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October 9th, 2010, 13:39 GMT · By

Apple to Discontinue HomePage .Mac Viewing on Nov. 8

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Apple is sending emails to all MobileMe subscribers notifying them that the company is discontinuing HomePage viewing as of November 8. .Mac HomePage was a feature of the .Mac service that allowed users to publish web pages using their .Mac account.

According to Apple’s letter, after November 8, 2010, all photos, movies, and files shared using .Mac HomePage will be unavailable for viewing on the web. Pages published using iWeb or Aperture will not be affected, according to the Mac maker.

On July 7, 2009, the .Mac HomePage web application was discontinued by Apple. As of July 7, MobileMe users could no longer create new pages or edit existing ones using the web site creation tool in Apple’s US$99-per-year .Mac suite of Internet services.

The suite later became MobileMe, whose subscribers are now being told the following:

“Over a year ago, we retired the .Mac HomePage application for publishing new pages, but allowed previously published pages to remain viewable on the web. On November 8, 2010, we will discontinue online viewing of photos, movies, and files shared using .Mac HomePage.

“Please note that your content will not be deleted. Any photos, movies, or files you have published using HomePage will continue to remain on your MobileMe iDisk in the Movies, Pictures, or Public folders. We recommend MobileMe Gallery as a great way to share photos and movies on the web.”

Apple then encourages customers to read the instructions on how to move their HomePage photos and movies to MobileMe Gallery.

“MobileMe members who have published web pages using iWeb will not be affected by this change. If you have used other software to publish web content to MobileMe or .Mac, or have questions about this change, please read this FAQ,” Apple concludes.

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Comment #1 by: jens holm on 10 Oct 2010, 22:07 UTC reply to this comment

grrrr... and they do not even offer you a tool to migrate your content to a gallery or iweb pages. -which would be a trivial task for the skilled guys at apple, but a dreadful and laborious task for the faithful subscriber.

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