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Apple Gazette Daily 313 - Mossberg on MobileMe, Apple hiring, and more!
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MobileMe problems persist, Mossberg says “Pass”
Walt Mossberg has just reviewed Apple’s MobileMe, and his verdict was a resounding “pass”. His reasoning doesn’t even factor in the constant stream of problems the service has had since its launch. Instead, Mossberg focuses on the fact that content doesn’t actually “push” to Macs and PCs like most of us thought it [...]
Apple issues MobileMe apology, adds 30 days to existing subscriptions
Apple has issued a formal apology to MobileMe users not only for the rocky start to the new service, but also for using the word “push” to describe the MobileMe service when it does not, in fact, push to your Mac.
You can read the full email below.
In spite of all this, people are still [...]
Apple releases MobileMe update for OS X
This morning Apple has released a software update for OS X to enhance MobileMe compatibility on the desktop.
The Mac OS X Update For MobileMe is recommended for users running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 and includes general system fixes that enhance your Mac for MobileMe.
For detailed information about MobileMe, please visit this website: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/
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Apple Gazette Daily 299 - Mobile Me shipping early, iPhone deadlines and more!
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Mobile Me showing signs of life…
Immediately after the WWDC 2008 Keynote many users flocked to Me.com, the home of the upcoming Mobile Me service from Apple, only to find that there was nothing there.
In fact, the Me.com domain was completely offline until recently. It is now forwarding to Apple’s Mobile Me page on Apple.com.
More than that, however, some @me.com [...]
Will we see 10.5.4 before July 11th?
AppleInsider thinks so. According to their report the newest build, “9E17″ has no known issue and that only two fixes have been in the last 10 days.
The article suggests that we’ll see 10.5.4 before July 11th, because of a need for the system to integrate Mobile Me support into OS X.
I think [...]
.Mac troubles and tips from Apple for the MobileMe switch
Throughout the day I have noticed troubles with the .Mac service. Earlier this morning MacNN reported that the mac.com homepage was down and the service was experiencing extended worldwide outages.
While I haven’t had a complete outage, and the website currently works for me, I have not been able to log onto iChat, [...]
RUMOR: Me.com could be .Mac’s rebranded name
MacRumors did some detective work this weekend after Daring Fireball kicked this idea around and discovered that Apple seems to own Me.com - which may be significant, because it could very well be rebranded name for the .Mac service.
The “Me” service along with “MobileMe” could very well be the desktop and iPhone versions of the [...]
UPDATED: .Mac may be getting a name change
MacNN has discovered something interesting in the code of the 10.5.3 update. It appears as though Apple’s .Mac service may be getting a name change, and possible overhaul.
Buried deep within the v10.5.3 update are several strings of code which indicate that the .Mac name may be dropped.
In iCal’s Localizable.strings file you can [...]
