From colindw at gmail.com Sat Jul 5 14:05:20 2008 From: colindw at gmail.com (Colin Wheeler) Date: Sat Jul 5 14:09:33 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Dead LaCiE Hard Drive? Message-ID: <01D407B3-F5D2-4FDD-AD36-6B1F30DE4361@gmail.com> I've never had anything like this happen so I don't quite know what's going on here. Basically yesterday I had some files on my desktop that I wanted to move to my LaCiE 500GB external hard drive. I plugged it in and nothing happened... literally. No light on the hard drive box, not a slight bit of vibration of the hard drive spinning, no hard drive clicking, literally nothing like as if I connected the hard drive to my MBP via FW800 without any power. Tried FW400 and nothing. I turned on my other LaCiE 200GB dedicated time machine backup drive and it worked fine without a hitch. Tried the same firewire cable I just used for my time machine backup and same thing as before nothing. I've heard hard drives clicking/failing, but this is the first instance of a hard drive just not turning at all period. Anybody got any advice? I left it unplugged overnight and plugged it back and and still nothing. Besides switching cables I don't know what else to do. Colin Wheeler From bnew at iastate.edu Sat Jul 5 14:35:41 2008 From: bnew at iastate.edu (Brandon Newendorp) Date: Sat Jul 5 14:39:33 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Dead LaCiE Hard Drive? In-Reply-To: <01D407B3-F5D2-4FDD-AD36-6B1F30DE4361@gmail.com> References: <01D407B3-F5D2-4FDD-AD36-6B1F30DE4361@gmail.com> Message-ID: <83E21A84-D249-4E55-8AE9-FA50AFB79CC5@iastate.edu> Could very well be the enclosure failed, I've had that happen to me. You could try pulling the drive out of the enclosure and putting into another one. -- Brandon Newendorp On Jul 5, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Colin Wheeler wrote: > I've never had anything like this happen so I don't quite know > what's going on here. Basically yesterday I had some files on my > desktop that I wanted to move to my LaCiE 500GB external hard drive. > I plugged it in and nothing happened... literally. No light on the > hard drive box, not a slight bit of vibration of the hard drive > spinning, no hard drive clicking, literally nothing like as if I > connected the hard drive to my MBP via FW800 without any power. > Tried FW400 and nothing. I turned on my other LaCiE 200GB dedicated > time machine backup drive and it worked fine without a hitch. Tried > the same firewire cable I just used for my time machine backup and > same thing as before nothing. > > I've heard hard drives clicking/failing, but this is the first > instance of a hard drive just not turning at all period. Anybody got > any advice? I left it unplugged overnight and plugged it back and > and still nothing. Besides switching cables I don't know what else > to do. > > Colin Wheeler > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. From jonny at iastate.edu Sat Jul 5 15:22:37 2008 From: jonny at iastate.edu (Jonathan Salvador) Date: Sat Jul 5 15:26:22 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Dead LaCiE Hard Drive? In-Reply-To: <01D407B3-F5D2-4FDD-AD36-6B1F30DE4361@gmail.com> References: <01D407B3-F5D2-4FDD-AD36-6B1F30DE4361@gmail.com> Message-ID: <856AA151-2A6E-423A-835D-B49D65DA0F90@iastate.edu> I have a LaCie 500GB Porsche drive, and a few weeks ago I had to replace the power adapter; just another possible cause. ---------------------------------------- Jonathan Salvador jonny@iastate.edu On Jul 5, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Colin Wheeler wrote: > I've never had anything like this happen so I don't quite know > what's going on here. Basically yesterday I had some files on my > desktop that I wanted to move to my LaCiE 500GB external hard drive. > I plugged it in and nothing happened... literally. No light on the > hard drive box, not a slight bit of vibration of the hard drive > spinning, no hard drive clicking, literally nothing like as if I > connected the hard drive to my MBP via FW800 without any power. > Tried FW400 and nothing. I turned on my other LaCiE 200GB dedicated > time machine backup drive and it worked fine without a hitch. Tried > the same firewire cable I just used for my time machine backup and > same thing as before nothing. > > I've heard hard drives clicking/failing, but this is the first > instance of a hard drive just not turning at all period. Anybody got > any advice? I left it unplugged overnight and plugged it back and > and still nothing. Besides switching cables I don't know what else > to do. > > Colin Wheeler > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080705/2a726f09/attachment.html From tedger at iastate.edu Sat Jul 5 16:26:00 2008 From: tedger at iastate.edu (Trevin Ward) Date: Sat Jul 5 16:29:44 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Dead LaCiE Hard Drive? In-Reply-To: <83E21A84-D249-4E55-8AE9-FA50AFB79CC5@iastate.edu> References: <01D407B3-F5D2-4FDD-AD36-6B1F30DE4361@gmail.com> <83E21A84-D249-4E55-8AE9-FA50AFB79CC5@iastate.edu> Message-ID: Before you remove the hard drive from the enclosure make sure your machine isn't under warranty. If you are you'll likely void the warranty by opening it up