Apple: MobileMe transition taking longer than expected
I don't think it will come as a shock to anyone that the MobileMe transition hasn't gone as smoothly as Apple would have liked. A recent update to the .Mac support page (shown above) states, 'The MobileMe transition is underway but is taking longer than expected. Please refer to the official System Status to the right for current information on the availability of MobileMe services. We apologize for any inconvenience.'
Cory was able to sneak into MobileMe and take some pictures, so at least you can check out what you're missing. Here's hoping that this rocky start leads to a much more solid product since, as Mike pointed out, .Mac wasn't exactly a hallmark of uptime itself.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Marco said 6:47AM on 7-11-2008
It's now working for me. On my site I have put a quick overview of my experiences.. here they are:
Logging onto the service takes you to the iDisk.. each time. cookie issue?
Mail: when you logon, you will see that you have new mails, even though you don't. Once you open the mail page, the "new mail" indicator is gone. I can't find a way to reduce the size of the folder list characters/icons. Dotmac worked better.
Calendar: doesn't keep the settings. I changed display to 24HR, DD-MM-YYYY, week start on monday, etc. It works, until you go to another area of mobile me and return. Settings are back to default. Again, cookie problem maybe?
Account details: i can't access my billing information page to change my (expired) credit card info!
iDisk: nominal. Haven't used it yet.
Gallery: seems to work ok.
Syncing.. most important function:
Mac side works as expected.
Windows side.. bookmarks OK (Safari and IE7 supported.. no Firefox and IE6 support!?) . Calendar and Contacts... dangerous..
Didn't try contacts, but calendar has a flaw:
iCal supports multiple calendars as we all know. So I have a number of calendars and I created a seperate one for my Office calendar. Now, I want to sync my office calendar (outlook 2003) into ONLY that calendar. There is NO WAY to specify where my office events must go?
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Sam Griffin said 11:12AM on 7-11-2008
What's with requiring a credit card to get a free trial
This is NOT .Mac
Rubbinz said 6:47AM on 7-11-2008
It's been working fairly smooth for me for the last hour.
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Yos said 6:49AM on 7-11-2008
Hello ! i would like to ask a question (maybe someone knows)
Why are people are getting so excited that mobile me ´pop-up´ new e mail messages into the iPhone? I have gmail account and I thought that when I am with my iPhone (when having internet connection in it) I get ALSO a pop-up message.. isnt it like this?
Also the calander on computer is colourful and nice but if I want to change something at the calander in my iphone its all GREY colour, how would it appear on the mobile me on the computer?? Hmm..
Did I miss any ideas of the Mobile Me?
Greetings from Germany,
Yosi
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Rubbinz said 6:53AM on 7-11-2008
I suggest you reacquaint yourself with the service by watching the video at Apple's site.
With Gmail and other POP/IMAP email accounts, your device must initiate the connection and check for email. This consumes battery life like a normal cell call would. With "Push" email, your phone doesn't need to reach out and check, the service will automatically push emails to you as they are received.
Yos said 7:07AM on 7-11-2008
Rubbinz, thx! now I get the differences between gmail acount and mobile me account.. its true, I have to check my e mail to be able to see that I DO have messages, they do not appear on the screen just like in the mobile me..
I have just watched the video on the apple side but still, they do not show how it looks like when I write something in the calander on the iphone, I cannot choose the colours I want (like I can on the computer) and therefore I have to change the colours later again at the computer.. its a small detail but I like my calander with colours :)
Thx alot again!
Rubbinz said 7:20AM on 7-11-2008
The color, I believe, is based on the color you assign your calendar in iCal or on the MobileMe site. Some people assign different color's for Home, Work and so on. I use Home (Blue), Work (Green) and that's how they show up on the calendar on my iPhone.
Dov said 8:59AM on 7-11-2008
Right now, the iPhone 1.x software only supports 1 calendar, so everything shows up gray. With iPhone software 2.0, it will have multiple calendar support, and you will see whatever colors the calendars have on your client.
Yos said 11:23AM on 7-11-2008
Dov,
Shalom!
Thx, I know understand that colours will be an option ALSO on the iPhone.
Thank you,
Yosi, Germany
JoshK said 6:52AM on 7-11-2008
I already installed 2.0 when it leaked and I'm waiting for MobileMe to go up so I can get my contacts and calendar, currently there's nada :-(
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Mark Benson said 6:52AM on 7-11-2008
It's working for me now, but the Mail client occasionally chokes on contacting the server to check for new mail, send mail etc.
Overall it's a bit like Leopard was, rough edges but generally very impressive.
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MetPhotoDotNet said 7:01AM on 7-11-2008
I started to work for me around 11:30am in the UK. Seems to be pretty good so far. Possibly a bit sluggish.
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Mike said 7:26AM on 7-11-2008
Sods law: It starts working less than a minute after I complain (loudly) about it not working :D
hallohallohola said 7:04AM on 7-11-2008
I'm in.
The weirdest thing is that you can create multiple email aliases!
Think about that for a minute...
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rhodesy22 said 7:09AM on 7-11-2008
Everything seems to be working for me though a little bit sluggish.
On the mac however I'm finding it annoying that MobileMe only syncs every 15 minutes or so to my calendar and contacts. The setting is set to Automatic syncing in the preferences.
I've already gotten started on a studio of SproutCore MobileMe-looking apps :D
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JoshK said 7:09AM on 7-11-2008
Ok I just erased the account and reset it up and now the syncing does seem to be working. I tested both calendar and contacts and it seemed to be doing it correctly. I hope it stays up!
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frankflint said 7:20AM on 7-11-2008
I can get into MobileMe, but when I open the preferences screen in e-mail there doesn't appear to be any way to close it. The same thing happened when I tried to upgrade my account. There's no mechanism/button to close the window or move to the billing screen.
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Rudi said 7:22AM on 7-11-2008
It's been working flawlessly for me for the last 2+ hours... I think they finally got it together...
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jim said 7:25AM on 7-11-2008
how are people getting on mobile me? mine is saying ''under maintenance'' since wednesday night. yes i reloaded the page.
this is bs. and no 2.0 yet for either device and its 730 on friday east coast?? huh?? i rely on dotmac everyday and this is just pathetic, PLUS I'M PAYING FOR NO SERVICE!
Apple has really gone down hill. The marketing bullshit, the black mock tee's and the John guy showing how mobile me works so great. blahblahblah. The new iphone really has nothing great about it. camera sucks,no video, no flash, the list goes on. I don't know this has really left me ''over apple and their hype."
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Rubbinz said 7:36AM on 7-11-2008
Where are you going to log in? I've found that mac.com is no-go for me. Head to me.com and it 'should' work. At least it has been for me for well over an hour now.
Maybe dump your browser's cache and try again?