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MobileMe Launching on July 9th Between 6pm-12am PT
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Looks like the maintenance window has been delayed:
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5750080
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5750080
they changed the message. They don't plan on updating anything till 8:00p PT-2:00a PT
EDIT: just a bit too late
EDIT: just a bit too late
Well... right out of the gate, Apple has started with a problem. The original 6pm maintenance has been moved to 8pm. Interesting.
Good thing too. I was browsing for the site, waiting for it to go down when I found Member Central! Downloading them all before they're gone forever!
I wouldn't say there are having problems. Just because they change the time by a couple hours only means one thing: we have two more hours of access to our .mac account
This is not necessarily an indication of a problem. They give a 6pm PT deadline, and move it back two hours right before it occurs. This allows anyone doing last min stuff with their .mac account extra time. People always do stuff at the last minute, this little delay saves Apple from a headache.
Someone please post when I can go and BUY the damn MM with full functionality! Where to check???
Wait for it...wait for it...
Almost there... just a few more seconds... (A New Hope, anyone?)
Anyway, do we have to do anything in our mail app for the @me.com switch? I'd assume we just change the login and server info to have me.com info, right?
no, you need not do anything; expect MobileMe installer in Software Update very very soon; iLife apps are to be updated separately.
Updated Timeframe
Looks like Apple has revised the timeframe because .mac is still up and the message in there now says the following:
MobileMe Launch
7/9/2008, 8pm-2am PT
As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 8pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.
Looks like Apple has revised the timeframe because .mac is still up and the message in there now says the following:
MobileMe Launch
7/9/2008, 8pm-2am PT
As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 8pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.
Maybe they realized that 6pm was dinner time so they pushed the start time out so they could order pizza
anyone who thinks MobileMe will be up right after 8 rolls around... you've got to be kidding.
there's a reason that it's a SIX HOUR WINDOW OF MAINTENANCE.
there's a reason that it's a SIX HOUR WINDOW OF MAINTENANCE.
Well if you look back at the previous posts, a lot of peoples reactions indicate that they were waiting for 6pm so they could see the new MobileMe... when in fact .mac will go down (at 8pm now) and it could be several hours before some accounts come back online, some may need to wait all the way until 2am
Eh... my take on it is that everyone is just excited about the change and the future of push delivery outside of Exchange.
Having .Mac go down (permanently) is an event in itself, as I see it. I had no expectations that MobileMe would be running before I had to go to bed, though. I'll cross that bridge tomorrow after work, but I feel like it will be a milestone to see .Mac gone, that's all.
Having .Mac go down (permanently) is an event in itself, as I see it. I had no expectations that MobileMe would be running before I had to go to bed, though. I'll cross that bridge tomorrow after work, but I feel like it will be a milestone to see .Mac gone, that's all.
i think people just want to see that .mac is down, so it means that mobileme is actually coming tonight sometime
