The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)http://www.tuaw.comThe Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.tuaw.com/media/feedlogo.gifThe Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)http://www.tuaw.comen-usCopyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/FileChute to the rescue for sending large fileshttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/08/filechute-to-the-rescue-for-sending-large-files/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/08/filechute-to-the-rescue-for-sending-large-files/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/12/08/filechute-to-the-rescue-for-sending-large-files/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

FileChute from Yellow Mug Software has been kicking around for awhile, but has been pretty much under the radar for most people. Some of our readers mentioned it when we reviewed YouSendIt last January. FileChute is powerful because it can send any size file, as long as you have space on your iDisk, FTP site, or WebDAV web server.

Using FileChute is a really simple operation. Just drag a large file (or a small one) to a target on the application and it uploads that file, allowing you to specify if you want to zip it and provide a short URL. FileChute will automatically create an email with the URL in it, ready to send to anyone. I take a lot of astronomical images, and they won't fit in an email at their native size. So when I want to share the high quality versions, onto FileChute they go and the person I send them to only has to click on a URL to download the file, or see it displayed in a browser, depending on what type of file you have sent. You can send applications, movie files, anything really.

Before Leopard came out Apple was making some noise about providing a similar feature in Mobile Me, but it never appeared, and in the messy launch of Mobile Me I think it was forgotten.

Recently, Yellow Mug added an iPhone and iPod touch version of the application, and it can see your files stored on the web server of your choice, and initiate a file transfer just as if you were sitting at your desktop or laptop mac. It's free for FileChute owners.

Sure, there are lots of ways to transfer files, but this application makes it drop dead easy. I find myself using it several times a week. It's the kind of thing that should be built into the Mac OS, but you can have the feature now for less than 20 bucks.

FileChute to the rescue for sending large files originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>dataemailfile transferfilechuteFileTransferiphoneMel MartinMon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 ESTBeta Beat: fruux keeps you in synchttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/08/beta-beat-fruux-keeps-you-in-sync/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/08/beta-beat-fruux-keeps-you-in-sync/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/10/08/beta-beat-fruux-keeps-you-in-sync/#commentsFiled under: , ,

One of the most frequent questions we hear from readers on our Ask TUAW posts (and for our doting Aunt TUAW) is a simple one, with no simple answer: "How can I replace the synchronization features of MobileMe with a free service or a software package that doesn't cost me $99 a year?" We feel your pain.

For anyone looking to cut their cash outlay and maintain multi-Mac data sync, there are options for calendaring (BusySync, Google's CalDAV support) and some for address books (address-o-sync, or the free Google & Yahoo sync in Leopard's Address Book), and some products that handle both calendars and contacts (SpanningSync, Plaxo) -- but if you're in the mood for a free all-in-one approach, you may want to check out a promising beta service from a team of European developers: fruux.

Starting with address book sync in earlier versions, fruux has now progressed to include calendar, task and bookmark sync via Apple's built-in apps (Address Book, iCal & Safari) and a cloud service that stores the synchronized data. The system pref pane interface is no-frills and the product is definitely still a work in progress (there are prominent warnings to back up your data beforehand and frequently thereafter), so it may not suit your needs just yet -- but it's definitely one to watch. Future roadmap plans include an iPhone client and a web interface to your PIM data.

Thanks Dominik, Hagen & everyone who sent this in.

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]]>.macbetabookmarkscalendarcontactsfruuxicalmobilemesyncMichael RoseWed, 08 Oct 2008 09:00:00 ESTMac 101: Dealing without iCardshttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/28/mac-101-dealing-without-icards/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/28/mac-101-dealing-without-icards/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/08/28/mac-101-dealing-without-icards/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Apple has posted a nifty tip for Mail users who miss the discontinued iCards feature from .Mac: You can use Mail stationery to create an attractive card-like message with your own photos.

In a post on the Mobile Me blog (hey, it's not dead!), Apple says "...it's like the old Make Your Own iCards feature on steroids, and a whole lot easier to use in the bargain."