Trevin Ward Senior, Political Science Iowa State University On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Brandon Newendorp wrote: > Could very well be the enclosure failed, I've had that happen to me. You > could try pulling the drive out of the enclosure and putting into another > one. > > -- > Brandon Newendorp > > > On Jul 5, 2008, at 2:05 PM, Colin Wheeler wrote: > > I've never had anything like this happen so I don't quite know what's >> going on here. Basically yesterday I had some files on my desktop that I >> wanted to move to my LaCiE 500GB external hard drive. I plugged it in and >> nothing happened... literally. No light on the hard drive box, not a slight >> bit of vibration of the hard drive spinning, no hard drive clicking, >> literally nothing like as if I connected the hard drive to my MBP via FW800 >> without any power. Tried FW400 and nothing. I turned on my other LaCiE 200GB >> dedicated time machine backup drive and it worked fine without a hitch. >> Tried the same firewire cable I just used for my time machine backup and >> same thing as before nothing. >> >> I've heard hard drives clicking/failing, but this is the first instance of >> a hard drive just not turning at all period. Anybody got any advice? I left >> it unplugged overnight and plugged it back and and still nothing. Besides >> switching cables I don't know what else to do. >> >> Colin Wheeler >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. >> >> List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on >> the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest >> preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group >> e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. >> >> Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. >> > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080705/a112dbb2/attachment.html From jrearick at bobbis.net Tue Jul 8 08:27:02 2008 From: jrearick at bobbis.net (John Rearick) Date: Tue Jul 8 08:31:03 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch Message-ID: Is anyone planning on going to Des Moines this Friday for the iPhone 3G launch? The launch time is 8am, however, some people may want to go after work. It would be nice to figure out a carpool or two. Thanks, -- John Rearick www.bobbis.net jrearick@bobbis.net From macli at iastate.edu Tue Jul 8 08:35:45 2008 From: macli at iastate.edu (Sheng Ly) Date: Tue Jul 8 08:39:43 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <044309F3-2119-4896-8D7C-3CAF018528A9@iastate.edu> I'm planning on taking a half day of work and picking it up in the morning. I'm also thinking about camping out over night for it if anyone else is thinking about camping. I have to teach yoga and pilates so I can't leave Ames thursday until 8pm. Sheng Ly "Now we know, and knowing is half the battle..." On Jul 8, 2008, at 8:27 AM, John Rearick wrote: > Is anyone planning on going to Des Moines this Friday for the iPhone > 3G launch? The launch time is 8am, however, some people may want to > go after work. It would be nice to figure out a carpool or two. > > Thanks, > > -- > John Rearick > www.bobbis.net > jrearick@bobbis.net > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > From colindw at gmail.com Tue Jul 8 13:33:22 2008 From: colindw at gmail.com (Colin Wheeler) Date: Tue Jul 8 13:37:26 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Well I will be just getting back from my interview with Apple in Cupertino around 6 PM in Des Moines so If I was to go it'd be around like 6 - 7 PM or so. Also Idk about the rest of your but with no 3G in Iowa right now and no SMS Text messages on the plan yielding only GPS as the only good new feature that we can actually utilize in Iowa right now the iPhone 3G doesn't look like a particularly exciting thing right now. Seems like AT&T is gouging on the SMS, as this would be the first plan in my life that i've had that doesn't have any SMS messages included by default. I don't use SMS a ton but dammit when I use SMS I really use SMS. Anybody know how much SMS costs to do per message with AT&T if you don't get it on your plan? Colin Wheeler "If I had Cocoa on Windows it would almost make Windows Development tolerable..." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080708/470c7ef2/attachment.html From macli at iastate.edu Tue Jul 8 14:06:11 2008 From: macli at iastate.edu (Sheng Ly) Date: Tue Jul 8 14:10:11 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <296158D6-5267-4E1C-897B-67648FF11789@iastate.edu> 0.20 / Message http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iphone-info.jsp Sheng Ly "Now we know, and knowing is half the battle..." On Jul 8, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Colin Wheeler wrote: > Well I will be just getting back from my interview with Apple in > Cupertino around 6 PM in Des Moines so If I was to go it'd be around > like 6 - 7 PM or so. > > > Also Idk about the rest of your but with no 3G in Iowa right now and > no SMS Text messages on the plan yielding only GPS as the only good > new feature that we can actually utilize in Iowa right now the > iPhone 3G doesn't look like a particularly exciting thing right now. > Seems like AT&T is gouging on the SMS, as this would