Just to echo what everyone else has been saying: 150 days is around 5 months, which is almost half a year.
Of course, this applies only to trial accounts; it's not as good for regular subscribers.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple Provides 60 Day Extension to All MobileMe Subscribers
- Thread starter goodfellaNW
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Of course, this applies only to trial accounts; it's not as good for regular subscribers.
...most likely they will make up for it by adding a lot of exciting features to it and make it run better than any free or paid online app. You'll be back.
Which is why I am riding the free roller coaster for now.... I hope your right.
For me this is not mission critical, I am not trying to run a business off it. I also run google and busysync (which my trial is about to expire, I need to buy it) so I have a backup. and what is cool is that with MM and busysync my MM and google calendars are on both web interfaces and in my ical. so I can see all side-by-each (as they say in Woonsocket, RI). I also have forwarding turned on, so that every email goes to my gmail for the time being.
Right now though with its features - gmail is winning except I need to sync contacts. I never use back-to-my-mac because my laptop is not on all the time.
You think MM is difficult - anyone every tried to use AOL over the last 2 years with all their changes; especially to the web interface. Yeesh.... Makes MM look like 100% uptime. Now that my job pays for my DSL and I don't use dial up, i swiched to free AOL and am about to drop AOL together (except that I am afraid if I drop it, since my wife is a screen name under me - I am afraid she will lose it also). she uses the chat rooms heavily for her ministry.
I'm not clear what the problem is that they are reacting to. Is it that the mail service goes down from time to time? Mine seems to have hiccups every now and then, but only recently do I get free extensions, and I don't think these hiccups will go away until they have better servers and all that.
Or is it specifically iPhone? The email they sent is unclear. I'm subscribed over two years, so it's not really a false advertisement problem for me, but is that why?
Free is nice
But a working app is better. Why would I pay for a broken app?
I still can not send a message from my aliased MobileMe account on my iPhone. Nor does Apple offer any means to convert a useless alias into an actual account. Nor does Apple tell you that an aliased account is useless and should not be used. Nor does Apple EVER free up a once used Alias account -- so if you foolishly think you can use your name in an aliased account, the only way to get it working is to move to another provider.
The only thing the extension has done is postpone my eventual abandonment of MobileMe.
But a working app is better. Why would I pay for a broken app?
I still can not send a message from my aliased MobileMe account on my iPhone. Nor does Apple offer any means to convert a useless alias into an actual account. Nor does Apple tell you that an aliased account is useless and should not be used. Nor does Apple EVER free up a once used Alias account -- so if you foolishly think you can use your name in an aliased account, the only way to get it working is to move to another provider.
The only thing the extension has done is postpone my eventual abandonment of MobileMe.
why not? I signed up last night, so my account has been active since aug 18, 11pm EST. So I should be eligible, no?
still shows 60days though..set to expire on october 17, it should be december...
Huh?why not? I signed up last night, so my account has been active since aug 18, 11pm EST. So I should be eligible, no?
still shows 60days though..set to expire on october 17, it should be december...
Yeah, you should be eligible, and, no, it's not surprising that you haven't yet gotten your extra 60 days. Jeez, read this forum. For some people, it supposedly took Apple nearly a month to credit them the first free 30 days. I was lucky, and got mine within a week or so, but you should be prepared to wait a while.
I understand how you feel however don't speak too soon about MM not being worth paying for. At this point Apple has acknowledged that they messed up badly and most likely they will make up for it by adding a lot of exciting features to it and make it run better than any free or paid online app. You'll be back.
Yup, sure they will
. Its comments/speculation like this that made me keep .mac so long. Guess what? Apple didn't deliver anything new or exciting, and less reliability. And, it was about a year later than expected(new exciting features). IF they ever do, sure I may be back, but for now. Bu-bye.
This is great for me because, although I haven't had any problems until now other than the odd delayed push, my email now seems to be "over quota" whenever I CC myself in on a message using my work address, suggesting I'm not receiving all my email. I may have to set my googlemail address back to being my main account...
Bleah, my account summary page now says that my expiration is in December, but my Account Options page says that my subscription would now begin in September (this is a trial account). The subscription start date used to be in October (this was after the first 30 days was added). Has anyone else seen Apple take away the start date?
Sigh, Apple has more work to get things right.
Sigh, Apple has more work to get things right.
you can say that again... iGary? you? here?
anyway. for the people who have been doing the statistics. i still haven't gotten an email and my trial end date is still the same as yesterday.
So i got another 90 days free non working push calender service Dear Apple ?
I was waiting so long for this feature ,
I need it so urgently ,
I was so happy to get it
I´ve been a loyal customer of .mac since day 1
Now I am ....
I was waiting so long for this feature ,
I need it so urgently ,
I was so happy to get it
I´ve been a loyal customer of .mac since day 1
Now I am ....
Got the email about the extension, checked my account this morning and bingo!! I'm good to go, no renewal worries now until January. That's pretty cool!!! My original subscription would have renewed in October. I haven't had any issues with MobileMac, it's worked fine for me. I am not turning down this little gift, though!
Those boxes are only good for about 9 months before the key code expires.
If you don't want to lose your trial and extension you'll need to register it right before your account would auto charge you, otherwise you lose any additional time.
IE.Signed up for trial, had 59 days left.. entered key code. You'd have 365 days left, not 365+59.
By the way I just got my 60 days additional today.
I just got my 60-day extension! I is happy!
Just checked mine, and it has been updated as well. I am very happy to get a an extra 3 months. For me, MobileMe has worked pretty well.
:d
I signed up on the 3 hrs before the deadline and I got my 60 days! Been using it now for a few days but aside from setting up the gmail forwarding to me.com to get "push" I don't know what else I would use it for...
I need to find out what else I can do with mobileme
I signed up on the 3 hrs before the deadline and I got my 60 days! Been using it now for a few days but aside from setting up the gmail forwarding to me.com to get "push" I don't know what else I would use it for...
I need to find out what else I can do with mobileme