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MobileMe's Push Services Detailed, No Mac to Mobile Me 'Push'

iross.net said:
Not a very elegant solution but ....

Code: 
#!/bin/bash

OLD=`ls -laR ~/Library/Calendars/ | md5`;

while [ 1 == 1 ]; do
	COMPARE=`ls -laR ~/Library/Calendars/ | md5`;
	if [ $OLD != $COMPARE ]; then
		/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacSyncManager.framework/Resources/dotmacsyncclient --sync com.apple.DotMacSync --entitynames com.apple.calendars.Attendee,com.apple.calendars.AudioAlarm,com.apple.calendars.CalDAVAccount,com.apple.calendars.Calendar,com.apple.calendars.CalendarOrder,com.apple.calendars.DisplayAlarm,com.apple.calendars.Event,com.apple.calendars.MailAlarm,com.apple.calendars.Organizer,com.apple.calendars.Recurrence,com.apple.calendars.Task,com.apple.contacts.CalendarURI,com.apple.contacts.Contact,com.apple.contacts.Custom Field,com.apple.contacts.Date,com.apple.contacts.Email Address,com.apple.contacts.Group,com.apple.contacts.IM,com.apple.contacts.ImageTransformationInfo,com.apple.contacts.Phone Number,com.apple.contacts.Related Name,com.apple.contacts.SmartGroup,com.apple.contacts.Street Address,com.apple.contacts.URL,com.apple.ical.calendars.DotMacPublisher,com.apple.ical.calendars.Invitation,com.apple.ical.calendars.Node,com.apple.ical.calendars.ProcAlarm,com.apple.ical.calendars.RootNode,com.apple.ical.calendars.TaskOrder,com.apple.ical.calendars.URLPublisher,com.apple.notes.Attachment,com.apple.notes.Keyword,com.apple.notes.Note,com.apple.palm.calendars.Category,com.apple.palm.contacts.Category
		OLD=$COMPARE;
	fi;
	sleep 10;
done
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This is great! Nice Job
 
bretm said:
Correct. But your original statement about push from mobileme to mac is incorrect. There is absolutely no push in any way shape or form from or to the mac. All of it is sync at 15minutes.
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Someone has already responded to this, but I think we need to be clear on this. You are mistaken.

If you are not having Push from MobileMe to your Mac, your setup is not working correctly. (I'm not saying it's your fault, it may be a bug for some people)

But... there is Push from MobileMe to your Mac. Just not the other way around.

arn
 
liked .mac better

this whole "push" issue might be the final straw for me keeping the service. i don't have an iphone - and don't know if i want one - and it seems that they're gearing this service mostly for people who have iphones.

i use my laptop on the fly quite a bit, so i open it up and make changes to my calender, etc. and then close it and head off to my next meeting. if it has to wait 15 minutes to sync rather than actually pushing the info, i'm probably going to be more annoyed with the service than anything.

seems like apple is centering more and more of their service around the iphone and leaving macs behind. i guess i'll just have to stop hoping for innovation on macs - but isn't that why i stopped using pc's?
 
Interesting transition....

Remember when Steve Jobs said the computer is the digital hub. No more. The cloud is now the digital hub and it will only be 1 or 2 more years before we start 'pushing' music, TV shows, movies, etc., between all our digital devices.

Collaborate family calendars and other info and you now have MobileWe! :D
 
chrismcdowell25 said:
I emailed apple about it. They sent me this. So maybe their rolling it out later. But their for sure full of **** about being up on all services. I think their supposed to remove the feature from their advertising after the service goes live though for that little subject to change line to work.

"Dear Chris,

My name is Mike from the MobileMe Support team and thank you for your inquiry about iDisk File Sharing. This feature is not currently available with MobileMe.

When MobileMe was announced, iDisk File Sharing was mentioned as a feature; however, the MobileMe webpage noted that all features listed on that page were subject to change. When MobileMe was released on July 10, 2008, iDisk File Sharing was not included. I apologize for any inconvenience.

However, you can certainly use the Public folder of your iDisk to share files. You can access your Public folder through the new MobileMe interface. The new Internet address (URL) for iDisk Public folders is this:

http://idisk.mac.com/membername-Public "
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That reeks of fecal matter. public folders aren't the same. It's kinda like saying "push" and "sync" are the same. :(

idisk file sharing, personal domains, and auto-syncing calendars and contacts are why I'm trying mobileme. But, I can't try personal domains unless I pay Apple first. I already know they won't allow MX records to be used (which google does for free), but it does work with iweb. My question is will personal domains work with the gallery? I'll use galleries more than iweb. If not, I might as well stay with free gmail using my personal domain for free and free picasa web albums (which also does not allow personal domains).

