Comments on: MobileMe in the Dock

By: Aaron Abernethy

Aaron Abernethy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:34:17 +0000

The notes syncing with the cloud works ok, but I’ve actually started using Simplenote on the iPhone with Notational Velocity on the Mac for notes syncing. It’s a much tidier system than using the Mail.app notes service.

By: Marlin

Marlin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:38:50 +0000

Nice to see that 4.0 will include cloud syncing of Notes

By: Rodrigo De Faria

Rodrigo De Faria — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:35:54 +0000

I’ve been using both services for a while now.Dropbox is a great service and it made my private/professional life much easier sync my iphone with 2 macs and 4 pcs.
Also me works brilliantly sync my private info as well tracking my iphone.So don’t think will ever be a problem.

By: Aaron Abernethy

Aaron Abernethy — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:45:27 +0000

With regards to the notes issue, I’ve since abandoned Apple’s Notes app, sadly, to use a combination of SimpleNotes on the iPhone (there is a free, ad-supported version) and Notational Velocity on my Macs (free).

Perfect, functional Notes syncing.

By: Nuñez

Nuñez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:02:14 +0000

David, you asked for some feedback from other users re: large files on iDisk.

I routinely move ~100MB files to and from MobileMe, with few problems, but the files are important to me (for example, an encrypted .sparseimage with personal documents, some of which get updated every few weeks). Once or twice in the past few years I lost the entire disk image because it was mounted when the power died.

Because the files are important to me, I got into the habit of using a kludgy workaround: I keep copies in a local folder on my Macs, and I only mount from the local folder, never from the iDisk folder (which is synchronized). If I screw up my files, at least the screwed-up files aren’t being synced. On the other hand, I have to remember to take the extra step of copying the updated files to the iDisk.

And I also have to expect that a MobileMe sync takes too long to wait for. I haven’t timed one for a 100MB file, but it has taken more than half an hour sometimes.

By: Bjorn Svensson

Bjorn Svensson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:08:24 +0000

Ah, I didn’t realise the notes were synced through iTunes. However, they are also managed/stored by Mail and there is an option in Mail to store them in the Inbox. If you use an IMAP mail account will they then be reflected immediately?
(sorry I haven’t tested it as my wife is iPhoning while feeding our youngest)

It wouldn’t technically be through MobileMe sync (unless you use their email account perhaps), but at least go through the “cloud” (i.e. IMAP)!

By: David John

David John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:59:42 +0000

@Bjorn, When it comes to the iPhone Notes sync via iTunes rather than via the cloud. You have to connect your iPhone to your computer for notes syncing to take place. You can sync notes to the cloud from your Mac directly but not your iPhone.

By: Bjorn Svensson

Bjorn Svensson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:01:39 +0000

Surely Notes are synced?
There is a Notes item in MobileMe prefs and any Notes created on iPhone definitely shows up in Mail on my Office Mac, without having to email them.

By: instig8r

instig8r — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:08:57 +0000

I use both MobileMe and DropBox. Just yesterday, MobileMe worked when DropBox didn’t. Today, it was the other way around; between the same two computers, several states apart. Each evidently has the other’s “six.”
Can’t afford to be totally shut down. It’s nice to have options.

By: Chaddad

Chaddad — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:50:59 +0000

Mobileme is the dumb blond of cloud computing. It’s beautiful to look at but isn’t very functional or reliable. It has never worked well and consistently for me. Dropbox, however, never fails. It is everything that Mobileme is not: Simple, fast, reliable.