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2011年8月17日星期三

How the iCloud Transition Will Affect iWeb Users

A few months ago, we posted a how to on moving your existing iWeb sites to a dedicated web hosting solution. Since then, more information about the MobileMe-to-iCloud transition has emerged that describes exactly how Apple will phase out the iWeb site hosting that has been a vital part of .Mac and MobileMe for the past few years.

What Happens to My iWeb Sites After the iCloud Transition?

After you transition your existing MobileMe account over to iCloud, nothing will initially happen to your iWeb sites. This is because Apple is giving every MobileMe customer the ability to keep some of their MobileMe features until June 30, 2012.

This means is that you can continue to publish your iWeb sites to me.com until that date, even after transitioning your account over to iCloud. This also goes for MobileMe Gallery and iDisk, too.

What Will Happen After June 30, 2012?

We cannot really say what will happen after that date, but if the .Mac transition was any guidance, we can expect Apple to kill the remaining MobileMe features of Gallery, iDisk, and iWeb publishing on that date.

While Apple will allow iWeb publishing up to that date, you should really begin looking at alternative hosting solutions for your iWeb sites before that day comes, if you plan to keep publishing using the iWeb application. Check out our iWeb site transition article to learn more about how to move your iWeb sites to a dedicated hosting solution.

Can I Still Use iWeb to Create My Websites?

Absolutely! Apple is only doing away with the iWeb publishing to MobileMe aspect of the iWeb application. However, the iWeb app can also publish to any website through FTP/SFTP. This means that after iWeb publishing has been turned off on MobileMe, you can still publish your iWeb sites to any paid hosting plan that supports FTP/SFTP.


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2011年8月16日星期二

iCloud iPhone rumor, 22 more fake Apple Stores in China, Apple patent shows integrated projectors

A new rumor has surfaced that says the other iPhone that launches along with the iPhone 5 will be an iCloud iPhone. The rumor claims that the device will use iCloud for most of its storage.

China has discovered a bunch of new fake Apple Stores. Apparently, there are 22 more fakes in the country and I doubt any of us are surprised.

A new patent app has surfaced that shows all sorts of Apple gear with integrated projectors. The iPhone and iPad are among the devices on the app.








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2011年8月9日星期二

Apple to offer 25GB of free iCloud storage to current MobileMe subscribers

If you're currently an active MobileMe subscriber, Apple may soon offer you an incentive to move all of your data over to its new iCloud service. From the day the service goes public until June 30th of next year users who move their data to iCloud will receive 25GB of free iCloud storage for as long as their iCloud account is active, 9to5 Mac reported on Monday. Every iCloud user will receive 5GB free from the get-go and and an additional 10GB will cost $20 per year. An extra 20GB will cost $40 per year and 50GB of added storage will set you back $100 annually. ICloud is still available only to developers but we have no doubt it will be fully live by the time Apple finalizes iOS 5 and launches its next iPhone, which is expected to occur in September or October.

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2011年8月4日星期四

Price comparison: iCloud vs. Dropbox vs. SugarSync

Update: Just for clarification, iCloud does not use up purchased storage space for songs, movies, television shows, e-books and apps bought in iTunes. This is also true for up to a thousand recent photos from your iOS devices or computers that use iCloud's Photostream feature.

With the iCloud price tiers revealed yesterday, Federico Viticci of MacStories.net has done a nice job comparing Apple's cloud storage offering to those of Dropbox and SugarSync, two of the most widely used cloud storage services out there. Apple is on par with Dropbox if you're in a market for a 50GB storage in the cloud. The latter also has a 100GB option for $199 a year which Apple lacks. However, Apple beats them with 5GB free accounts versus a 2GB free option over at Dropbox. SugarSync tops both Apple and Google by giving you ten more gigabytes (for 60GB total) for your hundred bucks a year and their $150 a year for 100GB plan comes in cheaper than Dropbox ($199 a year) or Apple on a per-GB basis. In addition, SugarSync also offer 30GB and 60GB accounts and match Apple with free 5GB accounts.

It should be noted that Dropbox is the only truly cross-platform service. Dropbox provides a desktop client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and utilizes a clever file handling mechanism which takes care of translating file and meta data differences among platforms. All services enable you to log in to a web interface to manage, upload and download your files on any Internet-enabled device. Of course, Apple's offering is much more than a hard drive in the cloud as it sports seamless syncing of contacts, appointments, email messages, documents, photos and other data across desktop and mobile devices. iCloud also has the pretties web interface, unique services like Find My iPhone and rich web apps that mimic the appearance of their Mac and iPad counterparts down to pixel-level accuracy (video tour, screenshot gallery).









