Filed under: MobileMe
The MobileMe rollercoaster
MobileMe has been up and down since late last night like so much rancid Chinese food. We know just about as much as you do: we're getting tips that it's up -- no, wait -- it's down. And now it's back up! And now it's down.
I was briefly able to log in and explore Contacts and iDisk, but was shut out when the site went back down. What I saw was pretty nifty, but without the larger context of app integration, I can't really form an educated opinion on it yet.
I am planning, however, on writing a full-scale review for this weekend. Hopefully the problems will clear up by then -- or at least long enough for me to write the story.
We'll keep you posted on the continuing ups and downs of MobileMe as we get more information. I'm hoping the act of writing this post will provide just enough schadenfreude to get the service running for good.
Thanks to everyone for the uninterrupted updates on this one!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
steven kappler said 3:33PM on 7-10-2008
i talked to apple their having server problems keeping everything synced up with mail and the whole "push" thing
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Alex L. said 4:03PM on 7-10-2008
So their biggest selling point is not working?
I sure hope Apple tries to make it right to all users.
Duncan said 7:38PM on 7-10-2008
I can get in now! I think the end of this problem is nigh!
Duncan said 7:48PM on 7-10-2008
and now can't get in again! what an adventure it is at mobile m!
Kwahnoom said 3:38PM on 7-10-2008
Yeah, I noticed that push hasn’t been working among my Macs…
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steven kappler said 3:41PM on 7-10-2008
when i was talking to apple they said that the official update for the ipod touch and iphone 2.0 firmware will be available as soon as mobile me gets working smoothly
chrisj said 3:39PM on 7-10-2008
earlier today I went to system preferences and found the error message that others reported.
I logged off my .mac and tried to log in and can't at all (says my .mac name/password are wrong.
dang.
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laeger said 3:41PM on 7-10-2008
Same here
Jesse Mazo said 3:43PM on 7-10-2008
I'm in the UK and it's also up and down on and off.
I can't login to MobileMe: Getting an "Unknown validation error" message
ericdano said 4:08PM on 7-10-2008
Ditto
Duncan said 7:03PM on 7-10-2008
me too. this is annoying!
Victor Agreda Jr said 3:38PM on 7-10-2008
apple's .mac (er, mobileme) servers having trouble? that's unpossible! this was obviously a serious undertaking, but the instability is probably freaking out a lot of people right now... like, anyone who has no clue what is happening to .mac!
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zsports said 3:41PM on 7-10-2008
This is rediculous
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craig said 3:43PM on 7-10-2008
I 'purchased' mobile me from the apple online store yesterday - but am left wandering, will they send me a link to activate an account or will I get something in the mail.
This is frustrating as the site is now letting users sign up for a free 14 day trial - but those who have already purchased are left out in the cold.
* I don't really want to dole out my credit card details for a trial when I won't need it.
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Eric said 3:47PM on 7-10-2008
Maybe it's different, but when I bought my MacBook Pro and got a free .Mac trial, I didn't have to give any financial information.
jep said 3:49PM on 7-10-2008
Yes, I did the same and I don't see a link for a purchase number/etc. on the home page. Hmmm. I will say even my irritation at this proves how ridiculously out of touch with the rest of the world we Americans are.
Callaway said 3:50PM on 7-10-2008
Bummer, I haven't seen any links to any free trials for it. Another news site mentioned 60-day trial but again haven't found any links on mobileme.com site for it.
Bobnease said 4:16PM on 7-10-2008
The MobileMe package that you bought online should only contain activation codes to help get you set up online. It will have instructions on where to go and what to do to get things up and running.
G said 6:02PM on 7-10-2008
@jep "I will say even my irritation at this proves how ridiculously out of touch with the rest of the world we Americans are."
Please stop being irritated so I can re-connect with the rest of the world.
Robert said 3:44PM on 7-10-2008
I'm still confused about something.
Before I headed off to work this AM, I updated one of our iMacs to iTunes 7.7, but there was no option to updated Mobile Me.
We are not current .Mac subscribers. Will my .Mac and associated Pref Pane just be staying .Mac until / unless I sign up?
If I were to sign up, would it then update? It's all a bit confusing...
Are their any non .Mac folks out there that were able to update to Mobile Me prior to signing up?
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