be the first > plan in my life that i've had that doesn't have any SMS messages > included by default. I don't use SMS a ton but dammit when I use SMS > I really use SMS. > > > Anybody know how much SMS costs to do per message with AT&T if you > don't get it on your plan? > > > Colin Wheeler > "If I had Cocoa on Windows it would almost make Windows Development > tolerable..." > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. From choff at iastate.edu Tue Jul 8 14:11:22 2008 From: choff at iastate.edu (Chris Hoff) Date: Tue Jul 8 14:15:21 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch Message-ID: <2211148610821891@webmail.iastate.edu> I believe it is 20 cents each direction. So...ridiculously expensive. I'm sure many of you have seen the comparisons of cost/byte of SMS vs other things. It's something like a 1700x markup on what it actually costs the cell carriers to send/deliver messages. > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. --- Chris Hoff From jrearick at bobbis.net Tue Jul 8 14:11:43 2008 From: jrearick at bobbis.net (John Rearick) Date: Tue Jul 8 14:15:43 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The base text message rate on ATT is $0.20 for both incoming and outgoing messages. If you go through more than 25 text messages per billing period, it may be worth it to pony up the extra $5.00 for the 200 messages plan. It is kind of sad the $30 iPhone 3G data plan doesn't include text. I wonder if there is a way to get the original iPhone plan on the 3G iPhone until 3G comes to Iowa. I know they still offer the original iPhone plan to people who will be getting the original second hand. John On Jul 8, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Colin Wheeler wrote: > Well I will be just getting back from my interview with Apple in > Cupertino around 6 PM in Des Moines so If I was to go it'd be around > like 6 - 7 PM or so. > > > Also Idk about the rest of your but with no 3G in Iowa right now and > no SMS Text messages on the plan yielding only GPS as the only good > new feature that we can actually utilize in Iowa right now the > iPhone 3G doesn't look like a particularly exciting thing right now. > Seems like AT&T is gouging on the SMS, as this would be the first > plan in my life that i've had that doesn't have any SMS messages > included by default. I don't use SMS a ton but dammit when I use SMS > I really use SMS. > > > Anybody know how much SMS costs to do per message with AT&T if you > don't get it on your plan? > > > Colin Wheeler > "If I had Cocoa on Windows it would almost make Windows Development > tolerable..." From bnew at iastate.edu Tue Jul 8 16:36:16 2008 From: bnew at iastate.edu (Brandon Newendorp) Date: Tue Jul 8 16:40:22 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: iPhone 3G Launch In-Reply-To: <2211148610821891@webmail.iastate.edu> References: <2211148610821891@webmail.iastate.edu> Message-ID: <000E4F7E-A525-4055-94A7-6DF4B7F498B9@iastate.edu> Yeah, I've read that, in terms of data transfer, it costs more to send a text message than to get images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Crazy... Anyway, I was planning on picking up an iPhone 3G as well on Friday morning. Not sure if it will be necessary to stay overnight Thursday, maybe just get there crazy early on Friday morning. -- Brandon Newendorp On Jul 8, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Chris Hoff wrote: > I believe it is 20 cents each direction. So...ridiculously > expensive. I'm sure > many of you have seen the comparisons of cost/byte of SMS vs other > things. It's > something like a 1700x markup on what it actually costs the cell > carriers to > send/deliver messages. > > >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. >> >> List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on >> the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest >> preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group >> e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. >> >> Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > > > --- > Chris Hoff > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. From hwiguna at gmail.com Sat Jul 12 11:14:41 2008 From: hwiguna at gmail.com (Hari Wiguna) Date: Sat Jul 12 11:19:03 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Broadband question Message-ID: <792BB230-03CE-4275-800D-ACDDAC1E4FC0@gmail.com> > Guys, > Are there other broadband options in Ames other than Qwest DSL and > Mediacom Cablemodem? > I was on Mediacom but switched because it got too slow in evenings. > DSL is consistent, but slower. :-( > > Thanks, > =Hari= -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080712/fc73517b/attachment.html From cacolby3 at iastate.edu Tue Jul 22 19:13:42 2008 From: cacolby3 at iastate.edu (Clark Colby) Date: Tue Jul 22 19:19:20 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Question Macbook Pro Hard Drive Message-ID: So I talked about this in November, I was able to clean up my computer and use my 80 GB hard drive until now! I just returned from a month long vacation taking many photos along the way (I am really into photography) My computer does not have enough space to store all my photos from my trip while I