Apple Shuts Down MobileMe, Data Available for 'Limited Time'

macpeach55 · Jul 1, 2012

SeaFox said:
Tried to log into Mobileme to visit the gallery section and download any albums I might have up there. The site takes me there and gives me a button to press to download the album to save it, but nothing happens, and the album it lists says "0 photos".

Good thing I copied all my data straight out of iDisk to my desktop yesterday, so I'm sure I have those photos already backed up. But thanks Apple for giving me a backup opportunity but then deleting the data I was supposed to be able to back up. 🙄🙄🙄

Because you had already copied it of course you did not need to do it again!🙄
Your data is already backed up!
P.S. How much warning did you actually need to know mobileme closed down today? A year? A Decade? And you wait until today and then complain?

Mr. Retrofire · Jul 1, 2012

k1121j said:
im not sure if it's related but "www.apple.com/itunes/download" is currently not available for download not sure if this is related. Also not available from software update Mac and PC.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5661/apple-itunes

extensor · Jul 1, 2012

theelysium said:
There were millions using it! Just not millions enough or those millions signed up paid and never used it.

In fact I have several clients... Well wait ALL my clients signed up for MM and didn't know why or what to do or that they had an email or iDisk or website or contacts or anything.... I think that's why it failed. 🙁

Apple should have made a ton of common craft type training videos for MM! It would have helped.

If you need to make training videos then you're doing it wrong.

tkermit · Jul 1, 2012

MrNomNoms said:
The best you can hope for is the document synchronisation they've been showing off but I don't see anything appearing that'll allow the sharing of documents beyond your own account

At least some apps like GoodReader on iOS allow one to share documents via iCloud.

iMikeT · Jul 1, 2012

R.I.P. MobileMe.

Here's to the future, iCloud.

macpeach55 · Jul 1, 2012

extensor said:
If you need to make training videos then you're doing it wrong.

Your clients could not figure out Mobile Me?

Wow! You need to get some smarter clients - that was the most basic site you can find!

And if you could not put them right??!!

Lancer · Jul 1, 2012

Never used MobileME and haven't signed up to iCloud yet.

macpeach55 · Jul 1, 2012

Lancer said:
Never used MobileME and haven't signed up to iCloud yet.

Then why post a comment?
🙄

charlituna · Jul 1, 2012

GBrooks said:
Wow! giving people lots of opportunities to get anything out for there!

Yep. Given that folks have had about a year to handle this stuff and multiple warnings I'm a little shocked they didn't just cut it off.
My guess is that within a month most after the release of Mountain Lion they will put a final end to all unmoved accounts and the whole idisk etc side of stuff

Lancer · Jul 1, 2012

macpeach55 said:
Then why post a comment?
🙄

Didn't see anything in the opening post that said I couldn't 😛

charlituna · Jul 1, 2012

Marzzz said:
I just wish they had made iCloud available to Snow Leopard; there is still some important business software that is not yet compatible with Lion.

So some company can't be bothered to update their software and you blame Apple for that. Especially when all they really had to do was make sure the software didn't need Rosetta as they were warned a few years ago that said system wouldn't be around forever.

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PlaceofDis said:
i switched over a long time ago but i would have thought that a proper iDisk replacement would have happened by now.

Apple said they were removing iDisk, why assume it was going to be replaced at any point

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sananda said:
Easy integration with Pages on iOS.

and in about a month you'll have it. Until then there is a way, clumsy as it is, to work between your mac and your iCloud

faroZ06 · Jul 1, 2012

MrCubes said:
Genuine question.

All those bemoaning the loss of iDisk: what are you missing you can't get from, say, DropBox?
I've not touched iDisk since DropBox arrived - and I never liked touching it before that. That's just me - but I'm failing to see what iDisk gave *anyone* that DropBox doesn't (and much better). Perhaps iWeb integration (which is also going (gone?), of course, so that's not really a reason to miss iDisk?

Have I been missing some killer feature of iDisk all this time?

Agreed that iCloud is far from perfect at this time, and is maybe still even a step back from MobileMe in terms of (current) stability and performance. I really hope that improves as Apple do seem to be betting a lot on it - and when Apple does that the whole eco-system gets dragged along for the ride.

Yeah, I just use Dropbox.

sulpfiction · Jul 1, 2012

aajeev said:
I had totally forgotten about the iDesk until now, and since I was on a couple red eyes flight yesterday there was no way I could have done this. But it turned out to be alright, the speed is good. I was able to download close to 3G all within 20 minutes or so. Either people just don't care, or there are no many iDesk users toward the end.

What is iDesk?

How do u take multiple red eye flights on the same day?

macpeach55 · Jul 1, 2012

Lancer said:
Didn't see anything in the opening post that said I couldn't 😛

But why would you? Did it add anything to the conversation people are having here - No it didn't!
Or are you just lonely and desperate for attention?

sulpfiction · Jul 1, 2012

Lancer said:
Never used MobileME and haven't signed up to iCloud yet.

