http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/09/apple.shutters.homepage/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0903/homepage.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has announced that it will shut down its .Mac HomePage app and Groups as of July 7th. Users will no longer be able to create new pages or edit existing pages using the web-based tools, although content that is already published will remain at the current address until the customer's subscription expires. The company recommends that any changes should be made before the the service is termina... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/09/apple.shutters.homepage/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/19/idisk.mac.trademarks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0808/USPTO-1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has applied for two new additions to its trademark pool, filings show. The first is simply entitled iDisk, and covers the online file storage system first debuted through .Mac, and more recently continued with the advent of MobileMe. A successful trademark would be listed under International Class 042, and Apple cites its iDisk website as evidence of commercial use.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/19/idisk.mac.trademarks/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/mobileme.email.issues/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/applemobileme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has acknowledged the continuing MobileMe outages for some users and confirmed that the previously reported (and still ongoing) email outage is due to problems with its mail servers. Last week, a third wave of issues with MobileMe surfaced with Apple's email, sync, and web-based internet service offering. The scope, which Apple still claims is very limited, appeared to affect both US and inte... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/24/mobileme.email.issues/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/dotmac.down.mobileme.up/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/applemobileme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has officially announced its launch of MobileMe ñ the service it intends to replace its platform-specific .Mac ñ by setting the launch date at midnight July 10th (Pacific), following a short downtime from 6PM PT the preceding day, July 9th. The note, posted in the .Mac service bulletin, informs users that while the update will cause users to lose access to almost all operations, they will be... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/08/dotmac.down.mobileme.up/ Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/dotmac.web.bookmarks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/applemobileme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is extending access to .Mac Web Bookmarks past itsJune 30th end date to July 6th, which will make it impossible for users to access or update bookmarks located on the web portion of the service. Users are still able to synchronize bookmarks for the purpose of keeping consistency between several computers, but will not be able to access those bookmarks through the .Mac website or the .Mac Boo... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/dotmac.web.bookmarks/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/mobile.me.faq/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/applemobileme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As Mobile Me nears its unveiling, Apple has written an FAQ support document for current .Mac customers who are curious about the impending transition, while a user has informed MacNN some unofficial good news regarding "@me.com" email addresses. The FAQ addresses many questions from users regarding whether or not services will be available, or whether user input is required for the process, most o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/30/mobile.me.faq/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/dotmac.outages/ <img align='left' src='0' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As Apple draws closer to unveiling Mobile Me, concerns echo throughout the .Mac community that the new service is compromising the current service's user experience, as .Mac suffers its 15th recorded outage for June. On Monday, .Mac saw outages for both the email service and homepage service, with the latter issue to be restored "as soon as possible". Apple has not commented on the problems, which... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/dotmac.outages/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/17/mac.service.down/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0712/11-dotmac-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's .Mac online service is experiencing extended worldwide outages, according to accounts. The main website is currently unavailable, and users have reported being unable to access features such as e-mail, backup or web galleries. The service is said to have been down for several hours in at least the United States and the UK, although UK customers may already have normal functions back.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/17/mac.service.down/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/idisk.browser.support/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0806/idisklock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has begun restricting the supported browsers for the iDisk storage component of .Mac, reports say. Where the service once supported virtually any standard browser, public iDisk access is now officially limited to Safari 1.3 or Firefox 1.0.4 or later, though people can still visit using the likes of Camino (which uses Firefox's Gecko technology) or Opera 9.5. Browsers blocked by iDisk inclu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/16/idisk.browser.support/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/30/mac.name.change.confirmed/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/dotmac1053.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Earlier reports of .Mac receiving a major makeover appear to be all but confirmed, as developers and enthusiasts find proof of a .Mac name change to Mobile Me. The Coding Robots blog reveals that the new iPhone SDK also contains information specific to the .Mac restructuring. Deep in the SDK, in a file entitled "Main.strings", a definition at the beginning of the file states "MOBILE_ME_SERVICE_NAM... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/30/mac.name.change.confirmed/ Fri, 30 May 2008 18:15:00 GMT