work on editing some of them (creating stitches and such). So its upgrading time! I was doing some new research since there are many new larger and possibly better drives out since last time we talked. I want to replace it with something that will allow me to never run out of space again! I was thinking this drive Western Digital Scorpio WD3200BEVT 320GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Notebook Hard Drive. On newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136197) Also I want to enclose my 80 GB drive and was looking at this enclosure Rosewill RX81U-ES-25A 2.5" SATA to USB 2.0 External Enclosure. Also on Newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182140) I wanted to ask you all if this was the appropriate hard drive to replace my current one. I wanted to make sure it would work before I ordered it and I dont know anywhere with more knowledge about macs and hard drives than this group. Let me know what you think! Thank you, Clark Colby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080722/84b060d9/attachment.html From boyles at iastate.edu Tue Jul 29 09:16:42 2008 From: boyles at iastate.edu (Norman L. Boyles) Date: Tue Jul 29 09:21:42 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Mobile ME Message-ID: MobileMe, MobileMe, MobileMe ..... With the wait time at about twenty minutes in the chat help site, I assume many are having trouble changing over to the new service. I am having trouble with my Account name and password. I have been through the process of establishing a new password several times, but then it is not recognized by the system. Any suggestions other than waiting on the chat line???? Boyles From colindw at gmail.com Tue Jul 29 09:50:21 2008 From: colindw at gmail.com (Colin Wheeler) Date: Tue Jul 29 09:55:22 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Anybody have a LaCiE Bigger Disk Power Supply I can borrow? Message-ID: Hello, I was wondering before I check in with LaCiE support/buy another power supply,etc if I could borrow a bigger disk power supply ( http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10717 ) from someone quickly just so I could determine that if my current power supply is the culprit of why my 500GB HD isn't running at all. I would only really need it for a few minutes just to see if the HD turns on, on this alternate power supply. >From Colin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080729/da50acbf/attachment.html From colindw at gmail.com Tue Jul 29 12:33:50 2008 From: colindw at gmail.com (Colin Wheeler) Date: Tue Jul 29 12:38:49 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Anybody have a LaCiE Bigger Disk Power Supply I can borrow? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John, Tom Are these power supplies for HD's with at least 320GB's? On Lacies page ( http://www.lacie.com/us/support/faq/faq.htm?faqid=10564 ) it says *D2 drives* ship with two different models of power supplies. Capacities less than 320GB ship with a 34W power supply. Capacities 320GB and larger ship with a 57W power supply. So the drives that aren't at least 320 GB would be using the 34W power supply and wouldn't be much use to me, but if it's at least 320GB then I could use the power supply. Thanks for the help! Colin Wheeler On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Colin Wheeler wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering before I check in with LaCiE support/buy another power > supply,etc if I could borrow a bigger disk power supply ( > http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10717 ) from someone > quickly just so I could determine that if my current power supply is the > culprit of why my 500GB HD isn't running at all. I would only really need it > for a few minutes just to see if the HD turns on, on this alternate power > supply. > > > From Colin > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://amesmug.ag.iastate.edu/pipermail/amesmug/attachments/20080729/f4cbe2dd/attachment.html From jrearick at bobbis.net Tue Jul 29 14:50:18 2008 From: jrearick at bobbis.net (John Rearick) Date: Tue Jul 29 14:55:19 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Mobile ME In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7D0266C5-37C8-40B0-B5DB-A0966959F4CB@bobbis.net> Looks like changing your password may not been such a great idea. http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/ You might be in that 1% of MobileMe users who are affected. I'm happy I decided to return my unopened activation box I purchased when I got my new iPhone. I haven't taken the time to play around with the free trial yet. I'll stick with my google hosted services for free. Now, they even do CalDAV syncing http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99355 . Anybody else try out Mobile Me? How is it for you? John On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Norman L. Boyles wrote: > MobileMe, MobileMe, MobileMe ..... With the wait time at about > twenty minutes in the chat help site, I assume many are having > trouble changing over to the new service. I am having trouble with > my Account name and password. I have been through the process of > establishing a new password several times, but