Apple has released Mac OS X Update For MobileMe 1.1 which is recommended for users running Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4 and includes general system fixes that enhance your Mac for MobileMe.
Mac OS X Update For MobileMe 1.1 is available via Software Update.
More information about MobileMe here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jim – TIV” for the heads up.]
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Cool. Hopefully now I can have that cute little icon in my system preferences instead of the .Mac icon.
already huh lol
I wonder what the difference from 1.0 to 1.1 is?
Still can’t sync ical calendar subscriptions! They don’t show up on the web interface either. Apple missed BIG on that one.
Also can’t sync the notes that are made on my iPhone with my iMac. What is going on Apple? Those are BIG oversights and the Apple Forums are filling up fast.
I have used MobileMe since it was called iTools but am not ready to drop it. I was really hoping it would work and have been patient with the rollout.
S/W Update des not see it for my 24″ iMac nor my new MacBook
It really does seem like Apple bit off a mouthful with this huge rollout. But it sure seems like they’re working overtime to get it all fixed, too. High profile stuff, and high risk/reward.
There were definitely a few first day glitches, but I love the iPhone 2.0, and I’m not one bit of sorry about a little craziness getting started. I would hardly call myself the typical consumer, but then how many people buying a product on Day One are typical?
@Heavy D,
My MBP showed it and updated. Are you running 10.5.4?
Mac OSX mobileme 1.1 does not exist (or I can’t find it). Can someone provide a better link?
Also have a 24″ iMac….and running 10.5.4
To all that don’t see update in – just once onen System Preferences > .Mac. Then you will be promted to update!
I read in another forum that if it’s not showing up in software update then go to Preferences and then click on the .mac icon. After a few seconds, a dialogue box comes up prompting you to update to mobileme 1.1. This does replace the icon with the new cloud icon and everything that said .mac to MobileMe.
@Bender and Brandon,
Thanks for passing this along.
Ah. Okay. Yesterday this was called mobileme.pkg, in the Apple Forums. Thank you all for helping. This was my issue yesterday.
“If you aren’t yet seeing the update, try signing out of .Mac via System Preferences and then back in again — you should see a dialog asking you if you want to download the update.”
– TUAW
[Gassy and Bloated] – Thanks for the tip
Well I hope they’re working on the next update because there are still issues with Mobilme.
Is it just me, or are other people still having trouble logging into MobileMe through a browser?
I keep getting “invalid member name or password” at the log-in window. However, my email is fine, the sync services are working (albeit a bit slowly – I have a MBP, a desktop and an iPhone sync’d together), my iDisk mounts, and I can get at the public folder via a browser.
It isn’t critical that I have browser access (altho I can’t even access my account setting without it), but I would love to take a look at the online apps.
This update came out two days ago for me, not sure why it’s a “new article” this morning.
In any case, it just changes the icon in system preferences and does nothing else. So for those (like me) that are still having major, major problems with mobileme, back to my mac, etc. this will do nothing at all.
For me, mobileme is *mostly* working, but working so slowly that it’s completely unusable. Notably, it’s impossible to use an email program when every click (like a deletion), takes literally three to four seconds to register, and when automatic deletions, mail rules, and moving things to junk mail folders etc., all take about 15 seconds to execute, and may execute before, or after the deletions you have just attempted, giving the very ripe possibility of errant deletions, moves, etc.
This is just poor programming. If any action in the interface is going to take even a full second, then the interface should be frozen for that second while it happens. This is standard stuff. Perhaps Apple doesn’t believe that people are experiencing the incredible slowness that they are?
Also, just to continue the gripe, … mobile me destroyed half my contacts (which were fine for years in .Mac), you can’t drag and drop folders anymore, junk mail filtering is just mysteriously gone, etc. etc. etc.
Worst Apple product delivery ever, if you ask me. Seriously disappointed customer here.
Here it is several *days* after an outage we were told was going to be six hours, and the service is running worse than it was before the change. Also, as an eight year member of .Mac, it would be nice to get a single email (amidst all the advertisements we receive from them), about what’s going on, what’s missing form the service and why, and above all when we can reasonably expect it to work.
@Gassy and Bloated:
Thanks for the tip. Software Update didn’t see the MobileMe update until I logged out of .Mac in System Preferences.
@Jeremy:
The update might have come out two days ago, but many people don’t know about it because Software Update doesn’t see the update until you log out of .Mac in System Preferences.
Absolutely Jeremy! I little communication from Apple would go a LOOOONG way.
Does this update restore Apple iCards to MobileMe? I’m just so excited that being automatically “upgraded” means losing a feature I truly loved! NOT!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsmiley/2652541101/
If you have something to add to that topic, give Apple a piece of your mind here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/mac/tm.html
then have your say here, too:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?ic110608&1;Apple has hidden the discussion board on the topic, but here it is:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=977&start=0
Same thing was happening to me. What I did to fix it was clicking on the forgot your password link, type your username@me.com email (whole email, not just username), type in a new password after asking security questions, and you should be able to log in with your new password. Hope that helps!
