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iPhone Live podcast 129: White lies and iPhones

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Dec 9, 2010 a 11:15 pm

Did Apple sneak network and battery fixes into iOS 4.2, does Verizon LTE mean an iPhone 4G, buy apps now or wait for sales, BBM to iPhone, and the week in apps with Rene and Georgia. Listen in!

iOS 4.2 bugs: Having problems with MobileMe password?

By Georgia, Wednesday, Nov 24, 2010 a 9:54 am

Having problems with your MobileMe password lately? We're hearing from users (and our own Rene!) that MobileMe both on the web at me.com and on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad complains your password is wrong when it's the same password you've always used. We'll take a look at the symptoms and possible solutions after the break!

Free version of MobileMe coming with iOS 4.2 for iPhone, iPad?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Nov 19, 2010 a 11:17 pm

MacRumors scores yet more evidence Apple might just be considering adding a free level of MobileMe service for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad owners on iOS 4.2.

The evidence comes in the form of a new private framework known as AppleAccounts.framework that includes a series of device-specific error messages referring to free MobileMe accounts. In particular, the error messages include alerts regarding having reached "the maximum number of free accounts" for a given device and certain devices not being "qualified for free MobileMe service".

MobileMe makes Mac setup easy, why can't it do the same for iPhone, iPad?

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Nov 6, 2010 a 9:39 am

Apple launches new MobileMe Calendar

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 14, 2010 a 2:43 pm

Apple has announced that their new MobileMe Calendar, previously in beta, is now ready to rock for all members. If you haven't already tried it, features include:

Push calendar sync between Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch
Share calendars
Publish calendars
Event invitations with RSVP
And a brand new, very iPad-like web app

Just log in at http://www.me.com/ and your update should get underway. Let us know what you think!

[Apple MobileMe News]

Reminder: .Mac HomePage goes buh-bye in November

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Oct 8, 2010 a 12:58 pm

Apple has sent out a reminder to MobileMe members who subscribed back in the old .Mac days and used HomePage to publish content to the web.

The short version is, after November 8 you'll no longer be able to view those pages though the content will remain in your iDisk and can be reused in things like MobileMe Gallery, or republished via the iWeb app. (Or who knows, maybe something even more interesting when/if iLife '11 is announced).

For the long version, follow after the break.

And we can't help but ask -- was anyone still using HomePage anyway?

Apple needs and acre of land, farmers need $1.7 million for it

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Oct 5, 2010 a 8:51 am

When Apple needed land for their $1 billion dollar data center the farmers who owned it decided they needed $1.7 million to sell. Not bad considering they bought it for $6,000 just 34 years ago.

“They told us to put a price on it and we did,” said Kathy Fulbright, 62, seated on a brown leather sofa in the living room of the home she and her husband built with the proceeds. The 49-acre property boasts a 4,200-square-foot house with a Jacuzzi in the master bathroom, as well as a manmade pond stocked with bass and catfish.

How to use MobileMe iDisk for easier iWork for iPad file transfer

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 a 9:10 am

Apple's MobileMe News has posted a helpful entry on using MobileMe's iDisk for easier file transfer for the just-updated iWork apps for iPad.

With the latest Keynote, Pages and Numbers for iPad, you can now transfer your documents directly to and from your MobileMe iDisk so you can work on them anywhere you have an Internet connection. For example, create a new Pages document on your iPad and copy it directly to your iDisk. Then, when you are back at your Mac, open the document from iDisk and continue editing right where you left off.

OmniFocus for iPad- app review

By Chad Garrett, Monday, Aug 2, 2010 a 7:20 am

By now you probably know that I am big into productivity apps and I am always looking for the next big thing. I use a lot of task management apps on the iPad, and there are some great ones for sure. However, I have just come across the ultimate task management app for your iPad; OmniFocus. This is, without a doubt the best app for utilizing David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (GTD) methodology. What makes this app stand out so much are three things: good design, Forecast and Review. But, I am probably getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning. Note, a lot of the features I am going to discuss are not unique to OmniFocus, but I think it is fair to describe them so you know what is contained in GTD and can get a better grasp for how it is used. For this review I literally rebuilt my tasks in the app form scratch except for the made-up Inbox screenshot below. I had to do that since I am already organized :-)

MobileMe Calendar Beta upgrades being offered via iCal

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 a 9:00 pm

I just launched iCal (by accident!) and was greeted with the dialog box above, asking if I'd like to upgrade to the new MobileMe Calendar beta. Um. Okay. I went through the upgrade, which launched Safari and had me log into my MobileMe account, only to get a server error and a request to try again. Second time was the charm, though, and all my events were updated and I now have the shiny new -- clearly iPad-inspired -- MobileMe Calendar Beta at my beck and call.

For the MobileMe Mail Beta, I requested an invitation and received an email confirmation, so this was different. Anyone else getting "invited" into the MobileMe calendar beta this way?

More screenshots after the break.