MacWhisperer to the rescue: demystifying Apple’s MobileMe warnings
Does this look familiar?
If you’re like the rest of us, Apple has been inundating you with this count-down to the end of MobileMe and how you only have X days left to “Download your photos and files.” I can’t tell you how many phone calls I’m getting about this and I’m here to put your mind at ease.
First thing’s first — very few people, maybe 5%, ever used MobileMe for photo-sharing. Chances are you’re in the 95% who did not. If that’s the case, then you don’t have to worry about “downloading your photos.”
Second — Let’s say you did use MobileMe as a photo-sharing tool. This warning from Apple is only relevant if you deleted all of your MobileMe-shared photos from your own computer/back up drives, or if they’re on someone else’s computer that is now unaccessible to you. I.e. If you’ve got the photos already in your system, you don’t need to sweat this (be sure to check, though, just to be positive).
Third — For the few who happened to both use the MobileMe photo-sharing tool as well as delete all their shared photos from their computers/drives, all you need to do is download your photos from your MobileMe account using iPhoto. If you need help with this specifically, give me a buzz or an email: 310.699.3864 or dylan@ITwithIQ.com
Now, some of you may or may not have noticed that Apple has chosen to exclude this photo-sharing functionality in iCloud. This is likely because much of our photo-sharing is now done on Facebook and other platforms. When MobileMe and its precursor, .mac, were created, Facebook was not the photo-sharing tool it is today. You .mac folks, the ones who have been around the longest, are likely the only people who need to do any photo downloading from MobileMe at this time, in fact.
In other news:
-I’ve got a webinar coming up on July 10th at 11AM PST. I’ll be discussing how to unleash Siri to her fullest capacity; you don’t want to miss out.
-In the next week you can expect to hear about what to expect with the new OS, Mountain Lion. Stay tuned for that post and ensuing discussion.
Till next time — MacWhisperer out.
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