For Leopard users, Mail comes with 30 email templates you can customize in lieu of sending an iCard. Personally, I think an email is better than an iCard anyway, what with all the greeting card spam that goes on.

You can use photos that you take with Photo Booth, for example, or pictures from iPhoto. Customize it with a clever note, and away you go.

If you don't have Leopard or still want to use an online greeting card site, there are plenty to choose from.

(And if you like our series for beginners, Mac 101, there's much more to learn.)

Mac 101: Dealing without iCards originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>dotmacgreeting cardsGreetingCardsicardsmailmobilemesubstituteRobert PalmerThu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:00 ESTUnlucky 1 percent of MobileMe email users may get reliefhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/#commentsFiled under: , ,

How big is one percent? If it's a surcharge on your restaurant check, not that much; if it's a point on your mortgage, ow. If it's a chunk of .Mac/MobileMe email account holders who are left hanging for a week without access to their email... well, let's just say that anyone in that select and sorry lot who used a mac.com email address for professional or vital communications is justifiably furious right now.

The good news, if you can say that under the circumstances, is that the outage that started July 18 may be coming to a close. Apple has posted a tech note on the ongoing issues, launched a blog to cover the MobileMe introduction challenges, and provided some additional details about what happened. As of 10 pm PDT last night, the one-percenters should be able to log into MobileMe webmail and retrieve messages from the July 18-25 outage window, though none from before the problem started are available yet. Apple also warns affected users NOT to change MobileMe passwords, aliases or storage allocations until the problem is cleared up, so be alert.

As the problem was triggered by a "serious issue" on one of Apple's mail servers, some messages got dropped in the bit bucket and will never come back (unless you have them cached in a local client like Mail.app, Entourage, Thunderbird or Outlook). Apple's statement:

While the vast majority of your email messages will be fully restored, a small percentage of email messages in the affected accounts have regrettably been lost. This includes approximately 10% of messages received between 5:00 a.m. PDT on July 16 and 10:20 a.m. PDT on July 18. We sincerely apologize for any email messages you may have lost.

Apologies are well and good -- but considering the MobileMe terms of service, that's about all you can expect to see, as Apple isn't liable for lost business or damages due to the outage. If there's a lesson in this, maybe it's that mission-critical users should own their own domains and public-facing email addresses, so that they can redirect incoming mail in a crisis. Depending on a single provider for mail (even ones with a reputation for reliability) can bite you.

Written by Michael Rose. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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]]>emailmobilemepainMichael RoseSat, 26 Jul 2008 09:00:00 ESTApple: MobileMe transition taking longer than expectedhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/11/apple-mobileme-transition-taking-longer-than-expected/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/11/apple-mobileme-transition-taking-longer-than-expected/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/11/apple-mobileme-transition-taking-longer-than-expected/#commentsFiled under: ,



I don't think it will come as a shock to anyone that the MobileMe transition hasn't gone as smoothly as Apple would have liked. A recent update to the .Mac support page (shown above) states, 'The MobileMe transition is underway but is taking longer than expected. Please refer to the official System Status to the right for current information on the availability of MobileMe services. We apologize for any inconvenience.'

Cory was able to sneak into MobileMe and take some pictures, so at least you can check out what you're missing. Here's hoping that this rocky start leads to a much more solid product since, as Mike pointed out, .Mac wasn't exactly a hallmark of uptime itself.

Apple: MobileMe transition taking longer than expected originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>Scott McNultyFri, 11 Jul 2008 06:40:00 ESTApple releases OS X MobileMe updatehttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/10/apple-releases-os-x-mobileme-update/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/10/apple-releases-os-x-mobileme-update/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/10/apple-releases-os-x-mobileme-update/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Apple has released a new "MobileMe" update that allows your OS X system to "see" and interact with the new MobileMe service. As many may know, the change over from .Mac to MobileMe happened last night into the wee hours of the morning. This software adds the new MobileMe system preference pane and adds MobileMe support for Mail.app. We have uploaded a gallery of images for your viewing pleasure showing the subtle changes in System Preferences.

