running under the previous 30 day extension, with 20 days left. Things may change after the latest 60 day extension, but I still plan to leave MobileMe when my subscription expires.
Shortly before I received the latest [...]

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So Long MobileMe

Just before the .Mac to MobileMe conversion I received an e-mail that my .Mac account was up for renewal in August. I’ve already gone in and set it to not renew. MobileMe still doesn’t work reliably for me on either of my Macs. Apples inability to service existing customers during the planned conversion has soured [...]

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Goodbye .Mac, Hello MobileMe

Apple’s .Mac brand is in it’s final days and will be re-branded MobileMe to coincide with the iPhone 3G launch. While this is mostly a branding change for existing .mac users, there is one feature that is already lost. Bookmarks are no longer available via the web, although they will still sync between Macs. At [...]

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The OS Quest Trail Log #20

CES is over and MacWorld is about to begin. Can’t say anything at CES caught my attention. Stuff was just bigger, thinner and less expensive. The big news last week seemed to be Warner’s move to Blue-Ray and that was before CES.
I can’t say I’m all that excited about MacWorld either. Curious? Yes. Excited? [...]

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The OS Quest Trail Log #2

It’s only been four days since my last log entry but I want to get on a weekly cycle with these and weekends seem to be the best time to do it. So here goes…
Google Apps
I continue to use Google Apps and like it. Really all I use it for is email, but it’s allowed [...]

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Apple .Mac Support Articles

Along with Apple’s announced enhancements to .Mac and it’s increased integration with the new iLife ‘08 Apple as released a series of tech support articles for .Mac. Most of these tend to be general troubleshooting and are applicable to .Mac before as they are now. Here they are:
.Mac: “An inconsistency detected on .Mac for your [...]

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