.Mac Sync Error

[wrldwzrd89]

For some strange reason, when I tried to do a .Mac Sync, I was told that my .Mac trial account had expired (which is clearly false - my full .Mac membership is due for renewal in 143 days), yet the sync continued and appeared to finish successfully.

Anyone know what's going on?

 

[xcell]

.Mac is not available at this time. Please try again later.

Trying to synchronize my Address Book results in the above message; nevertheless synchronzing all other items (calendar, keychains, etc.) works !?!

The synchronisation of the Address Book starts (downloading for about 2 min. with 10-30 KB/s - using a highspeed cable), then the message appears:

.Mac is not available at this time. Please try again later.

Are there any known troubles with the .Mac server besides beeing a pretty slow and unreliable one...?

BTW: the procedures described in the .Mac homepage (Apple - How To Sync) are misleading and WRONG!; the pictures and text refer to iSync which is NOT used in OS Tiger to synchronize .Mac data!

THX for any comment, Axel
iBook, 1.33 Ghz, G4; OS X 10.4.2

 

[wrldwzrd89]

The error I reported earlier hasn't occurred again. As for the message you got, that's 100% normal during times that parts of .Mac go down for scheduled maintenance.