You’ll of course need to put in the new pw into your iPhone and Mac as well.
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I am so glad I dropped my .mac account back in March. Life is great with Google Mail. I’m running the beta for Spanning Sync and its working great with Google Mail, Contacts, and Calendar. All of them are syncing up with Apple Mail, Apple Contacts and iCalendar. I will definitely buy this product.
@ Brandon
That tip to open the .Mac prefs in sys preferences does work & the update came in about 15 to 20 seconds for me.
bye bye .Mac
Here’s a news flash: Apple is dropping .Mac homepage in mid-October. This means that ANY Web site you created in homepage WILL BE NUKED.
How many millions of Web sites have been created with homepage? Get ready, because in mid-October, ALL OF THEM WILL DISAPPEAR.
My wife found this announcement buried six clicks deep in an obscure area of the Apple Support site. Thus, Apple has met a legal mandate that they announced this to its customer base. But unlike bookmark syncing and iCards, Apple has taken pains to hide the fact that homepage, and the countless number of sites created with it, will suddenly disappear.
In addition, try this: if you have password protected folders in your iDisk Public Folder (something my wife’s business depends upon to protect the privacy and security of files she posts for her different clients), THIS NO LONGER WORKS in me.com.
I love Apple. But don’t get me started on what a clusterfuck the transition to me.com has been. I hope some arrogant middle managers have already found themselves fired by Apple. We should expect more from our favorite company.
@Maconymous
THANKS!! It worked. But not without a final weirdness. When I successfully reauthorized with a new password, the site asked if I wanted to return to “the Apple Store Japan.” Suffice to say, I have never been on the Apple Store for Japan. Oh, well…
I found this on Apples support site:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1597787&tstart=30
If you are having trouble getting the MobileMe update to install with any of the above methods, you can download the installer package directly with the following link:
http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/31/26/zzz061-5130/gZ5bfX79JhhCXfMyvhhPFHBcmwMpJnTzMX/MobileMe.pkg
Downloaded and installed and everything was just fine.
“Suffice to say, I have never been on the Apple Store for Japan. Oh, well…”
Some engineer left a lit bong in the Apple server room again.
@Brian
Homepage websites will not be nuked in October.
Rather, the Homepage web application to create websites will end in October. After that time any created websites will remain up, but you presumably can only edit or post content with iWeb or another web creation app.
Of course I can’t be sure if my information is accurate either, because I found it buried layers deep on Apple’s site too. I would not be surprised is Apple is posting contradictory information at this time.
Nonetheless, I am very disappointed. I use Homepage, and didn’t know about it’s impending demise until a day or 2 ago. Primarily I am disgusted with Apple’s lack of communication regarding ANYTHING that is happening right now. Their secrecy regarding upcoming products and services is one thing, but when it comes to current items, this paying customer does not like to be left out in the cold.
sync not worked since I installed the update.
I hate it when they introduce something new and screw something existing which worked fine!
APPLE LIED TO ALL OF US!
MOBILEME IS NOT TRUE “PUSH” CONTACTS & CALENDAR!
GO AHEAD AND TRY IT FOR YOURSELF: CHANGE A CONTACT OR A CALENDAR APPOINTMENT ON YOUR MAC, AND THEN LOG INTO THE ME.COM WEBSITE — YOUR CHANGES ARE **NOT** INSTANTLY REFLECTED.
THIS IS **NOT** A “PUSH” SERVICE!
APPLE, YOU ARE FILLED WITH LIES!
Anything named “Mobile” or “ME” is a disaster. Ask Microsoft.
And Apple: while you’re at it, ask MS about quality control & trying to roll out too much product at once. If you’re doing updates THIS soon after release, why weren’t the issues caught beforehand??
After this last week, Apple switchers gotta feel like the guy whose costly new import is in the shop more than his cheap old Ford. “I thought these guys were supposed to be better”….
To everyone ranting about Apple (or anything or anyone else) not being perfect, look in the mirror. Then slit your wrists. You are not perfect either and by your own standards have no right to live.
This message brought to you by the Just Shut The Fsck Up Already And Enjoy A Pleasant Summer Weekend Because Life’s Too Short Committee™.
to RALPH M
Hey Ralph..
try me.com
I just did it. Logged off .mac before doing update. Started me up already logged in!
Nice!
To everyone ranting about Apple (or anything or anyone else) not being perfect, look in the mirror. Then slit your wrists. You are not perfect either and by your own standards have no right to live.
Insecure, are we?
The idea isn’t to be perfect. The idea is to clear the bar Apple has set for itself. The idea is to be better than everyone else, esp. Microsoft.
