I got my Macs updated to OS X 10.7.2 and my iPhone and iPad updated to iOS 5, So it was time to move my MobileMe account to iCloud and see if it lives up to it's promise. It was a less than stellar start with server busy errors preventing the move. Read the rest »
MobileMe Expires
Today I received an e-mail telling me my MobileMe subscription finally expired. No more extensions, no more apologies. After my MobileMe troubles I’d already moved off of it so when the expiration e-mail came it was no big deal. I’d already turned off everything MobileMe related so I didn’t even have to clean up. I also couldn’t tell you if MobileMe still has problems since I gave up trying to get it to work long ago. While I didn’t use every piece of MobileMe here’s what I use now to [...] Read the rest »
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 me on the service. .Mac had been going well and if it wasn’t for the MobileMe fiasco I probably would have renewed as the path of least resistance. Instead it’s time to make sure I [...] Read the rest »
MobileMe: New Name but Old Problems
Apple may have given .Mac a new name, but it’s returned the service to it’s old ways. Way back when I started with .Mac it was unreliable, so much so I didn’t renew. I signed up again just under a year ago and it’s been pretty reliable since then. But the conversion to MobileMe has been a disaster for current .Mac users. There a several long threads in the support forums. This morning my iMac received it’s update for MobileMe. During the upgrade my local iDisk as deleted (luckily a [...] Read the rest »
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 one time I used this but stopped long ago. The lack of an outcry tells me no one else used it either. MobileMe also requires OS X 10.4.11 or better (Apple recommends Leopard of course). [...] Read the rest »
