Thanks to GrahamWho for confirming my exact scenario. I had hoped that's what would happen. I'll continue to maintain the master iTunes ID and the separate @me ID for 'everything else.'
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iCloud and Migration from MobileMe Services Now Live
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Sorry for the dumb question, but can someone explain to me what they mean when they say that "Mail Accounts" will not sync?
Looks like all the support pages are temporarily down. Very bad timing. That link should work eventually though.
One can assume that, if they are planning to support iCloud in SL, it has been a far far lesser priority than getting it supported in Lion. It's gotta be in the pipeline somewhere. I just hope, if it is indeed in the pipeline, that it gets out long before MobileMe expires for good in June next year!
Makes sense. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I think a real world example of conern was:
"If I buy Numbers (part of iWork) on iOS using my gmail iTunes ID for purchase, will it still sync to my iCloud that uses the @me.com email?". I was concerned there would be issues since it's two separate ID's.
However, it sounds like that's not an issue at all. Good to know. I'm not even going to try and mess with adding a secondary account in iCloud like you mentioned in your first sentence, might make things confusing fast. I probably won't find it necessary with it working like you explained it.
Has anyone been getting this error:
"the iphone "Insert iPhone name here" could not be restored. an unknown error occurred 3200.
I am trying to install iOS5 on my dad's iPhone 3GS and I am getting this error.
He has the latest iTunes 10.5 and is running Windows 7 Pro 64bit
"the iphone "Insert iPhone name here" could not be restored. an unknown error occurred 3200.
I am trying to install iOS5 on my dad's iPhone 3GS and I am getting this error.
He has the latest iTunes 10.5 and is running Windows 7 Pro 64bit
I've been trying to make the decision about which Apple ID to go with, but seeing as I just don't use my @me.com address for anything and only bought MobileMe for syncing and iWeb, I think I'll just let it fade away. Outside of a @me.com or @mac.com used for email or iTunes, is there any reason hang on to a MobileMe account? I can't think of one, but maybe I'm missing something.
Can anyone answer me this:
I use Apple TV to view photos from my brother-in-law's MobileMe gallery. If that gallery isn't making the transition to iCloud, will I know longer be able to see those photos after June 2012?
I use Apple TV to view photos from my brother-in-law's MobileMe gallery. If that gallery isn't making the transition to iCloud, will I know longer be able to see those photos after June 2012?
I know you're joking, but actually Pro Tools has better compatibility with Lion than Logic does at this point. Logic still has a bug on Lion where users who upgraded from earlier versions have to have the dongle inserted every time the app is launched. It was fine before 10.7. And this OS update doesn't fix it.
Nope, you won't be able to via MobileMe gallery. MobileMe will no longer exist past June 2012, so by definition there won't be anything for you to access. Between now and then, there may be an alternative that comes up, including iCloud or something else entirely.
For those of you who have the following setup:
1. @me.com for Sync services (i.e. Mobile Me acct)
2. @domain.com for iTunes acct/Apple ID (i.e. Gmail)
If you do not use your @me.com as your primary email but do use Mobile Me for sync services I would suggest to use your @domain.com to setup iCloud and keep your Mobile Me acct separate for now.
Later on we will find out weather we will be able to merge our @me.com email addresses into iCloud or if we close our Mobile Me acct we can reaquire our @me.com email address through activating the mail portion of the iCloud control panel.
That is the best case scenario at the moment. However, please note, this only applies if you do not use your @me.com email address as a primary email.
As per Apple FAQ the ideal situation is to have one email address for Apple ID/iCloud.
1. @me.com for Sync services (i.e. Mobile Me acct)
2. @domain.com for iTunes acct/Apple ID (i.e. Gmail)
If you do not use your @me.com as your primary email but do use Mobile Me for sync services I would suggest to use your @domain.com to setup iCloud and keep your Mobile Me acct separate for now.
Later on we will find out weather we will be able to merge our @me.com email addresses into iCloud or if we close our Mobile Me acct we can reaquire our @me.com email address through activating the mail portion of the iCloud control panel.
That is the best case scenario at the moment. However, please note, this only applies if you do not use your @me.com email address as a primary email.
As per Apple FAQ the ideal situation is to have one email address for Apple ID/iCloud.
Who cares if you don't care that Pages syncs to the cloud? The feature is "new". And I think it's fantastic, if only it actually worked for OS X versions of Pages. Whenever I get home from work I have to copy paste my pages documents from my laptop to my Mac Pro and it'd be really convenient if it automatically synced. Anyway, hoping that the sync will come to OS X iWork soon.
One good thing about using your MobileMe acct and moving it to iCloud. Is that you get 20gb free iCloud space for a total of 25gb till june 2012.
To the person who asked about document syncing. It will work with whatever acct your signed into iCloud with under settings>iCloud, regardless of what account was used to purchase the the app.
One other little thing, in the future when you get to the point where you were wanna restore from iCloud backup on the phone, use your iCloud/MM acct., don't use the acct you buy apps with(unless its the same). Once it restores it will have you signed in to all the right places with the right id's like you had it before.
To the person who asked about document syncing. It will work with whatever acct your signed into iCloud with under settings>iCloud, regardless of what account was used to purchase the the app.
One other little thing, in the future when you get to the point where you were wanna restore from iCloud backup on the phone, use your iCloud/MM acct., don't use the acct you buy apps with(unless its the same). Once it restores it will have you signed in to all the right places with the right id's like you had it before.
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True, but why does that matter? Just leave your computer authorized on the old account and make sure you've synced the media to your idevices. I guess you wouldn't be able to use iTunes in the cloud to access your old purchases, but that's it (I'll never donthat anyway).
Still, they should really just allow account merging. This is silly.
toadfan5 said:
True, but why does that matter? Just leave your computer authorized on the old account and make sure you've synced the media to your idevices. I guess you wouldn't be able to use iTunes in the cloud to access your old purchases, but that's it (I'll never donthat anyway).
Still, they should really just allow account merging. This is silly.
Quick question, maybe someone here can help me.
I have Apple ID/iTunes account which I use to download apps for my iPhone and buy songs/tv shows etc.
I have a MobileMe account which I used briefly but never really used after the free trial
And I have a Gmail account that I use everyday to receive most of my important emails.
I don't use my .me email so I don't see the point in pushing those emails to any device.
Which email do I dedicate for iCloud?
Could I use my Gmail account with iCloud? Thats the email everybody knows.
If I use my MobileMe account will it sync all my movies and apps across my devices even though I used a different Apple ID?
I have Apple ID/iTunes account which I use to download apps for my iPhone and buy songs/tv shows etc.
I have a MobileMe account which I used briefly but never really used after the free trial
And I have a Gmail account that I use everyday to receive most of my important emails.
I don't use my .me email so I don't see the point in pushing those emails to any device.
Which email do I dedicate for iCloud?
Could I use my Gmail account with iCloud? Thats the email everybody knows.
If I use my MobileMe account will it sync all my movies and apps across my devices even though I used a different Apple ID?
Check this out: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/09/apple-icloud-sync-mess/
You would think they had figured it out by now........
Won't work, the iCloud options only show up in 10.7.2. Nothing to see in 10.6.
What does that have to do with anything? Many users have machines that can't be updated to Lion. And there are still APPLE apps that are still buggy on 10.7.
What's a lie? That page makes no mention of SL and specifically says 10.7.2 is needed. It's a bummer SL isn't supported, but Apple never promised it.
Well - its a big deal for me. I have a TON of music... too much to put on one device. Icloud should be great - as I can access past purchases as I need them on my IOS devices. But using a new one going forward would mess this up for me. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/09/apple-icloud-sync-mess/
