.me?

[iphonefreak11]

Who is actually going to get .me that doesn't have .mac?

And what was it that I heard about a trial with the new iPhone?

[coolabah]

I found this article

A couple days we reported about rumors that Mobile Me was discovered as service name in the new iPhone firmware and that Apple possibly owns Me.com. Today the .ME registry announces that the land rush for the new domain name extension is well underway.
If indeed Apple is launching Me branded online services to replace the .Mac service for the iPhone and all other Mac computers than .Me names could be become valuable assets.

More than 70 registrars from all over the world are already offering .ME registration. Open Registration is slated for July 17, initiating on a first-come, first-served basis. You can apply for a .Me domain now until June 26th.

the .ME extension belongs to Montenegro. As several other countries with cool extension (Togo: .to) they let companies sell domains for them.

Apple - MobileMe

[chadaw]

Originally Posted by iphonefreak11

Who is actually going to get .me that doesn't have .mac?

And what was it that I heard about a trial with the new iPhone?

Apple usually gave a 30-60 day trial of .mac to anyone buying a computer from them. So, I would think they will do the same with the iPhone, on Mobileme.

[webwise]

I also read somewhere that buyers of the new iPhone could also purchase MobileMe for $69 instead of $99...but not sure if that is true if you went for the 60-day trial first...

[chadaw]

Originally Posted by webwise

I also read somewhere that buyers of the new iPhone could also purchase MobileMe for $69 instead of $99...but not sure if that is true if you went for the 60-day trial first...

Yeah I read the same thing about $69 special.

[chadaw]

If you do decide to do MobileMe, you may want to check this out about backing your stuff up first.

Mac 101: Back up Address Book, iCal, iPhone before MobileMe - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

[Sam DaCool]

Thanks chadaw. Yeah i always feel a lot safer after i back up my files when doing anything.

[chadaw]

I am a newbie when it comes to backing up but I started a couple weeks ago.

[sraaf]

i used to automate backups by creating applescript 'alarms' for ical that backed everything up to my remote idisk via rsync and a terminal shell. It worked, but wasn't so pretty. Here's a link on that: How to Backup Your Mac Using Rsync | Macinstruct

Then I found a much more efficient workflow option in the mac Automator utility for automating Transmit (the ftp app). it may also work for other ftp apps, i just haven't tried to find out. All you do is...

- open Automator
- click on the Transmit app from the list of apps (on the left)
- fill in the areas to specify your idisk or another server to backup to, as well as what directory(s) to backup
- then save the workflow by going to file-> save as plugin -> and select 'ical alarm'
- last, open up ical and make a new event - title it whatever you'd like
- under the alarm area of the event, choose "open file"
- select the ical alarm you just made
- set the event to 'repeat' and choose the times/ dates whenever you want backup to happen. for example: from 6:00pm, to 6:01pm (don't worry, it doesnt' stop after a minute)

even if ical is closed, it will still run the backup at the alarm time - just make sure you haven't checked the 'turn off alarms when ical is not open' pref in ical preferences.

doing the backup this way is so much more efficient bec it takes advantage of the Transmit app's excellent upload speed management and backup shaping options. And, you can schedule as many different backup events as you want - and easily move them around in your ical as much as you'd like.

hope this helps

sraaf