When an amateur stumbles, nobody cares. When an all-star stumbles, as Apple has been doing since Friday, it’s headlines.
Apple is at a critical juncture in their history, and they can & must do better than this. We don’t need to impress to the masses that perhaps Apple really isn’t any better or different than MS. Of course that isn’t true, but you only get so many chances to make your case. Friday was one of them.
I’m not too happy with mobileme. I’ve had .Mac for years and all of the sudden old contacts appeared on my mac and my email is not syncing, and I keep things current. Additionally, when I delete messages on my mac they’re not deleting on mobileme; however, my iPhone and Mac are always in sync with one another. I think Apple needed to do more testing first, that’s fact when an update comes out two days after launch. I love apple products and that’s all I purchase, but this has really gotten me frustrated and a little disappointed. Also, I read in another post about someone saying mobileme’s look is really childish in tone, I will have to agree, it seems like something for younger kids and not professional users – I like the .Mac image better, but do look forward to some of mobileme features. I hope Apple will fix things soon.
Apple – you’ve managed this one very badly indeed.
Not even a message to admit problems or delays in sync and access to web apps.
Has everyone gone home!
Minimojo – Everyone is at the store selling iPhones.
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There’s a reason why Google roll out new online apps in small chunks and spread them far apart and call each one Beta. Apple will learn.
The thing Apple really managed badly is not letting ATT stores have more phones. They could have sold at least 1.5 times more phones than they will have when the final figure from the weekend comes in. While long lines outside Apple stores generates publicity, the ATT stores have no phones to sell for 2 days, and just about every customer that walks in the store ask about it. I don’t think making more phones available in carrier stores would make a dent on the frenzy scene around Apple stores. Jobs should know by now he does not need to manufacture more *buzz* for the iPhone. People really want this phone and wants it to succeed. If Apple can take this instance to show it can provide the kinds of customer service that Dell and MSFT have failed, it will benefit for a long time down the road for winning even more new customers.
It all works out in the end. Trust, Apple makes right in the end. Quit stressing about small things, there great things coming to mobile me. Like what you ask? Like more desktop class apps. In a year you nut jobs will be bitching about something else. I am sure in a year Apple will create 3-D iChat for the new iPhone WiMAX. Your complaint then will be “Why didn’t Apple just release a human transport iPhone?” Settle down there business user. If you are running your business without backup ecerything you should fail.
As far as I can see all this update is a few bugs and changes the .mac icon in the system preferences to a mobile me ‘cloud’ icon.
The Internet “cloud” (as depicted in the “cute little icon) is going to be next IN thing for everyone to be talking about, whether they know what they are talking about or not.
re :Has everyone gone home!
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Nope, they are Americans so they never admit mistakes.
If Apple was a European company they would have handled this totally differently, for a start customers would have been advised BEFORE HAND that there may be disruption to services.
It’s called ‘consideration for your customers needs’.
MobileMe sync doesn’t work on your iPhone until you turn it on. In the iPhone go to Preferences, then “Mail, Contacts, Calendar,” then “MobileMe.” It has on-off switches for Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and Bookmarks. Only Mail is on by default. Set them on or off as you like.
MobileMe 1.1 was issued a couple days before this article appeared. If you didn’t see MobileMe 1.1 in Software Update, you might already have it.
Apple did announce that there would be a disruption of service in advance. They did not foresee that the servers would be overloaded. As each time zone began to buy iPhones, it got worse each hour for 24 hours. Then they were too busy trying to fix it.
The thing that stops me using .mac/mobile me is that I can’t use my own domain name for sending email.
Petey
You sound like a Dick.
so far not too impressed with mobile me…but i’ll stick it out a lil longer
– can’t use aliases from iPhone when replying mails.
– can’t use IE @ my work computer…i need to go back home to use my Mac for webmail – nonsense enough.
– contacts not complete sync…..missing some of the info.
– Mail.app on desktop is not PUSH but sync at intervals…no different to me from IMAP handling mails
Gmail…..i am coming !
@jarrett
“It all works out in the end. Trust, Apple makes right in the end.”
I love Apple, but I’m not a sycophant. They blew this transition, and the abilities and capabilities of MobileMe haven’t been proven yet.
As a mac.com paying user, we were expecting an upgrade, not a crossgrade, even though many of us are feeling it’s a downgrade.
So, sorry, I don’t just trust corporations (especially when an anonymous user tells me to), I just expect results. My mommy said that makes me an adult …
Cheers,
nice to see some positive people here, the MAJORITY of you are whiny children…..it doesn’t work WAHHHHH. shut up! You’re probably the same ones who are crying that the apps are overpriced. If it’s $10 it should be $5, if it’s $2 it should be $1, people are never happy, you disgust me.