MobileMe is a great idea, but it's missing some key features.

they still have about 55 days before my trial expires - maybe they'll enable the file sharing by then.
 
Why So Many Excuses For Apple?

I am really surprised about how many people are defending Apple on this issue. It's no big deal - just go to the menu bar and sync. Your being lazy.

The problem is that there is a fundamental difference between sync and push and we were all led to believe that Mobile Me was 100% push. Watch the keynote and guided tour and at no time was anyone waiting 15 minutes or going to a menu bar to do a manual sync. Apple has advertised 100% push and has not delivered.

But really, is it that big of deal? Well earlier today I drove to my office and updated the Mobile Me software and set that computer to sync automatically. I went to dinner, changed a contact on my iPhone and was expecting to see the change on my laptop at home. Of course I had to manually sync, but a message popped up and said it could not sync at this time because another computer was in the process of syncing. It has been syncing for two hours which means I know there's a pop-up window on my office computer asking me if I want to update my contacts. When I go in tomorrow I will accept the update and hopefully my laptop will be up to date some 12 hours later. That, my friends, is the difference between Push and Sync.
 
If you write a message in Mail and it doesn't immediately appear on the iPhone it's simply not a push system - there's no two ways about it.
 
socamx said:
I don't own and iPhone and don't plan on getting one for awhile (too expensive).

I have two Macs currently, my G5 and my MBP. I'm very disappointed that this MobileMe update didn't include push updating from Mac -> me.com -> other Mac. Still getting annoyances with the syncing process and I wish it were push so it was all instantaneous.

Why should I use Me.com for push updates when I have access to my Macs which are faster/easier to use than me.com?

Hope this gets changed, was looking forward to push syncing but still none for me now. I also hope I'm not getting annoyed over something I'm possibly overlooking, only been a couple days so far as it is.
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How is $199 is too expensive. You buy $20 phones?
 
Just want to ask a quick question. I was under the impression that it would push on all devices. If me and my wife have an iPhone I was wandering is it supposed to push if I update something in my calendar would it push to hers instantly? If this will not work I am wandering will Apple give me my money back?
 
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aLoC said:
If you write a message in Mail and it doesn't immediately appear on the iPhone it's simply not a push system - there's no two ways about it.
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I'm sorry, but I really do not think push refers to sent mail pushing to a device. You wouldn't even see this behavour on a blackberry. Push refers to incoming mail being pushed out to a device.
 
It seems to be getting a lot better on my system. I feel that they are close to ironing this stuff out and in a week at most it will be great.

Even broken it is still pretty neat. I get my emails pushed and my calendars half pushed.
 
cliffrouse11bas said:
Just want to ask a quick question. I was under the impression that it would push on all devices. If me and my wife have an iPhone I was wandering is it supposed to push if I update something in my calendar would it push to hers instantly? If this will not work I am wandering will Apple give me my money back?
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Why would it push to hers unless you are sharing the same MobileMe account? It should (I think) in theory work if you are. MM should treat it as just another device to push to.
 
macintel4me said:
Remember when Steve Jobs said the computer is the digital hub. No more. The cloud is now the digital hub and it will only be 1 or 2 more years before we start 'pushing' music, TV shows, movies, etc., between all our digital devices.

Collaborate family calendars and other info and you now have MobileWe! :D
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Hopefully push TV won't be ANYTHING like push calendars has proven to be so far....non-existant!!!
 
arn said:
What's your config?

Leopard?
MobileMe 1.1 Updater?
Setting on "Automatic"
Did you reboot?

arn
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10.5.4
Yes, MM updater
Automatic yes
Rebooted last night (shut down to charge my mouse/kb batteries while I slept).

FWIW the only difference may be that I have a Trial MobileMe account. But that should make no difference.

I'm behind an Airport Extreme if that matters.
 
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jksmith said:
MobileMe is nothing but a waste of money...
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I am curious if you can be a little more specific? There is alot of push functionality that is working that IMHO doesn't make it a total waste by any means.
 
MM change does cause automatic sync

Making any kind of change on the MM server/webpage causes an automatic sync. Its in this apple document.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1155

Everything "pushes" or causes an auto sync from the cloud including from "another" computer - just not you're working on. On that on you must click "sync now". Its not that hard.

Plus it seems to be working overall on our devices anyway.:)

:apple: 2 2g iphones, 1 macbook, 1 imac, 1 airport extreme, 1 MM account all working in harmony - at this time....
 
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