"The Mac OS X Update For MobileMe is recommended for users running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 and includes general system fixes that enhance your Mac for MobileMe," Apple says.

You can download this update by opening Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update).

Gallery: MobileMe OS X Update



[via GearLive]

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]]>.MacAppleMac OS XMacOsXMobileMeSoftware UpdateSoftwareUpdateCory BohonThu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 ESTAnd so it begins...http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/10/and-so-it-begins/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/10/and-so-it-begins/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/10/and-so-it-begins/#commentsFiled under: ,



.Mac as of 9:14 PM PDT. It looks like the changes are underway!

And so it begins... originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>.macmobilemeSteven SandeThu, 10 Jul 2008 00:20:00 ESTSaying "goodbye" to .Machttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/09/saying-goodbye-to-mac/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/09/saying-goodbye-to-mac/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/09/saying-goodbye-to-mac/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Tonight, we will all say "goodbye" to .Mac, a service that has been a small part of Apple for almost 8 years. iTools, .Mac's predecessor, was launched on January 5, 2000 at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco and was a free service that included a HomePage, iCards and the much coveted @mac.com e-mail address that is commonplace today (as well as the forgotten 'KidSafe,' which was a database of kid friendly websites Apple compiled so you could make sure your children weren't up to no good on your Mac). As more users came to the service and the cost of bandwidth went up, Apple began charging for the service and called it .Mac.

The name ".Mac" was born at the Macworld Expo in New York on July 17, 2002 and provided several new services including: a beefed up iDisk (with a dizzying 100 megs of space), Backup, and a free copy of Virex. On September 17, 2002, Apple announced that it would discontinue the free iTools service in favor for .Mac.

That brings us to, well, tonight. Apple is scheduled to take down .Mac and replace it with a newer, rebranded service named "MobileMe." While some scoff at the name, TUAW can't help but see the other side of the picture: look how far iTools has evolved over the past 8 years. So, join us in saying, "So long old friend, we hardly knew ye."

Do you have a favorite story to tell about iTools or .Mac? Be sure to mention it in the comments below! Apple is scheduled to take down the .Mac service between 6 p.m. and 12 a.m. pacific time.

Saying "goodbye" to .Mac originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>.Macdot macDotMaciCardsidiskiToolsMacworld ExpoMacworldExpomailrememberanceswitchCory BohonWed, 09 Jul 2008 19:00:00 ESTApple To Ship 2.5 Million Macs Thanks to Vista?http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/08/apple-to-ship-2-5-million-macs-thanks-to-vista/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/08/apple-to-ship-2-5-million-macs-thanks-to-vista/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/08/apple-to-ship-2-5-million-macs-thanks-to-vista/#commentsFiled under: , ,

With all the current hype surrounding the imminent release of both the upgrade to Apple's .Mac service, now to be forever known as MobileMe, and Friday's launch of the new, improved iPhone version 2.0, let's not forget that Apple also makes other types of hardware that seems to be selling pretty well these days. In fact, according to a recent article up over at AppleInsider, Apple is apparently poised to ship 2.5 Million Macs in the Spring -- thanks, in some measure, to the poor reception of Microsoft's Windows Vista.

According to BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman, Apple's potentially strong quarter, which ends in June, can be attributed to several factors. Among them, user dissatisfaction with Vista. "Thus far, user satisfaction ratings for Vista have been weak, and startup times for Vista have been known to be much slower than the Mac OS X," Bachman said in the article. "Thus, more than 50% of recent customers buying Macs in Apple retail stores are first-time buyers."

