Apple MobileMe
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Apple MobileMe
Information about Apple's MobileMe (formerly .Mac / dot Mac) service for Mac OS X. Goto www.me.com to access existing account.
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About MobileMe
MobileMe is an online service from Apple which offers web space, email accounts plus storage and syncing of Mac OS X services. You get 20gb Storage for each account, plus additional 5gb for each Family Pack (5) account.
Backup
You get 20gb of space (with more easily purchased), and use of an application called Backup. You decide what you want backed up and when. It does the rest. Incremental or full. And seems to be really simple to restore. Worth half the subscription fee just for this!
You get a free Email account (your.username@me.com) with Imap and Webmail access. Web interface is almost identical to Apple Mail so quite straightforward. Defo rate this. Only catch is you can't use your own email address.
Groups
Can create groups and join groups. Would be great but limited to other .Mac members so not really suitable for real world groups.
Sync
Can synchronise a wide range of Apple settings. Great if you only use Mac software, but once you want to sync with non-Apple products it falls flat.
Syncing Apple Address Book Contacts
Still working on this one.
Syncing Safari Bookmarks
If you use only use Safari, then it's a breeze, just use System Preferences to sync your Bookmarks to your MobileMe account and then click sync. It works out all the rest with the different computers you use.
See Also
- See Learning Center Sync — official guide.
- See Is Google Creeping up on .Mac — review article.
iDisk
Online hard drive that works just like it's a regular Mac folder, with advantage of being accessible anywhere.
Web Gallery & Website Hosting
This is pants. Really ugly and way old fashioned flat HTML publishing structure. So 1990s.
See Also
- MobileMe About — guide for those thinking of making a purchase. Includes excellent video overviews of each major function.
- MobileMe User Guide — Apple Learning Center help pages.
- MobileMe Discussion Groups — official user groups for MobileMe advice and support.
notMac
The notMac Challenge.com is a project to create a free replacement to dotMac's client-based services that's easy enough for a first-time Mac user to install and so fully and transparently integrated that a long-time dotMac user wouldn't notice the difference.
Macintosh Links
Official Apple Resources
- apple.com — Apple's UK website.
- discussions.apple.com — Apple Discussions community forums.
- selfsolve.apple.com — use Apple's Online Service Assistant to enter a serial number and get warranty info.
Unofficial Mac Resources
- applelinks.com — Apple Links Macintosh news, reviews and how-to guides.
- iusethis.com OSX — I Use This digg style site for sharing info on the best applications for your computer.
- macblogger.net — Mac Blogger rumours and reviews of what's coming out from Apple.
- maczealots.com — Mac Zealots community site with excellent Articles, Reviews, Tutorials and User Requests about Mac hardware and software.
- versiontracker.com — download the latest Mac OSX software.
Mac User Guides & Tutorials
- radmind Mac OSX Manual — exhaustive reference guide.
- tuaw.com Mac Blog — excellent guides to getting the most out of your Mac. Geared towards Mac tech professionals.
- macsc.jthree.co.uk — free video tutorials to Mac OSX users, both experienced and switchers.
- russellbrown.com Tech Tips — great site full of video tutorials by Russell Brown.
- macdevcenter.com — Web Apps with Tiger — tutorial on installing a web server for OSX.
- ksdd.com Mac OSX Server — very good explanation of how the OSX web server works.
- macinstruct.com — Mac Instruct tutorials on a range of Mac related topics.
