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Apple ends $30 MobileMe and iWork rebate program

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2011)

An internal memo suggests Apple is ending the US$30 MobileMe and iWork rebate program. The program offers customers a $30 discount on a $99 MobileMe subscription or the $79 iWork suite when they buy a new Mac. According to the memo, Apple has told ...

MobileMe rumored to get alternative payment methods

by Dana Franklin (Mar 29th, 2011)

A recently-published report from Germany suggests Apple will soon add brand new functionality to MobileMe: the ability to subscribe to the suite of online services with a form of payment other than a credit card. The rumor discourages hope for ...

MobileMe boxed copies going away

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 24th, 2011)

Apple is reportedly informing third-party resellers that boxed versions of MobileMe are now discontinued. Retailers can continue to sell their existing inventory, but supplies will not be replenished. This latest information falls in line with ...

Apple working on major revamp of MobileMe, could be free

by Steven Sande (Feb 14th, 2011)

On the eve of the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona today, the Wall Street Journal online tech section ran a short post discussing a new, less-expensive iPhone that is apparently in the works (and all but confirmed by the Wall Street ...

MobileMe will go down for maintenance tonight

by Dave Caolo (Dec 14th, 2010)

Here's a quick heads-up. MobileMe will go down for maintenance tonight. Specifically, MobileMe account maintenance will take place on 12/14/2010 between 22:00 and 23:00 PT, while MobileMe sync maintenance will occur on 12/14/2010 between 22:00 PT and ...

Alleged Steve Jobs email: MobileMe to get a lot better

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 7th, 2010)

MacRumors is reporting on an email, which it believes to be authentic, that one of its readers received from Steve Jobs. The reader sent an email to Jobs after the frustrations over his MobileMe experiences mounted. The reader told Jobs that while ...

Terminal Tips: More reliable SSH connections to your Back to My Mac hosts

by TJ Luoma (Nov 10th, 2010)

Back to My Mac is a feature of MobileMe that allows you to connect remotely to your Macs. Usually this is for screen-sharing or file-sharing through the Finder, but you can also connect via SSH. In the Terminal app (found in ...

MobileMe may be Apple's least "green" product, packaging-wise

by Chris Rawson (Oct 29th, 2010)

When I purchased my MacBook Pro in early 2008, I threw down US$69 for a .Mac (now known as MobileMe) membership. I expected to get an email confirmation of my .Mac order (which I did), followed shortly by another email with an activation ...

MobileMe Calendar web app out of beta

by Mike Schramm (Oct 14th, 2010)

Apple has announced that the MobileMe Calendar web app is now officially out, leaving beta and becoming available to all MobileMe customers. The service allows you to check or update your MobileMe calendar from any computer or iOS device, share or ...