In addition, the analyst added that this problem could help Apple's bottom line well into 2009 and could potentially improve the company's current world market share, raising it to 3.9% or higher. This is good news for those of us who remember the time, not so long ago, when most in the press and analysts like Bachman predicted Apple's certain demise. Still, even with this good news, we still need to hope Apple doesn't do something to hurt itself -- like bungle the .Mac to MobileMe transition or run out of shiny new iPhones at 8:30AM on Friday. That would not be a good thing.

Apple To Ship 2.5 Million Macs Thanks to Vista? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>apple financialAppleFinancialmobilemetweet-thisChris UllrichTue, 08 Jul 2008 17:00:00 ESTApple, Amazon offer boxed versions of MobileMehttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/08/apple-amazon-offer-boxed-versions-of-mobileme/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/08/apple-amazon-offer-boxed-versions-of-mobileme/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/08/apple-amazon-offer-boxed-versions-of-mobileme/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Early Tuesday morning, Apple started offering boxed versions of the much awaited MobileMe web service. While buying from Apple costs $99 for the boxed version, Amazon is offering MobileMe for $89.99 (US).

According to Amazon, MobileMe has been on sale since "July 1, 2008," however, they also say "This item will not be released until July 12, 2008."

We did learn last night that MobileMe is scheduled to launch on Wednesday, July 9th around 6 p.m. pacific time.

Stay tuned to TUAW for the latest information regarding the .Mac to MobileMe switch, iPhone 2.0 software, and the iPhone 3G coverage.


Thanks, Jay!

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]]>.MacAmazonAppleboxboxed copyBoxedCopydot macDotMacMobileMeretailversionCory BohonTue, 08 Jul 2008 09:15:00 ESTMobileMe launch date set: July 9th at 6 p.m. PThttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/07/mobileme-launch-date-set-july-9th-at-6-p-m-pt/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/07/mobileme-launch-date-set-july-9th-at-6-p-m-pt/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/07/mobileme-launch-date-set-july-9th-at-6-p-m-pt/#commentsFiled under: ,

Apple has just updated the .Mac status page with the date/time of the .Mac to MobileMe switch. So, for those of you wondering when Apple might start the switch will not have to wonder any longer. July 9th from 6 p.m. until 12 a.m. PT is the scheduled date and time.

Apple says that during the switch, users will be "unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services ... with the exception of .Mac Mail accessed via a desktop application, iPhone, or iPod touch."

According to Apple, "MobileMe will be available as soon as possible during this maintenance window." Be sure to stay tuned to TUAW for the latest on the .Mac to MobileMe switch.


Thanks, Andy and Barry!

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]]>.Macdot macDotMaciPhoneiPod touchIpodTouchMailMobile MeMobileMeCory BohonMon, 07 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EST.Mac Bookmark webaccess going away July 6thhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/02/mac-bookmark-webaccess-going-away-july-6th/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/02/mac-bookmark-webaccess-going-away-july-6th/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/02/mac-bookmark-webaccess-going-away-july-6th/#commentsFiled under: ,


The above message has been posted to the .Mac Tips website. As you can see .Mac members are being told to sync their .Mac bookmarks to a computer (Mac or PC) by July 6th because web access to bookmarks is no longer going to be supported in MobileMe (.Mac's replacement). The July 6th date is actually a few days later than the one Apple first gave in this KB article (June 30th). It looks like Apple wants to give all .Mac members as much time as possible to get their bookmarks in order.

Does this mean we'll see the official launch of MobileMe on the 6th? Probably not, since Apple has stated that MobileMe will be available on July 11, but then again Me.com email is already being properly routed so this might all be part of a soft launch (as they say in the biz).

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

.Mac Bookmark webaccess going away July 6th originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>.macmobilemeScott McNultyWed, 02 Jul 2008 17:45:00 ESTMe.com email addresses online?http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/28/me-com-email-addresses-online/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/28/me-com-email-addresses-online/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/28/me-com-email-addresses-online/#commentsFiled under: ,

MobileMeMacrumors.com is reporting that for some .Mac users, using a me.com email address seems to be working. For instance, if your .Mac account name is username, sending an email to username@me.com works the same as sending one to username@mac.com.

