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Apple and Motorola scuffle over iCloud and push email

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Motorola scored a victory against Apple today when it won a permanent injunction against the company's iCloud and MobileMe push email service. According to FOSS Patents, the injunction is "preliminarily enforceable," which means Motorola can enforce the ruling right away by posting a 100 million ...

Finding an iPhone the old-fashioned way

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 14th, 2011)

Ben Patterson and his wife learned a hard lesson on using Find My iPhone after traveling to Manhattan's East Village to visit a friend. After a lovely evening, they hopped from one cab to another as they traveled back to Brooklyn. His wife froze with fear when she realized her iPhone was ...

MobileMe renewals getting refunded automatically? (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Jun 6th, 2011)

Here's a tease for what might be coming later today: we have had a couple of reader reports that indicate a change to MobileMe's billing plans, citing service continuations past the expiration date. Now Steve M. has chimed in to let us know that his auto-renewal of MobileMe triggered this week ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Should I renew MobileMe?

by Erica Sadun (Mar 13th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, So my MobileMe account is expiring on the 15th, but the rumors are all abuzz about the possibility of Apple launching MM as a free service in April. Sure, they're usually pretty good about giving some sort of refund or iTunes store credit if you're in a window just before they ...

Apple will discontinue .Mac HomePage viewing Nov. 8

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 8th, 2010)

Apple has given final notice to those publishing content through the old .Mac service. A note was sent to MobileMe members today stating that as of November 8th, Web pages published using the obsolete .Mac service will become unavailable. Those publishing via iWeb will not be affected. If ...

Apple releases Find my iPhone app

by Dave Caolo (Jun 18th, 2010)

Apple has released a Find my iPhone app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch today, bringing the MobileMe service to the three devices (it only tracks the iPhone and iPad, of course). If your iPhone or iPad goes missing, you can install the app on any other iPhone, iPad or iPod touch and log in with ...

Use DynDNS for better success with Back To My Mac

by TJ Luoma (Mar 12th, 2010)

Many folks were excited when Apple announced Back to My Mac as part of MobileMe. Being able to remotely access your Mac from anywhere sounded like magic. We're used to products from Apple that "just work" but for most people most of the time, Back to My Mac "just doesn't." To maximize your chances, ...

TextExpander 3 makes short work of keyboard shortcuts

by TJ Luoma (Mar 10th, 2010)

TextExpander, one of my very most favorite (yes, I like it that much) utilities has been updated to version 3. This is a major update and renovation of the program, which has changed from a preference pane to an application. I honestly don't think that I could use a Mac without TextExpander ...

MobileMe mixup: Address book snafu exposes personal data to strangers?

by Erica Sadun (Oct 12th, 2009)

These contacts, along with their notes, their phone numbers, dates of birth, and other information say a lot about the person whose address book this is, and also about the people who appear in that contact list, with all their personal and professional info. There's one big problem. The screen ...

First Look: TUAW gives iPhone OS 3.1 the hands-on treatment

by Steven Sande (Sep 9th, 2009)

iPhone OS 3.1 made the scene today at the Apple event, with a number of new features and fixes that should make iPhone owners happy (and iPod touch owners -- although for them, the version number is 3.1.1 instead). After a slow start to the download, I was able to get the update loaded onto my ...

MobileMe renewal: Yes or no?

by Dave Caolo (Jan 28th, 2009)

Earlier this week, I noticed that the calendars on my Mac and my iPhone weren't in sync. "More MobileMe nonsense," I thought. However, I soon found the culprit, and it wasn't MobileMe acting wonky. My account had expired, and I was within the 15 day grace period. I saw the "Renew" button and reached ...

MobileMe launch date set: July 9th at 6 p.m. PT

by Cory Bohon (Jul 7th, 2008)

Apple has just updated the .Mac status page with the date/time of the .Mac to MobileMe switch. So, for those of you wondering when Apple might start the switch will not have to wonder any longer. July 9th from 6 p.m. until 12 a.m. PT is the scheduled date and time. Apple says that during the switch, ...

Which upcoming goodie are you anticipating?

by Dave Caolo (Jun 27th, 2008)

With only a week before July, we're eager to get our hands on the new goodies from Apple. With so much to look forward to and try out, we're wondering which of the pending updates you're most interested in. Is it Mobile Me's offer of "Exchange for the rest of us?" Perhaps it's iPhone software 2.0, ...

MobileMe announced

by Cory Bohon (Jun 9th, 2008)

Today Apple demoed the much anticipated MobileMe application that we were tipped to last month. Currently, we were correct in what we thought would be the features list: Web version of mail, calendars, and contacts (look similar to desktop apps) Old .Mac users will be transitioned over to ...

.Mac and Me rumors: TUAW inside look at Apple's next-gen service

by Cory Bohon (Jun 3rd, 2008)

What's next for .Mac, Apple's much-maligned online service offering for OS X users? TUAW has learned that .Mac will no longer be sold by Apple after WWDC, as new users will migrate to the new MobileMe service (not too shocking, given the swirling rumors as of late). Existing users will have their ...