MobileMe
Written by I’ve been using .mac for over a year now and it was fairly smooth. Recently the service switched to MobileMe and things just weren’t so reliable. I only use MobileMe for calendar syncing. The other features they offer I’ve found better solutions that fit my needs.
For web hosting I use Media Temple. For the purpose of my company I need a more professional solution. Since I have quite a few emails on different domains I use Google Apps to handle that. It also offers calendar syncing now but I’m just not happy with the implementation so far. For file syncing I use Dropbox. It’s not as much storage but for document syncing the web interface is excellent and sync across machines is almost instantaneous. On top of that I can share folders with clients.
That pretty much leaves contact and calendar syncing to MobileMe. I haven’t had any issues with contact syncing. The problem is with the calendars. I have 1 PC and 3 Macs as well as MobileMe’s web interface and an iPhone.
Since it switched to MobileMe I’ve had some problems. I get missing and duplicate events, invalid alarms, and just problems syncing.
I’ve tried resetting data and backing up and restoring each calendar implementation. On the PC I don’t have Outlook and MobileMe doesn’t support Vista’s built in calendar. I figure I can just use the web app if I can getthe right data in there. It also keeps telling me my trial has expired even though I have a subscription that doesn’t expire for 11 more months.
It’s a good thing I keep backups both in house and off site as well as online and offline. I haven’t lost data because of this, but have been late for a few appointments.
I don’t know if it’s me or an issue with MobileMe. I am hoping that if it is an Apple issue that they implement a fix in a timely manner. If it’s just me which it could be if anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated. Thanks.