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It’s official: MobileMe is a flop

by Michael Goonan on Jul 24, 2008 at 05:00 PM

David Pogue of The New York Times calls it “Apple’s MobileMess”. Walt Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal says it is “far too flawed to be reliable.” When Apple is hearing these sorts of things about MobileMe from a usually unmistakable Apple fanboy (Pogue) and a man who has called… Continue Reading »

MobileMe is here…again? Free 60-day trial

by Kirk Hiner on Jul 23, 2008 at 04:48 PM

MobileMe, Apple’s upgrade to their previous .Mac web service, has been available pretty much since the iPhone 3G launch. We’ve seen MobileMe 30 day extensions and MobileMe reviews since then, so why are some Apple users just now seeing the official release announcement? Perhaps Apple was waiting until the kinks… Continue Reading »

Apple updates iLife apps

by Patrick Lutz on Jul 23, 2008 at 06:52 AM

Apple has updated its iLife ‘08 applications and accompanying software. The updates are available for download from Apple’s Web site, and can also be downloaded through the Mac Software Update tool. The new versions are as follows: iWeb 2.0.4 iLife Support 8.3 iMovie 7.1.4 iPhoto 7.1.4 Additional info after the… Continue Reading »

Free MobileMe 30 day extension offered

by Indraneel Purohit on Jul 16, 2008 at 05:30 PM

Apple’s successor to .Mac, MobileMe, announced during WWDC and touting a release date of one week ago, has faced some difficulties with stability. Thus, Apple is offering a 30-day service extension to eligible users, gratis. An e-mail was sent out to all MobileMe/.Mac users, apologizing and informing them of the… Continue Reading »

MobileMe available for pre-order on Amazon

by Michael Goonan on Jul 6, 2008 at 10:15 PM

Amazon.com is now offering MobileMe for pre-order on their website at $89.99—about 9% off Apple’s price. This comes after Amazon has apparently sold out of .Mac retail boxes which they were selling for $69.99, but raised to $77.99 after MobileMe was announced at WWDC. This has to be welcome news… Continue Reading »

Apple gaffe: Mobile Me shipped too soon

by Indraneel Purohit on Jul 3, 2008 at 12:30 PM

As you can tell from the picture above, Apple’s MobileMe has been accidentally shipped to a lucky customer. MobileMe announced at WWDC and (truly) available worldwide on July 11, is the successor to Apple’s .Mac service. The customer in question, who reaped the benefits of a trigger happy Apple shipping… Continue Reading »

Apple to .Mac Subscribers—Sync your bookmarks by Sunday

by Michael Goonan on Jul 3, 2008 at 12:03 PM

With the impending release of MobileMe, Apple has sent out a notice to all .Mac subscribers that they should sync their bookmarks to all of their machines by Sunday, when access to bookmarks will be discontinued. The decision to discontinue web access to bookmarks (as well as iCards and .Mac… Continue Reading »

Save on MobileMe - Updated

by Michael Goonan on Jul 1, 2008 at 02:06 PM

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Apple restricting iDisk browser access

by Stephen Embleton on Jun 16, 2008 at 09:05 PM

It seems Apple has decided to restrict access to its online storage component, iDisk, from certain browsers. iDisk, once supported by any browser, is now blocking access to the site unless the browser used to visit it is officially supported. Supported browsers include: Safari 1.3 or Firefox 1.0.4 (And later… Continue Reading »

MobileMe now available for preorder

by Kirk Hiner on Jun 13, 2008 at 05:42 PM

MobileMe, Apple’s replacement for .mac which was announced on Monday at WWDC, is now available for preorder through Apple’s online store. Launching in July, the subscription based Internet service will cost $99 for a single user license, with a family plan that runs $149 a year. There’s also a $30… Continue Reading »

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