Today is an exciting day for Apple iOS users, the day iOS 5 and iCloud are available for download. We have spent most of the day absorbed in all things iOS 5 and iCloud and it is because of this that we now have a much better picture about what happens to our MobileMe accounts when we use those Apple ID for iCloud. True story, it is not as nice of a transition as we had hoped.
Do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news is that some MobileMe features do not vanish when you use that Apple ID for iCloud, the bad news is other things do. Of course we all know that several of the features we love about MobileMe are going away on June 30, 2012, but did you know that some features end as soon as you make the switch to iCloud? Here are some of the things you need to know before making the decision to transition:
- E-mail: If you transition to iCloud (before June 30, 2012) you can keep your .Mac email address as well as other email aliases you were using with your active MobileMe account. This is nice news for those of us who have been using those email addresses for years.
- Websites: Those who host their websites with MobileMe take heart, they will not vanish from existence if you transition to iCloud. Do keep in mind that they will wink out of existence on June 30, 2012 so make sure to have changed hosting options before then.
- Pictures: Your pictures hosted on MobileMe Gallery will continue to be hosted until June 30, 2012 even if you transition to iCloud.
- iDisk: You can continue using MobileMe iDisk through June 30, 2012, even after moving to iCloud. Not sure what to replace iDisk with? Take a look at some of our suggestions.
- Syncing: Here is where the big bunch of bad news is, all of the syncing that we love very much, the Mac Dashboard widgets, keychains, Dock items, and System Preferences, will continue to work until June 30, 2012 OR until we switch to iCloud (whichever comes first). For more details, see this article from Apple.
Of course with iCloud you also gain a few handy things including having your music, documents, and photos all push to your devices. To learn more about iCloud check out our post and this info from Apple.
Ready to make the move now? Click here. For more information see the MobileMe Transition Guide from Apple.
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And what about my iPhone 3G, who won't update to iOS5? Can I still sync my mail, calendar en contacts to a iOS4 device??
If you are a MobileMe subscriber currently, then you should of gotten an email from Apple.
Since MobileMe is being shut down on June 30, 2012, all MobileMe related functionality will cease to exist at that point. For devices running iOS 5, iCloud will replace MobileMe.
Because the 3G will not be getting iOS 5, it will have no MobileMe like functionality. You could try to move and sync with google.
Also, you may want to look into getting a 3Gs, which is now ATT's Free iPhone - which will run iOS5
Am I the only one old enough to remember iTools? It was the service that started it all back in 2000 and it was FREE. One of the things Steve said about iTools at the time was that you could get a mac.com email address and keep it forever. Well, eleven years later, a few name changes later and Apple's kept their word: with the new iCloud I can still keep my beloved mac.com address AND the service is back to being free. Sort of, if you don't count the $29 I have to shell out for Lion.
I read that you can access your idisk until june 30, even after switching to icloud. I switched, and i can't seem to find my way back to my idisk. Can someone tell me how to do that?
I read that you can still access your idisk until June 30, even after switching to icloud. I can't figure out how to get to my idisk. If anyone knows how, can you please reply here.
Thanks.