Your mileage may vary -- as of 8:35 PM EDT on Saturday, June 28, 2008, it wasn't working for me.

Update: About four hours later, it's working for me.

[via MacRumors.com]

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]]>mailme.commobilemetweet-thisSteven SandeSat, 28 Jun 2008 20:50:00 EST.Mac is down: Gather your children! Into the cellar!http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/27/mac-is-down-gather-your-children-into-the-cellar/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/27/mac-is-down-gather-your-children-into-the-cellar/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/27/mac-is-down-gather-your-children-into-the-cellar/#commentsFiled under:

.Mac web services were "temporarily unavailable" for a time this morning, and things are still a little shaky. No explanation was given for the outage.

Mail was working when tested, but iDisk access through afp:// still appears to be shut off (at 10:50 a.m. ET). Homepages and access to iDisk public folders seem to be OK, too. We'll keep tabs on this, and let you know when the service is back up and running. Check back soon!

Update (11:20 a.m. ET): Web access seems to be up and running, but iDisk via afp:// is still down.

Update (1:45 p.m. ET): iDisk access is back up, but I'm not sure when that happened. One computer is still unable to connect, and the other computer connects just fine.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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]]>dotmacRobert PalmerFri, 27 Jun 2008 10:15:00 ESTMobileMe browser requirements page foundhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/mobileme-browser-requirements-page-found/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/mobileme-browser-requirements-page-found/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/mobileme-browser-requirements-page-found/#commentsFiled under: ,

Joining in on the conversation about tonight's .Mac outage, reader Chad sent us a link to a page he discovered on .Mac. He said that while trying to access his .Mac service on his iPhone, he was redirected to a MobileMe browser requirements page. One of the suspicious things on the page is the fact that "calendar" is spelled wrong (i.e. "calender"). You can see a screen grab of the page after the break.

The page in question shows Safari as the top browser to use, followed by Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7. On last night's talkcast (MP3 Link) Michael Rose, Robert Palmer, and I talked about the possibility of Apple marketing the Safari browser for Windows users through the MobileMe service. It looks as if that guess is true.

Thanks, Chad!


Update: Apple has updated the page (see new screenshot after the break).

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]]>.MacBrowserCory BohonCoryBohonFirefoxInternet Explorer 7InternetExplorer7iPhoneMichael RoseMichaelRoseMobileMeoutageRequirementsRobert PalmerRobertPalmerSafaritweet-thisCory BohonMon, 23 Jun 2008 19:30:00 ESTApple leaves placeholder text in a published MobileMe page, eh?http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/apple-leaves-placeholder-text-in-a-published-mobileme-page-eh/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/apple-leaves-placeholder-text-in-a-published-mobileme-page-eh/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/apple-leaves-placeholder-text-in-a-published-mobileme-page-eh/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Canada has many things going for it: maple trees everywhere, single-payer health care system and a one-of-a-kind Apple page. One of our readers just tipped us about an error on the MobileMe signup completion page for Canada. Apparently, Apple's designers left in some placeholder text on the signup "thank you" page. While Apple does (yes, they really do) make some mistakes, leaving greeked text on a webpage isn't usually one of them. [If you're saying "that looks like Latin, not Greek," see here. -Ed.]

You can see the Freudian slip by visiting Apple's Canadian MobileMe signup completion page.

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]]>.MacAppledesignerrorMobileMeplaceholdertexttweet-thisCory BohonMon, 23 Jun 2008 16:30:00 ESTReaders report .Mac service outageshttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/17/readers-report-mac-service-outages/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/17/readers-report-mac-service-outages/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/17/readers-report-mac-service-outages/#commentsFiled under:

We've gotten several reports this morning that sections of the .Mac service, including web galleries, webmail and the www.mac.com page, are offline today. Email to the .Mac domain appears to be flowing but there's no ETA on restoration of the services and no clear picture of exactly what is affected.

