Jul

8

MobileMe is On the Way.

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July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Have you stopped by the .mac system status page lately?  If so, then this little message was there to meet you:
MobileMe Launch
7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT
As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.
Members will be unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services during this time with the exception [...]

Jul

2

.Mac Bookmarks Getting Tweaked Soon

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July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The image says it all.  If you use .Mac to sync and control your bookmarks, then you have been warned that July 6th is a big day for you.
Presumably, there is some major MobileMe patching going on around the 6th , and the first causalty of the change will be the existing .mac bookmark syncing [...]

Jun

18

Don’t Let MobileMe Scare You.

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June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Are you afraid of change?  Do the words new and different frighten you and keep you up at night?  Well, if you suffer from Metathesiophobia (the fear of changes), and the .mac / MobileMe situation has you stressed out, then Macworld has just what you need.
They have an excelent piece detailing the changes from the [...]

Jun

10

Upgrade .mac Today and Save

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June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

MobileMe is coming in the first week of July, and as reported by Apple, existing contracts of .mac will be instantly upgraded.  That is all fine and good, but when your .mac upgrade runs out, you will have to fork out $99 dollars to renew your subscription.  “So what’s the big deal?” you say.  “That [...]

Jun

9

MobileMe Attacks Exchange and .Mac and Wins

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June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

At the WWDC (World Wide Developer’s Conference), Steve Job’s announced sweeping and drastic changes to the .mac service.  Job’s announce that the new service, MobileMe, would be exchange for the “rest of us.”

Here are the highlights of the MobileMe service:
Automatic Upgrade for existing .mac subscribers.
20gb storage capacity (up from 10gb)
Over the air syncing of mail, [...]