MacNN | Mobile+Me News 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 Mobile+Me, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Mac OS X 10.6.2 fixes guest account data deletions http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/also.corrects.litany.of.lesser.known.bugs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/snow.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has at last released Mac OS X 10.6.2, a key update to Snow Leopard. The patch addresses a variety of technical problems, most notably one which would permanently delete data when logging into a main account after having just used a guest one. The bug has been known since at least early October. Other resolved account problems include unexpected logouts, and difficulty authenticating as an... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/09/also.corrects.litany.of.lesser.known.bugs/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:55:00 GMT Apple: MobileMe email down for 5 days, no ETA for fix 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 .Mac Web Bookmark access extended to July 6th [U] 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 Mobile Me FAQ, Me.com addresses working 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 .Mac suffers 15th outage as Mobile Me deployed 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 MobileMe: "Exchange for the rest of us" http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/apple.mobile.me/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/applemobileme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple today launched its widely rumored MobileMe service, described as "Exchange for the rest of us." Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPod users with MobileMe accounts get e-mail, calendars, and contacts pushed to all devices; an update on one device automatically gets sent to the others. On Macs, it works with Mail, Address Book, and iCal; Windows users integrate with Outlook.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/09/apple.mobile.me/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:20:00 GMT .Mac name change confirmed? 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