Comments on: What happened to Mac-to-MobileMe push?

By: I Want MobileMe, Enterprise Edition | TheAppleBlog

I Want MobileMe, Enterprise Edition | TheAppleBlog — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:01:00 +0000

[...] is “push” and what is not. A colleague here on TAB also wrote about what we should have expected for push when MobileMe was released, as compared to what we received. There are three main [...]

By: Apple says sorry

Apple says sorry — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:44:36 +0000

[...] the bigger issue was how pushy was the MobileMe’s push feature? Apparently not much. While all email, contact or calendar changes on the iPhone and the web apps are immediately synced [...]

By: vanni

vanni — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:09:10 +0000

@jon updates will happen both up and down no matter where the cal event is added…but it takes 15mins if you have sync set to automatic.

By: jon

jon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:57:57 +0000

quick question, when i make a change at the me.com website to my calendar or contact it doesn’t “push” the change to my mac – does the “push” only work if it’s originated on the mac not at the me.com website?

By: MobileMe: lettera da Apple - ReFactor.it

MobileMe: lettera da Apple - ReFactor.it — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:06:19 +0000

[...] stesse rischiando di diventare una figuraccia, sia per esecuzione che per features e, non ultimo, il modo in cui è stato presentato, ricevo da Apple un’email in cui si annuncia (dopo quasi una settimana) la disponibilità dei [...]

By: Apple says sorry

Apple says sorry — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:55:19 +0000

[...] the bigger issue was how pushyÂ was the MobileMe’s push feature? Apparently not much. bq.Â While all email, contact or calendar changes on the iPhone and the web apps are [...]

By: cmfnyc

cmfnyc — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:06:15 +0000

I share a little bit of Harvey’s patience and a little bit of Brandon’s frustration. For me, I don’t have what I think are unrealistic expectations that you can flip a switch with new software applications and have everything working fine. I’ve experienced enough woes with Creative Suite activation (a $1000 headache) and other apps to understand rollout have limitations. So I share Harvey’s let’s-give-them-a-chance-to-iron-things-out perspective. That said, I do want more documentation and dialogue from Apple. I don’t mind stopping sync services and doing a reset sync data to get things working. This information should have been circulated BEFORE MobileMe launched. I also don’t mind staggered delivery of full push services from MobileMe, just tell me. And I think it was pure hubris on Apple’s part to simultaneously launch so many new services/products at once. At first I thought it was smart to begin the .Mac transition on Wednesday, ahead of July 11 deadline, but it became clear the scope of the MobileMe transition (software updates, getting services online across multiple countries). They should have rolled out MobileMe two weeks before the iPhone launch, not the same day. That said, things seem to be working on my end, once I resynced my MobileMe account and iDisk. And I could be wrong, but I have noticed push from Mail to MobileMe seems to be speeding up. I was going back and forth between Mail and MobileMe Mail and noticed emails I deleted in Mail getting removed from MobileMe.

By: Brandon Eley

Brandon Eley — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:38:15 +0000

Harvey, not fair?

Apple released 4 new products. We’re not talking beta releases here, they should have been tested and ready before they pulled the trigger. I think it’s just the right time to comment on any flaws of Apple’s server-based services. They launched, and broke. And lots of people (including me) are having issues syncing or even accessing their content on MobileMe.

It is not unreasonable to expect a newly launched service to function properly. In this world of “Web 2.0″ and “beta” there should still be some companies that actually ship real products when they’re ready to ship.

I don’t pay $100/year to beta test software for Apple… I spent 2 hours this morning just trying to get my calendars to sync. I had to go through 3 different troubleshooting processes (via Apple’s support documentation) to finally get it working. I never changed anything on my end… just the MobileMe upgrades.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:25:53 +0000

I think there is too much drama in this thread. I think Apple wanted to implement push from laptops and desktops and discovered it wasn’t easy to trigger it in the first go-round, especially from Windows machines. This might be Plan B to get the thing out the door. Everything is a work in progress, so it’s possible they could add this very soon. It’s not the magical experience I had imagined, but it works just fine nonetheless.

It’s also premature to comment on flaws on any of Apple’s server-based services, since they just introduced four major products at the same time. Just the sheer volume of iPhones caused server melt-downs that probably had the side-effect of disrupting MobileMe. Let’s let everything settle down for a couple of weeks and see how everything works after Apple’s technicians have had a chance to get some sleep, a shower, and a change of clothes. It’s not fair to hassle them now.

By: Apple Briefs | First Impressions

Apple Briefs | First Impressions — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:52:51 +0000

[...] push email would be compelling, but there are two problems with that. First, there is apparently no “push” from your desktop (or laptop) to MobileMe. Second, push kills my battery. I can normally surf and [...]