• Apple MobileMe Resurrected: Bugs Removed

    Apple MobileMe Resurrected: Bugs Removed

    Techtree News Staff, Jul 31, 2008 1940 hrs IST

    Apple claims they've managed to restore mail service including the mails lost in transit to 1 per cent of locked-out subscribers. The bugs fixed included the one that cause data drops while using calendar and contact data from iPhone and iPod Touch.

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Due to a mail server crash, several Apple MobileMe subscribers were denied mail services. At one point, Apple even feared losing subscribers' email content due to server crash. Later, Apple managed to restore the locked-out subscribers and recover the emails lost due to server downtime. Regular updates at the time were posted on the official MobileMe status page. At its launch three weeks ago, Apple had bid good riddance to major MobileMe bugs and pests that caused big time boo-hoo-hoo.

Many customers faced problems in wireless syncing the application with iCal, iDisc, Back to My Mac and Gallery while bunch of lucky ones enjoyed uninterrupted service. The Mac subscribers till July 9 and those users who registered on or before July 15 got a special 30-day extension for free usage of MobileMe with Apple's apology mentioned here.

In the latest update Apple updates that they've managed to restore mail service including the mails lost in transit to 1 per cent of locked-out subscribers. At the same time, it also mentioned getting rid of the bug that cause data drops while using calendar and contact data from iPhone and iPod Touch. Those still annoyed with this bug need to follow these steps to restore data.

Apple also promised to continue working towards improving MobileMe 'push' services.

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dave
,seattle, on Aug 01, 2008 02:57 AM
Apple's definition of 'everything is working' is different from the end-users idea of 'everything is working'. Namely, just like dotMac, it's mostly working for most people, with random outages affecting a varying group of subscribers at any one time. This is level of service is specified in the terms-of-service, and is an excellent reason why I don't subscribe to it. While every service provider has TOS like this, Apple seems to make the most use of it. Hell, GMail, which is FREE has both far more users and much fewer problems than dotMac or MobileMe.
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