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.Mac down
Some readers are reporting that they cannot login to their .Mac service. Apple is currently reporting that the Web Pages are down at mac.com."Members cannot access the www.mac.com website. It will be restored ASAP. Read more for interim solutions," Apple notes on the support website.
Could this mean that Apple is working on transitioning over to their MobileMe service? Well, time will tell. Be sure to stay tuned to TUAW for updates on the .Mac outage. If you spot any new changes with your .Mac service, be sure to leave a comment or send us a tip!
Update (7:05p EST): Some users are reporting that while .Mac is taking longer than normal, they are now able to login. Apple has yet to post any additional updates on their support website. The Web Page down status has not been removed.
Update (7:44p EST): Apple has updated the status page. The status currently reads, "Members cannot access the .Mac Welcome page. It will be restored ASAP." Stay tuned to TUAW for the latest about the .Mac outage.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Darren said 6:32PM on 6-23-2008
It was a little slow loading, but everything seems to be unchanged and working.
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Kevin said 6:50PM on 6-23-2008
It's back up, 30 minutes later.
The same sort of thing happened about a week before the WWDC keynote but the outage was for a more extended period.
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Jacob Welsh said 6:51PM on 6-23-2008
Up for me??!?!?!?!?!
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Jeff said 6:53PM on 6-23-2008
I can't believe people pay 99 bucks for a service that goes down more than a two dollar whore.
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Justin said 8:09PM on 6-23-2008
Damn, I've payed three bucks for a two dollar whore.
Michael Schmitt said 6:54PM on 6-23-2008
I literally just logged in and there are no changes that I can tell. The .Mac service has been wonky ever since the announcement about MobileMe and "cloud" computing. My SPAM filter for my @mac.com address has been letting a lot of SPAM through as of late, and I get glitches here and there in which I will send e-mail to both my @gmail and @mac addresses and the @gmail will receive it right away and @mac will take up to 2 hours to bring it in.
I call it "growing pains". Moving/updating/reconfiguring servers bites, and trying to shift infrastructure while it is being used isn't an easy thing to do...
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kakapo said 7:04PM on 6-23-2008
Aw cumon Jeff - tell us how you really feel!!
Still down here in Oz... Maybe we are getting tomorrow's events.. ;) - today!!
Cheers!
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alansky said 7:58PM on 6-23-2008
I had no trouble logging into my .Mac mail account at 4:57 PM PDT
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Steve McKenna said 8:42PM on 6-23-2008
I've purchased .mac in anticipated of push email and calendar with the iPhone - but I cannot believe how often people are reporting the service down. Apple should be able to do maintenance w/o having the ser ice out this much--my customers would never put up with this!
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Jake said 9:30PM on 6-23-2008
methinks MobileMe goes live tomorrow?
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nintendowii2006 said 12:19AM on 6-24-2008
I doubt it; MobileMe functionality requires iPhone firmware 2.0 and Mac OS 10.5.4.
John C said 9:35PM on 6-23-2008
Mine has been down all day and is still down.
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i to the phone said 10:14PM on 6-23-2008
6.23.2008 :: 06:30 - 08:20 PST Some .Mac members could not send mail via .Mac. Normal service has been restored. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Brian said 11:18PM on 6-23-2008
Interesting, I just copied a file to my dotmac Documents folder. It gave me a true reading as to how much was uploaded and an estimate for how long it would take.
In the past you would drag the file to the Documents folder and it would "instantly" copy over then give you no idea how long it would actually take.
HKMacs said 12:08AM on 6-24-2008
My latest .Mac Sync resulted in no entries on my .Mac Address Book. I'm cancelling all syncing until this is resolved. This transition is nothing short of disastrous. Sending Mail has been sporadic also.
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nintendowii2006 said 12:18AM on 6-24-2008
It lets me log-in, but basically all features (most noticeably mail) are unavailable. Mail access from third party clients (iPhone, etc.) works sporadically.
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nintendowii2006 said 12:22AM on 6-24-2008
Anyone think these constant outages will stop after MobileMe's launch?
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thegenrespanner said 3:20AM on 6-24-2008
.Mac sync has .Sunk over the last couple of weeks and like many others I've been unable to perform a reliable sync - my calendars refuse to update and "old" data is stuck.
Apple support have had me unregister, register, reset sync histories, create new accounts, stand on one leg, turn around three times, bury a newt's severed ear in the garden at midnight - all to no avail just very frustrating :-(
.Mac has been "patchy" at best over the years and I'm seriously worried that MobileMe will just add to the problems.
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Evan said 10:02AM on 6-24-2008
I still can't access .Mac mail through mac.com. Works through IMAP though.
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Remi Reksten said 1:42PM on 6-24-2008
I can`t access the mac mail through mac.com.
I only get this message:
Your information could not be displayed. Click here to try again.
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