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Apple Killing .Mac HomePage, Groups

Apple has started informing users of its .Mac HomePage app that it would be shutting down the service, as well as the Groups tool, as of July 7. Content that is already published will remain at the current address until the customer's subscription expires.According to Apple, users will no longer be able to creat...

10 April 2009
02:53 GMT

MobileMe Gets Green Light for Sharing Large Files with iDisk

Apple has posted an update on its MobileMe News page, notifying users of its cloud-based service that they can now use their MobileMe iDisk to share files with their friends and families. Users are no longer restricted to sharing small files as e-mail attachments. Instead, recipients receive a link which, if clicked,...

16 February 2009
03:54 GMT

MobileMe Filters Emails to Spamcop

TUAW points out to a Mac OS X Hints find alleging that if you try to send an email to someone registered with spamcop.net using your MobileMe account, the message is likely to get lost. Notifications are also out of the question, according to the discovery. Moreover, the sources note, if a user attempts to send a mes...

9 December 2008
06:36 GMT

Beware of MobileMe Phishing Scam

Reports are flying in saying that a scammer using an e-mail purporting to be from Apple is targeting MobileMe users. The e-mail claims there are problems with the users' subscription, and asks of them to re-enter their credit card information.As many of you should know (and especially former .Mac users), the tra...

8 September 2008
05:42 GMT

MobileMe Subscriptions Extended by 60 Days

Last time we reported MobileMe's status, Apple had identified and resolved an issue with MobileMe Sync on iPhone and iPod touch. Some problems, however, are still waiting to be solved. Therefore, Apple has again extended users' subscriptions by two extra months. Read on for an excerpt from the company'...

19 August 2008
07:11 GMT

Phishing Scam Tricks Hundreds of .Mac Users

The Register is reporting that CardCops, a credit card protection service owned by the Affinion Group, has spotted sensitive information belonging to several hundred people with Mac.com accounts being "traded in underground forums frequented by identity thieves".According to the source, .Mac users handed over their p...

15 August 2008
03:37 GMT

MobileMe Update Already Available

Already transitioned to MobileMe? Good, check Software Update, there should be something there for you - a Mac OS X Update for MobileMe. Leopard users are encouraged to update to MobileMe 1.1 as the new version includes general system fixes aimed at optimizing your MobileMe experience."The Mac OS X Update For MobileM...

15 July 2008
10:32 GMT

.Mac Phishing Email Doing the Rounds

Sources are reporting that a convincing-looking phishing email containing a picture of the .Mac "world" logo, "very much in Apple's style," is circling the web. Users of Apple's web service who've recently moved to MobileMe should take caution when opening and using links provided in suspicious emails....

14 July 2008
06:29 GMT

.Mac Service Gets Web Gallery Transfer Fix

European .Mac users will now be getting a better bang for their buck, as Apple has addressed the problems that were causing some areas of the service be overly slow. Now users in Europe can enjoy the same speed that those in the US had been experiencing.The throttling of transfer speeds for European users of the .Ma...

21 November 2007
09:25 GMT

European .Mac Service Crippled?

Although Apple has recently improved its .Mac service, which had been sub-par for quite some time, European customers are still not happy due to continuing issues regarding transfer speeds.Apple's .Mac service is intended to be an extension of the desktop space with online tools that integrate with the company&...

11 September 2007
10:20 GMT

iPhone Stealth Update Raises Concerns

One of the things that set the iPhone apart is the way that Apple continuously offers improvements in the form of software updates. Whether for improving security or adding new features, updating is an important part of any computer system, even a diminutive one. However, when updates are not entirely transparent, p...

9 August 2007
06:12 GMT

Apple Improves .Mac Service

Apple's .Mac service was a prickly subject, even amongst Mac users. When it debuted, the service was very popular, but after the company decided to charge for it and after years of the service stagnating because of the lack of new features, not to mention nearly all other web services catching up with it, .Mac ...

8 August 2007
05:52 GMT


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