So you haven't lost or gained a thing. 😕

faroZ06 · Jul 1, 2012

OK how about these additions:

iCloud lets you sync files between Macs that you select for syncing, not just some shared folder like iDisk was. Preferences can, of course, be synced in this way. Some online storage is available for albums and HTML sites or even for user account backup if enough storage is purchased.

Users can add others to share certain items with them. For example, a company can make their employees all in the same circle (like Google+) so that documents created on one computer will be editable or readable from other ones. Close friends can set up photo syncing between them.

There are a lot of things to be refined and added to this, but this is a start.

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macpeach55 said:
But why would you? Did it add anything to the conversation people are having here - No it didn't!
Or are you just lonely and desperate for attention?

He's just saying that neither are very useful, which is true for some people like me. The only reason I have iCloud is because it's free, but I barely use it.

macpeach55 · Jul 1, 2012

faroZ06 said:
OK how about these additions:

iCloud lets you sync files between Macs that you select for syncing, not just some shared folder like iDisk was. Preferences can, of course, be synced in this way. Some online storage is available for albums and HTML sites or even for user account backup if enough storage is purchased.

Users can add others to share certain items with them. For example, a company can make their employees all in the same circle (like Google+) so that documents created on one computer will be editable or readable from other ones. Close friends can set up photo syncing between them.

There are a lot of things to be refined and added to this, but this is a start.

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He's just saying that neither are very useful, which is true for some people like me. The only reason I have iCloud is because it's free, but I barely use it.

Then why did he not say that? You just presume that is why he posted, you don't know for sure!

insocal · Jul 1, 2012

So will iCloud PUSH MAIL finally work now?

Does this mean the 8 1/2 months of iCloud PUSH Mail to iPhones not working except maybe 10% of the time will FINALLY be resolved?

Can't believe Macrumors never did a post about this widespread issue...I mean, look at this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3401374?start=0&tstart=0 and STILL no resolution. Ridiculous.

IJ Reilly · Jul 1, 2012

charlituna said:
So some company can't be bothered to update their software and you blame Apple for that. Especially when all they really had to do was make sure the software didn't need Rosetta as they were warned a few years ago that said system wouldn't be around forever.

As a matter of fact, yes. The Mac is still a minority platform. Apple used to understand what this meant for their customers, but with this migration they seemed to get a case of amnesia. As a result it has been a total pain. I am still not through it and won't be until I can figure out how to replace some mission critical apps in a way that isn't disruptive or expensive.

heisetax · Jul 1, 2012

There still seems to be problems here with some that think that they know more than GOD so that means that everyone else must follow their rules. Maybe some of us may not like your comment. We have a choice just to give it a negative rating like I did to most of those that gave the person a bad time about saying that they did not use either MobileMe or iCloud. I would like to hear from those people just as much as I want to hear from you. Maybe even more from the non-user person.

AidenShaw · Jul 1, 2012

charlituna said:
So some company can't be bothered to update their software and you blame Apple for that.

If it were Windows, you'd blame Microsoft - but wait, Microsoft bends over backwards to ensure that almost all legacy software still works.

charlituna said:
Especially when all they really had to do was make sure the software didn't need Rosetta as they were warned a few years ago that said system wouldn't be around forever.

Please give a citation of any warning that Apple gave that Rosetta would be dropped.

And, cite something that doesn't require "reading between the lines". For example, a statement like

Code:

Products Released         General Availability  Mainstream Support  Extended Support
                          Date                  End Date            End Date

Windows XP Professional   31/12/2001            14/04/2009          08/04/2014

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173

How about a widget for your desktop to let you know how many days of support remaining?

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down...CaZA6xvmvmAQ6JaRaxqfbRtK3Qx4zY1rXM/AGkfn6ug==

sazivad · Jul 1, 2012

Expect an update to Lion coming soon with bug fixes and the removal of all references to MobileMe. Unless they decide to leave Lion alone and just release Mountain Lion.

LimeiBook86 · Jul 1, 2012

Did they just add the 'Download All Albums' button? (If they didn't I must be blind...)

Either way - I'm very thankful they did, I have most of my photos on iPhoto, but this way I can download them all just to play it safe. 🙂

JayLenochiniMac · Jul 1, 2012

LimeiBook86 said:
Did they just add the 'Download All Albums' button? (If they didn't I must be blind...)

It's been there for a while in a slightly different form.

LimeiBook86 · Jul 1, 2012

JayLenochiniMac said:
It's been there for a while in a slightly different form.

That explains it.

Sadly upon closer inspection it just compresses an album and asks you to download it, seems to be skipping over some, but maybe it's combining them? At least I just have to keep clicking 'Download'...

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