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2011年8月2日星期二

Apple 發放 iCloud 和 iWork beta，同時確認額外儲存量收費


iCloud 距離開放使用的時間又近一步了！因為蘋果剛剛更新了 iCloud.com 的頁面，新增了一個看起來是全鋁合金打造、鐳射精準切割、「神奇的」、以名牌作為設計的 Apple ID 登入的位置。

iCloud 提供的服務與即將退役的 MobileMe 差不多，也是聯絡人、行事曆、電子郵件同步和 Find My Phone ，只是介面美化了不少和多了 iWork 同步。不過在進入 iWork 服務後，會發現它支援的不是 Mac iWork，而是 iOS 裝置上的 iWork 同步；看來以後在 iOS iWork 上存取會比現在方便得多。其次，主站嘗試過用 MobileMe 的帳戶登入，但是卡在一個「將 MobileMe 上的資料轉移到 iCloud」的訊息（圖片在繼續閱讀裡）。

另外，或許會有讀者想知道，如果想在蘋果所提供的 5GB 儲存量外再加容量的價錢是怎樣。網站 Electronista 確定了每年額外 10GB 容量的收費是 US$20（約 NT$580 / HK$155）、每年額外 20GB 為 US$40（約 NT$1,150 / HK$310）和每年額外 50GB 為 US$100（約 NT$2,880 / HK$780）。

最後再補充一下，雖然 iCloud.com 多了登入的位置，但它只供開發者登入。小編的 Apple ID 因為曾經登記過開發者資格（但不是付年費那一種），所以在登入時成功，但也曾經試過彈出一句「只供開發者登入」的句子。另外我們其餘的編輯也試過用他們的非開發者 Apple ID 登入，也是不能登入的。所以似乎一般使用者暫時未能預覽這個服務嚕。

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2011年8月1日星期一

Apple releases iWork for iOS and iPhoto for Mac with full iCloud support to developers

After launching iCloud.com beta for developers, Apple has released a beta upgrade of their suite of iWork iOS apps to developers. This updated iWork package – with Pages, Keynote, and Numbers – allows developers to begin a document on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch and view on their other devices – in addition to the iCloud.com portal. This might even be iWork.com's successor, but we will have to wait and see what Apple does with the new feature. Of course, this new suite ties directly into Apple's Documents in the Cloud feature. In addition, Apple announced iCloud storage pricing today, something that heavy iWork users will want to look into.

In addition, as you can see in the screenshot above, Apple released an updated version of iPhoto – which will replace Apple's current public release for users – that tied in with the iCloud Photo Steam service. For those wondering, Apple will thankfully not count Photo Stream storage against the overall tally.








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iCloud.com developer beta opens, includes full-featured web interface

Remember when I told you there would still be iCloud web apps once the service took over MobileMe, despite what some other sites were saying at the time? Not to brag or anything, but I was right. Today, Apple launched the iCloud.com beta for developers. Web apps on the service include Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Find my iPhone, and iWork.

The interface looks to be heavily overhauled from its earlier MobileMe incarnation, and iCloud.com's design seems to have taken many design cues from the iPad's iOS interface. Of note, if you're not a fan of the "real object" design of iCal and Address Book on the iPad or in OS X Lion, you're not going to like the web app design either, because it's essentially the same.

Since many of us are under NDA at TUAW, we won't provide screenshots but 9to5 Mac had no reservations and published a few which you can check out here.

The iCloud.com beta does require installing the OS X Lion 10.7.2 developer beta before you can use iCloud for OS X Lion beta 5, so if you're not a developer and were hoping to check this service out for yourself, you're out of luck for now. iCloud.com should launch to the public this fall, alongside iCloud itself and iOS 5.

Apple has also released pricing data for iCloud storage upgrades. All free iCloud accounts come with a standard 5 GB of online storage, but Apple will be offering three upgrade options:

  • 10 GB for US$20/year (15 GB total)
  • 20 GB for $40/year (25 GB total)
  • 50 GB for $100/year (55 GB total)

Before it became free to all, MobileMe was $99/year and included 20 GB of iDisk storage, so these new pricing tiers for storage are a much better deal than MobileMe was.

iCloud.com developer beta opens, includes full-featured web interface originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iCloud Beta is Up For Developers

Sorry, did I get you all excited there for a second? Look, forgive me. I just got so excited! iCloud beta and iCloud Storage APIs are up for developers who are ready to start, um, developing! Guys and gals who code, start making those apps to push documents up to the cloud, and to infinity and beyond!

Regular old folk like you and I don't yet have access to what's in store with iCloud. But, as Maclife.com always does, we'll keep you in the loop!






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iCloud Beta is Now Open [Apple]

The Beta site for Apple's new iCloud service has gone online at iCloud.com. The login screen does match those previously leaked and MacRumors has reported of both users and developers being able to gain access. [MacRumors] More »







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2011年7月23日星期六

Documents in the Cloud goes live in iOS 5 beta 4 as Apple preps fall iCloud launch

iOS 5 beta 4 seems to be all about cleaning up the operating system and testing new features prior to the system's launch this fall (likely in September). Now, in iOS 5 beta 4, Apple is also testing and putting the final touches on their upcoming iCloud cloud-services platform. Previous iOS betas featured iTunes in the Cloud, Mail, Calendar, Reminders, and a few other features – but iOS 5 finally brings Documents in Cloud to the table.

Apps make it possible to create amazing presentations, write reports, and more right from your iOS device. You don't have to manage your documents in a complicated file system or remember to save your work. Your documents are just there, stored in your apps, and ready whenever you need them. And now, your apps can store that information in iCloud. Which means you can access your documents — with your latest updates — on whichever device you happen to be using at the time. Even better, this all happens automatically, without any effort from you.

Documents in the Cloud is one iCloud's landmark features and basically syncs iWork documents between all of your iOS 5 devices. As explained at Apple's WWDC kickoff presentation, you can begin work on an iWork documents on your iPad, for example, leave your iPad at home, open the document on your iPhone (with iWork for iPhone), edit and the edits will all be synchronized. We're looking forward to seeing if Apple will make Documents in the Cloud compatible with iWork for Mac and the iWork.com service. Thanks, Jack!







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