then it is not > recognized by the system. Any suggestions other than waiting on the > chat line???? > Boyles > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. From bnew at iastate.edu Tue Jul 29 14:52:44 2008 From: bnew at iastate.edu (Brandon Newendorp) Date: Tue Jul 29 14:57:45 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Mobile ME In-Reply-To: <7D0266C5-37C8-40B0-B5DB-A0966959F4CB@bobbis.net> References: <7D0266C5-37C8-40B0-B5DB-A0966959F4CB@bobbis.net> Message-ID: I haven't played with Mobile Me a whole lot, but I was not happy with the battery life hit from Push synchronization on my iPhone. I'm also sticking with my Google Apps for Your Domain for now. -- Brandon Newendorp On Jul 29, 2008, at 2:50 PM, John Rearick wrote: > Looks like changing your password may not been such a great idea. > > http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/ > > You might be in that 1% of MobileMe users who are affected. > > I'm happy I decided to return my unopened activation box I purchased > when I got my new iPhone. I haven't taken the time to play around > with the free trial yet. I'll stick with my google hosted services > for free. Now, they even do CalDAV syncing http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99355 > . > > Anybody else try out Mobile Me? How is it for you? > > John > > > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Norman L. Boyles wrote: > >> MobileMe, MobileMe, MobileMe ..... With the wait time at about >> twenty minutes in the chat help site, I assume many are having >> trouble changing over to the new service. I am having trouble with >> my Account name and password. I have been through the process of >> establishing a new password several times, but then it is not >> recognized by the system. Any suggestions other than waiting on the >> chat line???? >> Boyles >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. >> >> List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on >> the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest >> preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group >> e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. >> >> Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. From tedger at iastate.edu Tue Jul 29 15:10:22 2008 From: tedger at iastate.edu (Trevin Ward) Date: Tue Jul 29 15:15:22 2008 Subject: AmesMUG: Mobile ME In-Reply-To: <7D0266C5-37C8-40B0-B5DB-A0966959F4CB@bobbis.net> References: <7D0266C5-37C8-40B0-B5DB-A0966959F4CB@bobbis.net> Message-ID: I've tried it out. It's been rocky, and that's an understatement. I don't have an iPhone or an iPod Touch (*yet*... it's inevitable) so I'm not using the push so much. Having my address book accessible anywhere is nice. The gallery functionality is pretty slick. My parents live behind a big national firewall in the UAE for most of the year. They block Flirkr MobileMe (if things clear up) might be the way I go. The web apps are very slick, but sluggish (this has improved since I first activated my trial). Given that Google Calendar just implemented the ability to sync with iCal I may be less tempted. My two cents. Trevin Ward Senior, Political Science Iowa State University On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:50 PM, John Rearick wrote: > Looks like changing your password may not been such a great idea. > > http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/ > > You might be in that 1% of MobileMe users who are affected. > > I'm happy I decided to return my unopened activation box I purchased when I > got my new iPhone. I haven't taken the time to play around with the free > trial yet. I'll stick with my google hosted services for free. Now, they > even do CalDAV syncing > http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99355 . > > Anybody else try out Mobile Me? How is it for you? > > John > > > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Norman L. Boyles wrote: > >> MobileMe, MobileMe, MobileMe ..... With the wait time at about twenty >> minutes in the chat help site, I assume many are having trouble changing >> over to the new service. I am having trouble with my Account name and >> password. I have been through the process of establishing a new password >> several times, but then it is not recognized by the system. Any suggestions >> other than waiting on the chat line???? >> Boyles >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> >> Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. >> >> List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on >> the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest >> preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group >> e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. >> >> Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > Send AmesMUG mailing list submissions to amesmug@amesmug.org. > > List archives sorted by posting date and thread are available on > the web at http://www.amesmug.org/pipermail/amesmug. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change your digest/non-digest > preferences for the Ames Macintosh Users Group > e-mail list, please visit http://www.amesmug.org/lists/. > > Please send any feedback you may have to amesmug-owner@amesmug.org. >