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Apple shutters iWork.com web site, grace period for file transfer ends

Sometimes the store just closes. Per MacRumors, Apple finally brought an end the grace period that had allowed users to retrieve their Gallery photos and iDisk files from the iWork.com web site and to transition their accounts to iCloud following the June 30 shutdown of the service. As of today, visitors to MobileMe.com are no […]

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30 days and counting to switch from MobileMe to iCloud

If you were putting the transition to iCloud off for a while, you might want to take care of it. Per AppleInsider, MobileMe users now have just 30 days remaining to download their photos and files from iDisk, Gallery and iWeb before Apple’s service concludes. Legacy MobileMe users began receiving e-mails this week warning that […]

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MobileMe users report outages prior to iCloud transition and launch

Regarding the iCloud…it’s en route, even if there are some transitional bumps in the road to be had. Per AppleInsider, numerous MobileMe users reported experiencing outages of Apple’s current cloud service on Thursday, even as the fall launch of iCloud looms. Users noted that they were unable to access MobileMe Mail. Apple’s system status page […]

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Microsoft VP highlights Windows 8 interface changes, emphasizes upcoming Ribbon features

If Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) was starting to look like Windows 7 (or vice versa), this might be reassuring. Per a blog entry by Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft’s president of its Windows Division, indicates that one key element of Windows 8 will take the new release in a very different direction than Apple’s outline for […]

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Apple to officially end MobileMe sync for certain features in iCloud transition

Apple’s transition to the iCloud is coming and it won’t always be easy… Per AppleInsider, while many of the features of MobileMe are simply being upgraded in the move to iCloud, Apple has previously noted that Gallery, iDisk and iWeb are on the chopping block. Now, the company has further made it clear that data […]