Curtains Lifting on MobileMe Transition to iCloud [Updated]
Apple released new information today regarding the pending transition from MobileMe to iCloud. Finally, we know which services will be continued and which will be terminated with extreme prejudice. According to Apple, "The core services provided by MobileMe have been rewritten to work seamlessly with iCloud." The key word there is "core", which is not the same as "all".
We already knew that MobileMe was going away Edit: June 30, 2012 and that iCloud was coming to replace it "this fall". But, are all the MobileMe services going to be continued? And what happens between July 1, when MobileMe is no longer available, and sometime "this fall", when iCloud launches?
For the first question, the following MobileMe services will be continued in iCloud:
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Bookmarks
- Find My iPhone
- Back to My Mac
In addition, the following new services will also be available in iCloud:
- iTunes in the Cloud
- Photo Stream
- Documents in the Cloud
- Automatic downloads and purchase history for apps and books
- Backup and restore
Dead Man Walking! The following MobileMe services will cease to exist after Edit: June 30, 2012 and will not be continued in iCloud:
- iWeb publishing
- Gallery
- iDisk
- Syncing of Mac Dashboard widgets, keychains, Dock items, and System Preferences
If you are using these services on MobileMe, you won't be after Edit: June 30, 2012. Apple offers this advice on how to move your website from iWeb; Apple offers this advice on how to move your files from iDisk; and Apple offers this advice on how to move your photos and movies from Gallery.
So what happens between July 1 when MobileMe is turned off and sometime "this fall" when iCloud is turned on?
Not sure. Apple is not very clear on this, and posting information like "After you move to iCloud or after June 30, 2012, whichever comes first, those sync services will no longer be available." doesn't really help.
Whichever comes first? Seriously? July 1 comes before "this fall", right?
Yeah, we're still feeling a bit cloudy on this transition.
Edit: The end date for MobileMe is June 30, 2012, which makes perfect sense, and is not cloudy at all.
Via Apple
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brandonwalkermedia
June 24, 2011 at 7:42pm
wow lot of re-edits! dont see this in NYT. i think i'm going there now
rogology
June 29, 2011 at 4:11am
I found the answer about aliases:
"MobileMe: Email aliases can no longer be added, changed, or deleted
Summary
As of June 6, 2011, the following changes to MobileMe email aliases are no longer supported:Adding a new alias
Deleting an existing alias
Changing the active or inactive status of an alias
Changing the color or description of an aliasCurrently active email aliases will continue to work for sending and receiving emails.
The ability to add, delete, or change an email alias will be available for MobileMe members that move to iCloud, once it is available this fall."
Morfeo.Matrixx
June 24, 2011 at 1:54pm
This Author... sorry, Article is a total J...oke !
I can't believe such a HUGE error can slip to web publishing this easily.
You could be sued by Apple for a fake insinuation of total customer-care-less... ;)
Shame on you !!! You should deeply apologize; it's not enough to cross out your BLATANT errors !!!
Mr. Happypants
June 24, 2011 at 8:55pm
Chill out, quite trying to make a simple mistake sound like the end of the world.
And stop wasting all those exclamation points.
rubengut
June 24, 2011 at 12:45pm
As noted by everyone else, it says 2012.
But don't worry, it happens to me half the time I try to be a smart-ass.
alcibiades
June 24, 2011 at 12:54pm
When I received the email from Apple stating that it MobileMe would be terminated in July, I frantically started removing content from my iDisk. Then I re-read the email, saw the year, and did a major face-palm.
Adrian Hoppel
June 24, 2011 at 1:04pm
I am not going to lie. I did and have been doing the same thing... except I never re-read the email so I have been painstakingly moving everything from iDisk over the last few weeks. Face-palm indeed.
Bittles
June 24, 2011 at 12:39pm
Author = WRONG
Just to educate anyone else, MobileMe is good through June 30th, 2012, NOT June 30th, 2011, since that makes no logical sense at all.
The information the post links to actually is VERY clear on the whole transition. Adrian Hoppel just needs to read before he writes, that's all.
Samantine
June 24, 2011 at 12:10pm
Hmmm.... Seems as if you've dropped the YEAR during which Mobile Me will disappear. It sez here that accounts have been extended to June 2012, while iCloud comes in this Fall, giving users months to manage the transition, no?
alcibiades
June 24, 2011 at 12:32pm
Yes.
Let me get my calendar... It appears that July 2012 comes before Fall 2011.
(I cannot give the author too much trouble about this, I made the same mistake when I received the MobileMe discontinuation email from Apple.)
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