This is not entirely a surprising development considering the wholesale migration of .Mac to MobileMe, but it's a little discouraging. Perhaps we should all send "get well soon" iCards... oh, wait, nevermind.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Readers report .Mac service outages originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>.macmobilemeoutagetweet-thisMichael RoseTue, 17 Jun 2008 09:00:00 ESTTake Control of Back to My Mac / Screen Sharing in Leopardhttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/12/take-control-of-back-to-my-mac-screen-sharing-in-leopard/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/12/take-control-of-back-to-my-mac-screen-sharing-in-leopard/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/12/take-control-of-back-to-my-mac-screen-sharing-in-leopard/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Glenn Fleishman of Macworld, Wi-Fi Networking News and TidBITS fame has written two new Leopard ebooks, both published today by Take Control Books. The new titles, Take Control of Back to My Mac and Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard, are part of the popular Take Control ebook series.

Take Control of Back to My Mac provides many tips on how to get .Mac's MobileMe's problematic remote access service up and working for you, while Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard discusses the many tools available for sharing your Mac screen with others.

The books are $10 each, but if you purchase both ebooks and enter CPN006780611BUN as a coupon code, you'll get an immediate $5 discount. There's no excuse to suffer in silence with Back to My Mac anymore!

In the interest of disclosure, I've written two titles for Take Control Books, neither of which are discussed in this post.

[Via TidBITS]

Take Control of Back to My Mac / Screen Sharing in Leopard originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>back to my macBackToMyMacglenn fleishmanGlennFleishmanmacworldscreen sharingScreenSharingtake controlTakeControltidbitsSteven SandeThu, 12 Jun 2008 20:30:00 ESTApple's worst logo ever?http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/11/apples-worst-logo-ever/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/11/apples-worst-logo-ever/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/11/apples-worst-logo-ever/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

I'm eager to test out Apple's upcoming MobileMe service, the .Mac replacement scheduled to launch in a few weeks. Unfortunately for many, my enthusiasm is matched by disdain for the MobileMe logo.

Gawker says "...it should be on a package of Japanese soap." Paul Thurrott notices a similarity between MobileMe and Microsoft WindowsME and Manhattan Offender asks flat-out: "Is 'MobileMe' the worst logo in the history of Mac?"

First of all, Manhattan Offender, Apple is the company that produced MobileMe and its graphic representation, not "Mac."

Remember, Apple is pushing this (get it?) as "Exchange for the rest of us." It's not a corporate product, but a consumer service with corporate-like features. We think the logo is airy and fun.

What's your take? Decent enough or utter garbage?

[Via Geek & Mild]

Apple's worst logo ever? originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>designiconlogomobilemeDave CaoloWed, 11 Jun 2008 09:00:00 ESTWhat isn't making the cut from .Mac to MobileMehttp://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/09/what-isnt-making-the-cut-from-mac-to-mobileme/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/09/what-isnt-making-the-cut-from-mac-to-mobileme/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/09/what-isnt-making-the-cut-from-mac-to-mobileme/#commentsFiled under: , , ,



On the surface MobileMe looks like a much better way to spend $99 than .Mac ever was, but there are a few .Mac features that are going to be discontinued. Say farewell to the following .Mac highlights:
  • iCards: I don't remember the last time I sent an iCard, but I always liked the fact that I could.
  • Web access to Bookmarks: you'll still be able to sync bookmarks across machines, but you will no longer be able to access them from a web browser (in case you wanted to check your bookmarks on some random machine).
  • Panther support: this one isn't that big of a shock.
  • .Mac slides: I'm not even sure what .Mac slides are, so I don't think I'll miss this feature much
Any .Mac subscribers out there angered by this list? Let us know in the comments.

What isn't making the cut from .Mac to MobileMe originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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]]>.macicardicardsmobilemeScott McNultyMon, 09 Jun 2008 18:45:00 EST