The two-week login USED to work for me through my Dell at work, but lately I too have had to login every time. And, MobileMe is slow on Windows Safari for me.
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The two-week login USED to work for me through my Dell at work, but lately I too have had to login every time. And, MobileMe is slow on Windows Safari for me.
Well...
For the first time in a long time, if ever I've been having problems with my account the last few weeks. Messages seem to take a long time to download. Like once I opened 'mail' and let it sit for a few minutes and went to close it just as a message popped up. I had to re-open it to read it. It was a rather oldish message too.
But right now my system has been sitting over 6 hours trying to empty the trash. Seriously... And my Vista system won't update at all... Are computers reaching the stage of being more trouble than they are worth?
But still, anyone that didn't think that Apple would continuously tinker with mobileme should be surprised that the earth actually revolves around the sun... Now if Apple just tests these tinkers better...
For the first time in a long time, if ever I've been having problems with my account the last few weeks. Messages seem to take a long time to download. Like once I opened 'mail' and let it sit for a few minutes and went to close it just as a message popped up. I had to re-open it to read it. It was a rather oldish message too.
But right now my system has been sitting over 6 hours trying to empty the trash. Seriously... And my Vista system won't update at all... Are computers reaching the stage of being more trouble than they are worth?
But still, anyone that didn't think that Apple would continuously tinker with mobileme should be surprised that the earth actually revolves around the sun... Now if Apple just tests these tinkers better...
I get a lot of Spam, but they go to the Spam folder like they should
not always the case for me : ( !! especially with the banking spam, I often get those in my main mail box! Not a biggy but i just wondered.
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I have noticed the same since the launch of MobileMe..When I just checked and still do no see Contact Groups listed in the window that appears when creating a new mail message. Having the user to remember and then manually select every single user that is in a Contact Group is just ridiculous.
Last time I spoke to .Mac/MobileMe support they indicated it was not a bug. That would be a feature "enhancement". If you haven't already, visit the MobileMe Feedback Page at http://www.apple.com/feedback/mobileme.html and submit your feature enhancement request / bug report.
Hopefully the more they receive from different users they will actually consider doing something about it.
Yeah, I got it setup with mail app as well but not sure if its pop or imap! I can't remember!! I'll check it after work.. but thanks for the tip buddy ;-)
Well, this is interesting...
Both mail and Safari are wedged and won't force quit and I can't stop the empty trash and I can't open the trash either because it's being emptied. Stuck in a logic loop somewhere...
How can I kill the empty trash process? Is there such a thing? This isn't funny. Stuck in a loop and no where to go...
Anyone with any ideas? This is just so weird. Everything else seems to work ok. Oh, and I can't restart because 'processes are still running'.
Both mail and Safari are wedged and won't force quit and I can't stop the empty trash and I can't open the trash either because it's being emptied. Stuck in a logic loop somewhere...
How can I kill the empty trash process? Is there such a thing? This isn't funny. Stuck in a loop and no where to go...
Anyone with any ideas? This is just so weird. Everything else seems to work ok. Oh, and I can't restart because 'processes are still running'.
Thanks for this. I think group support would be great, but my issue is that I get two different sets of contacts presented in Mobileme. My Iphone, Address Book on Macbook and Mobileme contacts are completely in sync and work great. The Mobileme Mail contacts list is very very out of date, and to be honest looks more like a list of remembered addresses rather than contacts.
Thankyou, I've had a dig around the Mobileme site and can't find a way to do this - Normal syncing is fine between iPhone Contacts and Address Book, it's just the sync between Webmail and webcontacts that is screwed. I don't really want to hijack the thread so if there's something basic I missed maybe you could PM me?
I've submitted a support request on this anyway, so I'll let you know what happens. Thanks again.
I signed up for the trial in late august.
I was extremely dissatisfied. They sold me on that "over the air" syncing bit, and I thought I could really use it, but in the end, it never ever worked. I think I managed to get my contacts to sync up to the web, but Mail never did. Calendars would sync from the iPhone up to the web every so often, but not on any sort of predictable means.
Here's what I want: Whatever's on the iPhone to be up to date with whatever's on the computer. That's all. If I read a mail on the iPhone, it better get read on the computer as well -- even using POP. I want my family/business to all have a common calendar, that all of our iPhones automatically show new events on, that anyone can add to. Never worked.
If my iPhone's on the same wifi as my computer, there should be some air syncing of this kind of stuff, automatically and transparently.
But, even with the cable, I make due. It works pretty well with a copper connection.
MobileMe? Forget it.
I was extremely dissatisfied. They sold me on that "over the air" syncing bit, and I thought I could really use it, but in the end, it never ever worked. I think I managed to get my contacts to sync up to the web, but Mail never did. Calendars would sync from the iPhone up to the web every so often, but not on any sort of predictable means.
Here's what I want: Whatever's on the iPhone to be up to date with whatever's on the computer. That's all. If I read a mail on the iPhone, it better get read on the computer as well -- even using POP. I want my family/business to all have a common calendar, that all of our iPhones automatically show new events on, that anyone can add to. Never worked.
If my iPhone's on the same wifi as my computer, there should be some air syncing of this kind of stuff, automatically and transparently.
But, even with the cable, I make due. It works pretty well with a copper connection.
MobileMe? Forget it.
Man o man
I can't wait till they fix the problem where once a week ALL of my contacts get deleted from my phone. Sometimes it fixes itself before i get or try to make a phone call so I don't notice, but almost every other week I pick up my phone, unlock it and look at it - and guess what... it has NO CONTACT DATA.
dear apple how freaking hard would it be to put a "check" in that says , removing more than 5 or 10% of a mobile devices contacts might be a server mistake? Jeez.
I can't wait till they fix the problem where once a week ALL of my contacts get deleted from my phone. Sometimes it fixes itself before i get or try to make a phone call so I don't notice, but almost every other week I pick up my phone, unlock it and look at it - and guess what... it has NO CONTACT DATA.
dear apple how freaking hard would it be to put a "check" in that says , removing more than 5 or 10% of a mobile devices contacts might be a server mistake? Jeez.
Push is oriented towards and designed for mobile platforms. Desktop clients don't need that (nor have it) for a number of reasons.
Ringtones Reset
I'm still not very impressed with the MobileMe's performance, it still feels like I'm paying for a Beta. I am only keeping it because it keeps my calendar and contact synced wirelessly and I can use the calendar webapp at work. But I still have issues (I don't even bother using the Mail account, because Gmail kicks its butt), such as **Ringtones** won't stay attached to my contacts and got reset so often that I just stopped re-establishing them.
I'm still not very impressed with the MobileMe's performance, it still feels like I'm paying for a Beta. I am only keeping it because it keeps my calendar and contact synced wirelessly and I can use the calendar webapp at work. But I still have issues (I don't even bother using the Mail account, because Gmail kicks its butt), such as **Ringtones** won't stay attached to my contacts and got reset so often that I just stopped re-establishing them.
I get a lot of Spam, but they go to the Spam folder like they should
I actually forwarded all spam to the trash folder
so I dont get like SPAM (1000) msg everyday (exaggerated) lol
Yeah that´s true ... my iphone advice me of new mail several minutes before my blackbook does.
I´m glad i´m not the only one though
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I'm so happy for you! Must be nice!
Just because I can't see the email opening when I click on it, doesn't mean it's not actually opening.
Wow. Again, so happy for you!
I love how those that don't have problems automatically assume those of us that do, must have something "wrong with our system" or we must somehow be operating things "wrongly."
Apple advertises this stuff as the second coming, however, none of it works ever works as advertised. I should be able to make things work like I want them to, not how Apple thinks I want them to.
Well that's your opinion, BUT I still want it! Period! OH and I really want the ability that use to exist where one can store files on iDisk and then send an email to whomever authorizing them access to the files you tagged.
I think next go around I shall pass if these don't improve and or get implemented.
I've been a .mac subscriber since they changed it from iDisk to .mac. And these are my last few months, I don't plan to resubscribe because the service is terrible, and not worth the price. .Mac in my opinion was better for the fact it was fast and supported under every browser out there. Also this the service has been up and down like a high school cheerleader since mobileme was released, thats not what you want for a premier pay for email service.
It's gmail for me from now on.
It's gmail for me from now on.
You can delete it without opening it by clicking the X in the right-hand column.
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Michael
problem with birthday calendar
Even with the mobileme upgrades, has anyone noticed that birthdays still do not show up on the iphone calendar? This is so frustrating as this feature was working well in the first generation iPhone.
Even with the mobileme upgrades, has anyone noticed that birthdays still do not show up on the iphone calendar? This is so frustrating as this feature was working well in the first generation iPhone.
Send LArge files
Where is the Send large files feature that they still say is "coming soon". While I've grown to like the over air syncing and push email the only new feature I was begging for when mobile me was announced was this one. Come on apple! I'm sick of having to point people to my public folder to share large files! Get on with it!
Where is the Send large files feature that they still say is "coming soon". While I've grown to like the over air syncing and push email the only new feature I was begging for when mobile me was announced was this one. Come on apple! I'm sick of having to point people to my public folder to share large files! Get on with it!
Too late for me. I canceled my trial account a few days ago and returned to Yahoo. The web application was just too slow for me and the only advantage I had was the remote syncing of my calendar and contacts (it didn't really work with Vista). I never used iDisk at all.
When I'm getting my MacBook, I won't need that remote syncing either, since I sync my iPhone almost every day and have the specific applications on it.
When I'm getting my MacBook, I won't need that remote syncing either, since I sync my iPhone almost every day and have the specific applications on it.
I know there are problems, but I find that MobileMe is all around a better service than dotMac, except for the stupid name of course. It works well and I'm happy with it, but if I didn't need the iDisk, I'd probably not consider it worth the expense.
What WOULD make it worth the expense, for me anyway, would be synching with Google Calendar and the ability to EDIT, not just read, iWork docs either through a browser or on the iPhone/iPT. I'd happily save all my iWork docs to the iDisk if only I could edit them sitting at my mom's Vista laptop with Firefox.
That's actually a feature of IMAP, not exclusive to MobileMe. IMAP is different from POP in that email is synched across devices. Read it here, it's marked as read there. Delete it here, it's deleted everywhere. My first encounter with the feature was my university email account in 2003, where I thought I'd clear a bit of hard drive space by deleting a bunch of emails, thinking they'd be stored safely in the webmail... yeah, fail!
Make sure any docs in open programs are saved. Hold down your power button for six seconds. Then turn it back on.
What WOULD make it worth the expense, for me anyway, would be synching with Google Calendar and the ability to EDIT, not just read, iWork docs either through a browser or on the iPhone/iPT. I'd happily save all my iWork docs to the iDisk if only I could edit them sitting at my mom's Vista laptop with Firefox.
That's actually a feature of IMAP, not exclusive to MobileMe. IMAP is different from POP in that email is synched across devices. Read it here, it's marked as read there. Delete it here, it's deleted everywhere. My first encounter with the feature was my university email account in 2003, where I thought I'd clear a bit of hard drive space by deleting a bunch of emails, thinking they'd be stored safely in the webmail... yeah, fail!
Anyone with any ideas? This is just so weird. Everything else seems to work ok. Oh, and I can't restart because 'processes are still running'.
Make sure any docs in open programs are saved. Hold down your power button for six seconds. Then turn it back on.